Find examples of tenses used for the future in the text and match them with the names and functions below.

Hi Laura

I’m just writingtotell youthatI’m goingaway tomorrow onaschool triptoWales. I’m very excitedaboutit!We

leaveat 7.30

a. m. and we come back on Wednesday at 10.30 p. m. We’re going to be camping at a big outdoor activity

centre, in big tents. I’m sharing a tent with Ella, Mel, Samira, Lucy and Amy, and they all love to talk! We’ll

be talking every night until four or five, I’m sure! I don’t think anyone will get much sleep! At the activity

centre there are lots of things you can do and I’m going to try surfing. I think it will be lots of fun! By the

time I next see you, I’ll have learned how to surf, I hope, so we can go surfing together next summer!

Love Beth

1 present simple for a future event that is scheduled as part of a timetable

2 present continuous + a future time reference for an arrangement or a definite plan

3 goingto for a futureintention

4 will + infinitivefor apredictionbasedon the writer’s opinion

5 futurecontinuous for anactioninprogress at afuturepointintime

6 future perfect for something that will be finishedby a future pointin time​

This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? indirect characterization, because it is showing della’s pride in her long hair direct characterization, because it is describing della’s skill for decorating indirect characterization, because it is revealing della’s cultural heritage direct characterization, because it is describing della’s prized possessions

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."

The major difference between the communist party in china and political parties in the united states is that a. in the united states, political parties have no role in government. b. in china, the communist party shares power with the national people's congress. c. in the united states, political parties hold widely differing views on almost every topic. d. in china, the communist party runs the government with no opposition.