Task 1. Reading. Read the text and choose the right variant Mike 1) will/ (To be) going to have his holidays. He says he 2) will/ (to be) going to spend his holidays in the Caucasus. He has already got his ticket and will leave Moscow in two days. On his way home from his office he meets Nike. They shake hands, say “how do you do?” to each other and have a long talk about travelling abroad. Nike has been to the Caucasus several times already and he knows the places Mike 3) will /(to be) going to visit. So he tells his friend many interesting things that may also be very useful to him. Then he says:
When 4) do you leave/ are you leaving?
On Wednesday morning. The train leaves at 10.20 p.m.
5)I will come/ to be going to the station to see you off if you do not mind.
That will be very kind of you indeed. Will I see you before that?
I think so. 6)Do/ Will you come to the office to-morrow?
Yes, I will.
At what time will you be there?
Let me see…In the morning I will go to see my parents and say good-bye to them. Then I have to call at the post-office and send a letter to my elder brother who lives out of town telling him I 7) will/ did not be able to come and see him next Sunday as I am going away for some time. And then I have to call on Petr.; he has got some business to talk over with me. But I don’t think it will take me very long. So I think I will come to the office at about three o’clock.