EXTRA English 2 Hector goes Shopping Grammatik und Übungen
The future tense with will
We can use will to make a suggestion or offer to help. Look at these examples.
• I need a cup of coffee.
I'll make one for you.
• I haven't got a pen.
I'll lend you mine.
A) Match the sentences on the left with the suggestions and offers on the right.
1. The front door is still open. d) Don't worry. I'll lock it.
2. It's cold in here. c) I'll close the window.
3. We haven't got any fruit. e) I'll buy some at the market.
4. The TV programme is terrible. a) OK, I'll change the channel.
5. I wanted lemons, not melons! b) Sorry! I'll take them back to the shop.
6. Have you got any football boots? f) No, but I'll borrow some.
Direct and indirect objects
A) Look at the word order in these sentences.
Subject Verb Direct object Indirect object I bought a really trendy outfit for Hector.
I bought something really cool for him.
Note that you can say the same thing in a different way.
Subject Verb Indirect object Direct object I bought Hector a really trendy outfit.
I bought him something really cool.
Other verbs that have the pattern:
do something for someone bring (for) give (to) lend (to) pass (to) send (to) show (to)
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EXTRA English 2 Hector goes Shopping Grammatik und Übungen
B) Change the sentences.
Example: I bought a shirt for Hector.
I bought Hector a shirt.
1. I sent a letter to my sister.
__I sent my sister a letter.______________________
2. I bought my mother some flowers.
__I bought some flowers for my mother.___________
3. I'm going to show you my paintings.
__I’m going to show my paintings to you. __________
4. I brought this bottle of wine for you.
__I brought you this bottle of wine.________________
5. She didn't give her address to me.
__She didn’t give me her address.________________
6. My parents gave a mobile phone to me.
__My parents gave me a mobile phone.____________
The verb look
He looks good.
He looks like a film star.
He looks like David Beckham.
Tick the correct ending for these sentences.
1. My best friend looks
a) good in designer clothes. b) David Beckham.
2. Those old-fashioned clothes look a) awful on Hector. b) like awful on Hector.
3. You look
a) cool in that leather jacket. b) like terrible in that leather jacket.
4. She looks like
a) funny in the cowboy hat.
b) a cowboy in that hat. 5. Everyone thinks she looks
a) like Penelope Cruz. b) Penelope Cruz.
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