Why does the text make a comparison to the state of Texas? to provide a perspective of the square mileage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with a recognizable area of comparable size to show how far the Great Pacific Garbage Patch extends below the surface of the ocean by demonstrating its depth to develop the focus of the information with an awareness of the particular geographic region around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to enable a clear understanding of the expansive size of Texas by using the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a model

Choose the correct answer. 1 our team will win / will be winning the championship this year. 2 jane has trained harder than everybody and she is going to win / will have won the race next week. 3 by next week we will have finished / will finish watching the series. 4 you will do / will be doing the environment good by recycling. 5 by the time i am eighteen i will have finished / will be finishing secondary school. 6 i am going to be / will be being in better shape because i bought a bicycle. 1 i have decided that i will go work / am going to work as a volunteer at an animal rescue centre. 2 the flight arrives / will arrive in paris at ten. 3 if they continue the good work they will have saved / will be saving all of the tortoises by the weekend. 4 you will probably be / are going to be probably tired when you finish the work. 5 ‘the phone is ringing’. ‘i will get / am going to get it’. 6 i will go / am going to the italian restaurant tonight with janet. complete the sentences with will, going to, the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 i hope mary (not be) late tomorrow. 2 the schedule says that the bus (leave) at 3.00 tomorrow. 3 look at those clouds – it (snow). 4 i (meet) jim at the cinema at 9 o’clock. 5 i (have) a party on saturday – it’s all arranged. 6 i joined a gym and i (get) in shape for summer.