Guia Estudio New Interchange 2 - Unit 9

UNIT 9: BACK TO THE FUTURE!

I. YOU ARE WRITING A REPORT ABOUT SHOPPING IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TIME.
COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS GIVEN IN THE BOX. DONOT REPEAT ANY.

In many cities nowadays, food shopping takes very little time. In the past, people _________________ to a different shop for each item but not anymore. For example, you______________ meat at a butcher’s shop and fish at a fish market. A fruit market ________________ fruit and vegetables. For dry foods like rice and beans, you _________________ go to grocerystores. Today, you ________________ all these things at a supermarket. Many supermarkets _________________ a lot of money these days. But times are changing. Soon, people ___________ probably____________ in their cars to huge out-of-town stores called “Hypermarkets” to buy everything. And who knows? For sure sometime in the future, everyone ___________________ a computer at home. People_______________ them to purchase everything from food to furniture, from legal advice to medical help. In some places it is happening already.

II. YOU ARE TALKING TO A FRIEND AND HE WANTS TO KNOWSOME THINGS ABOUT LIFE. ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE RESPONSES.

Friend: Tell me, what was education like fifty years ago in Chile?
You:_________________________________________________________.
Friend: And what is it like nowadays?
You: _________________________________________________________.
Friend: What do you think about education inthe future?
You: _________________________________________________________.
Friend: What about music in the past?
You:_________________________________________________________.
Friend: What will fashion be like in the future?
You: _________________________________________________________.
Friend: And what about technology today?
You:...