IV. Put the verb into the correct form using WILL or BE GOING TO. 1. A: I’ve got a headache. B: Have you? Wait there and I (get)……….an aspirin for you.
2. A: Why are you filling that bucket with water? B: I (wash) ……………….. the car.
3. A: I’ve decided to re-paint this room. B: Oh, have you? What colour (you/paint)………. it?
4. A: Look! There’s smoke coming out of that house. It’s on fire!
B: Good heavens! I (call)…………………... the fire-brigate immediately.
5. A: The ceiling in this room doesn’t look very safe, does it?
B: No, it looks as if it (fall)……………. down.
6. A: What do you want to be when you grow up?
B: I (be)……………….. an astronaut.
A: Good for you!
7. A: Do you mind if I turn the TV off? I (place)………………….. a long distance call, and it’s hard
to hear if the TV is on.
B: No, that’s fine. I wasn’t watching it anyway.
8. A: Who wants to erase the board? Are there any volunteer?
B: I (do)………………… it ! C: I (do)………………… it ! D: No, no! I (do)……………….. it!
9. A: Why do you have an eraser in your hand? B: I (erase)………………….. the board.

will get

was going to wash

are you going to paint

will call

is going to fall

will be

am going to place

will do

will do

will do

am going to erase

Explanation:

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.