Futures 2 2A Think of a word to replace the highlighted words in the sentences. The first letter has been given.

1 2 3 4 5 2B 1 2 3 4 5 6 2C It's not very surprising that space missions cost billions of dollars. I was worried at first that the telescope wouldn't be powerful enough. Do astronauts often need to be helped to remember to get enough sleep? The sizes of distant stars are usually approximate calculations because we can't measure them accurately. There are no present plans to build a space hotel on the Moon. The words in italics are in the wrong sentence. Find the correct words. It takes just over 365 days for the Earth to complete one galaxy of the Sun. Our Sun is an average-sized universe. A/An orbit is a group of billions of stars spinning around a central point. The galaxy we live in is called the Milky System. The star is all space, and everything exists within it. The planets, including Earth, and the Sun they go around, are known collectively as the Solar Way. Write a word from below in each gap. Verbs collide merge 1 2 3 4 5 6 2D Nouns agreement collision Adjectives close galactic ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ h_______________ i_______________ r_______________ e_______________ c_______________

If you want to talk about periods of time in the history of the universe, you can use ______________ years. If two objects ________________, they hit each other. If there is a/an _________________ between two objects they hit each other. If two organisations or galaxies ________________, they join together to form one thing. If two people are in __________________, they share the same opinion. If something is _________________ to you, it is near you. Complete the table Verb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 collide decide conclude permit invade admit persuade exclude divide provide Noun

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If a word is spelt correctly, put a tick on the line. If it is spelt incorrectly, rewrite it. visable acceptable divisable permissable enjoyable accessable sensable profitable __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 possable valuable horrable responsable admirable flexable disposable __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

Change the form of the verb in brackets and add any necessary words to complete the sentences. I'm not very keen ____________________(read) science fiction novels, to be honest. Bad weather prevented the Space Shuttle ______________________(take off). Are people who wear glasses allowed ______________________(become) astronauts? How dare you accuse me _______________________(not know) how old the Milky Way is! I'm really looking forward ______________________(see) the new Batman film. Why did they refuse _____________________(leave) the spacecraft? I don't deny ______________________(see) something strange, but I wouldn't say it was definitely a UFO. I don't really approve _____________________(spend) so much money on space research. Using pencils saved the Soviet Union ___________________(have) to invent a pen that worked in zero gravity. If a word or phrase in bold is correct, put a tick. If it's incorrect rewrite it correctly, including the different possibilities. Use contractions where appropriate. I don't think I'll ever want to live in another country. Do you think people are living longer in 100 years' time? I'm having a job interview next week, as it happens. When I graduate, I work for my dad's company for a while. The course starts at the beginning of September. We don't go to the planetarium this weekend because we couldn't get tickets. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ A lot of technology is becoming cheaper over the next few years. ____________________________

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Put each verb into the correct tense, including the different possibilities. Use contractions where possible. He'll have to renew his passport before __________________________(he/go) abroad to study. I won't know how well I've done in the exam until ___________________________(I/get) my exam results. The engines will stop as soon as the spacecraft _____________________________(land). Remember to keep an eye on the time while ___________________________(you/do) Task 1of the Writing Module.