Step 1: Identify the genre What do we already know about the "text"?
Does it have a title? If not, what would it be named?
Can we use the title to help us access our prior knowledge?

Jeff's response to justin assumes that justin is following which maxim? justin: hey, jeff! jeff: yeah? justin: get ready for the news of the day! jeff: okay. justin: i got that job i was after! jeff: wow! that's great! justin: ! starts right now! later!

Which statement contains an opinion? the ants serve to protect the acacia from other plants and herbivores. the acacia depends on pollinators for the exchange of genetic material. the acacia has no chemical defenses to discourage herbivores. the ants provide the acacia with the best protection from other plants and herbivores.

Choose the correct answer. 1 our team will win / will be winning the championship this year. 2 jane has trained harder than everybody and she is going to win / will have won the race next week. 3 by next week we will have finished / will finish watching the series. 4 you will do / will be doing the environment good by recycling. 5 by the time i am eighteen i will have finished / will be finishing secondary school. 6 i am going to be / will be being in better shape because i bought a bicycle. 1 i have decided that i will go work / am going to work as a volunteer at an animal rescue centre. 2 the flight arrives / will arrive in paris at ten. 3 if they continue the good work they will have saved / will be saving all of the tortoises by the weekend. 4 you will probably be / are going to be probably tired when you finish the work. 5 ‘the phone is ringing’. ‘i will get / am going to get it’. 6 i will go / am going to the italian restaurant tonight with janet. complete the sentences with will, going to, the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 i hope mary (not be) late tomorrow. 2 the schedule says that the bus (leave) at 3.00 tomorrow. 3 look at those clouds – it (snow). 4 i (meet) jim at the cinema at 9 o’clock. 5 i (have) a party on saturday – it’s all arranged. 6 i joined a gym and i (get) in shape for summer.