I (help) you

10 Look what I've just bought at an auction! ~
What an extraordinary thing! Where you (put) it?

11 Why are you peeling that bit of garlic? ~
I (put) it in the stew.

12 What you (do) when you grow up? ~
I (be) an acrobat in a circus.

13 What are you going to do with that dress?~
I (shorten) the skirt.

14 Will you lend me your season ticket? ~
No, I (not lend) it to you. It is against the law.

15 That tree makes the house very dark. ~
Very well, I (cut) it down.

16 I've just enrolled at the local technical college. I (attend) pottery
classes next winter.

17 How do I get from here to London Bridge? ~
I don't know, but I (ask) that policeman.

18 Why are you carrying a corkscrew? ~
I (open) a bottle of wine.

19 Why's he putting the camera on a tripod? ~
He (take) a group photo.

20 My brother has just returned from America. ~
Oh good, we (ask) him to our next party.

21 Why have you set your alarm to go off at five-thirty? ~
Because I (get) up then. I've got a lot to do.

22 I'm turning this cupboard into a darkroom. I (develop) my own films.

23 You look frozen. Sit down by the fire and I (make) you a cup of tea.

24 They've brought a rope and they (tow) the car to a garage.

25 I haven't bought any cigarettes because I (give) up smoking.

26 I have tried to explain but she doesn't understand English. ~
I (say) it to her in Finnish: perhaps she'll understand that.

27 I've come out without any money. ~
Never mind, I (lend) you some. How much do you want?

28 Do you see that car? They (raffle) it for charity.

29 They've hired a bulldozer. They (clear) away this rubble.

30 Child: I've torn my dress.
Mother: I (mend) it for you.

31 I'm catching the 6.30 train. ~
So am 1. I (give) you a lift to the station.

32 I've bought some blue velvet and I (make) curtains for this room.

33 Why are you carrying that saw? ~

I (shorten) the legs of the dining room table.

34 Why are you taking that big basket? ~

I (buy) a lot of vegetables.

35 I've planned my future for the next ten years. ~

That is very clever of you. What you (do) when you leave the university?

36 Why are you putting that old loaf into a paper bag? ~

I (give) it to Mrs Pitt for her hens.

will -i- infinitive and the be going to form
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Both will you and are you going to can introduce questions about future intentions. But will you very often introduces a request or invitation. For this reason are you going to is more usual than will you in questions about intentions, are you going to must of course be used when the intention is obviously premeditated. (See also Exercise 55.)

Put the verbs in brackets into one of these two forms. Where both are possible it will be noted in the key. (In some examples the present continuous tense could be used instead of the be going to form.) The exercise contains requests, invitations, and questions about intentions.

1 You (open) the door for me, please? ~
Yes, certainly.

2 You (do) the washing-up tonight? ~
No, I think it can wait till tomorrow.

3 I'm looking for my easel. ~