11. In the Part 1 section earlier, the candidate gave a weak answer which would not score highly for GRA. It included the sentence below. Why is this incorrect?

As soon as we will finish class, we will go. 

Incorrect:       The correct is:

Reason:

12. In the Part 3 section you listened to in exercise 7, the candidate gave strong answers which would score well for GRA, and included the sentences below. Complete the sentences with the correct future time phrases from the box. Then listen and check.

A people are happy to use buses and bikes instead of their cars, life will continue as normal.

B I'm a grandparent, I think it will be even more different.

C I make enough money, I'll definitely be on a top floor myself one day.

D you get older and have a family, you start thinking it's time to move.

E this changes, we're going to need more and more homes for everyone.

13. Look at exercise 12 again and answer the questions.

1. What happens to the meaning of sentence E if you use Once?

2. What happens to the meaning of the sentences A and C if you use When?

3. In which sentence is the grammar different from the others? Why does the speaker decide to use this structure here?

Suggest Answer

1. Unless suggests that the speaker sees the changes as completely necessary, but they doubt whether the changes will ever happen. On the other hand. Once suggests that the speaker sees the changes as certain to happen, with a natural result (which they give). Using Once in this sentence is still grammatically correct and logical. However it wouldn't work in the answer given by the candidate.

2. When suggests the speaker believes that people will definitely, at some point, be happy to use buses and bikes instead of their cars (A}, and that she will definitely, at some point, make enough money to buy a top-floor flat (C).As long as and Provided that both suggest that the speaker is not convinced that the result given in each case is definite - people may not be happy about using buses and bikes; she may not ever earn enough money to buy the top floor flat.

3. Sentence D is different.The speaker is not thinking about the future in particular, but is stating something as a constant fact (in their opinion). The structure is a zero conditional (present simple / present simple), whereas the other sentences use the first conditional (present simple/ will+ bare infinitive).