Grammar in context 2
have something done 1 Match the halves to make sentences. 1 Kate likes having her curtains … 2 In the future, do you think that we will … 3 When will you …
Complete the sentences with the correct form
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of the verb given. 1 2 Use strong glue it back together. 3 It will be difficult
(fly) drones is one of my
favourite pastimes.
(stick)
4 I want to have the walls … 5 Did you know that Toby … 6 I’m going to have … 7 Are you going to get … 8 I got all of the…
(design) this gadget.
4 My sister hopes (become) an astronaut in the future. 5 We’re thinking of
(have)
a celebration at the weekend.
a your kitchen decorated? b professionally cleaned. c get our food delivered by drones?
6 He was the last
(realise)
that it had already been invented. 7 She can’t stand to that scientist on the radio!
(listen)
d painted black, but my wife won’t let me. e have your eyes tested by the optician? f had his laptop stolen at school the other day? g my nails done for the party this weekend. h models printed in 3-D.
5 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs given. Grammar challenge
Easton LaChappelle The teenage inventor phenomenon
Complete the sentences with the correct form
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of have or get and the words given. 1 Every month, we (our computer / check) for viruses. 2 Greta didn’t cut her own hair. She hairdresser. 3 As he has a broken wrist, he by his colleague. 4 ‘Where’s your camera?’ ‘I (it / repair) at the moment.’ 5 He didn’t fix his car himself. He
(it / cut) by the
(a letter / type) just now
(it / fix) at the garage. 6 They aren’t making the watches themselves. They (them / make) in Vietnam. Gerunds and infinitives 3 Choose the correct alternative. 1 He creates new gadgets to earn/earning money and recognition. 2 It’s dangerous to put/putting your mobile phone under your pillow. 3 To invent/Inventing devices became an obsession for Nikola Tesla. 4 I would like to research/researching more about how electricity works. 5 Bella generates electricity by cycle/cycling on a stationary bike. 6 I go to swim/swimming to get away from my work for a while. 7 She really enjoyed watch/watching that documentary on Thomas Edison. 8 He decided to meet/meeting the inventor in person.
Easton LaChappelle is a teenage inventor phenomenon. As a child in Colorado, US, he used to love (a) (take) things apart. By 14, he (b) (already/build) his first working robotic hand using LEGO®, fishing equipment and electrical items. For the next couple of years, he was totally focused on (c) (transform) the hand into a robotic arm, now known as the TrueLimb™. Then, for his sixteenth birthday, LaChappelle (d) (give) a 3-D printer. He printed a robotic arm and he (e) (submit) it to the 2012 Colorado State Science Fair. His life (f ) (change) forever by a chance meeting with a little girl at that fair. Her robotic arm had cost her family more than $80,000 and would need to (g) (replace) once a year as she grew. Easton had found his purpose: he needed (h) (build) a practical and affordable device. So, instead of going to university, he (i) (start) his own robotics business, Unlimited Tomorrow Inc. In June 2017, a ten-year-old girl named Momo was the first person ( j) (receive) one of his company’s robotic arms.
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