Future
I complete this text with the most appropriate forms of the verbs, using will,be going to or the
present simple.
be give have make not start not stop
I was standing at the bus stop reading my horoscope in the newspaper. It said “You(1)……….
good moments and bad moments today”. I looked up and saw the bus coming. Then I realized it(2)
……………because it was already full. “Oh, no” I thought. “If I (3)……………..walking fast, I(4)
………………..late for my first class!” I had just started walking when the car pulled up beside me and
one of my classmate leaned out. “hey,Jean,get in,we(5)………………….you a lift.” It’s amazing how the
bad moments(6)……………………the good moments feel so much better.
II Correct the mistakes in these senttences.
1 please stop making so much noise or I report you to the supervisor.
2 As I was about to leave his office,Bob said, ‘let’s get together for lunch sometime,will we?’
3 They came and asked for people to help immediately,so Jenny jumped up and said, ‘I do it!’
4 When he is released next week, Pat Mc Guire will spend almost five years in prison for a crime he didn’t
commit.
5 I’m going to work on the report at home last night,but I had left all my notes in the office.
6 It’s probably too late to phone Margaret. Do you think she’ll go to bed already?
7 I’m not certain but I guess it’s raining later this affternoon.
8 Forthcoming books are those that we think to be available soon.
9 I can’t believe that you’ll sit on a plane to Malta while I’m driving to work tomorrow morning.
10 If I’ll finish before you, I wait for you outside.
11 Will Stefan to get these boxes later or is to take them now?
12 I must get to the post office before it’ll close or the parcel doesn’t arrive in time for Joy’s birthday.
III Choose the most appropriate words underlined.
1 Jack is/is going to be sixty-five next month so he retires/will be retiring.
2 Qick,here comes a police car! What will we say/are we going to say about the broken window?
3 Helen and Andrew are due to separate/are on the point of seperating.
4 Don’t be so impatient! I’ll just come/I’m just coming.
5 I have to be back at 3.30 so I’m leaving/I leave before lunch.
6 What do you think you’ll be doing/you’ll do in five years’ time?
7 Come on, get a move on, or we’ll miss/we’ll have missed the plane.
8 Will you be working/will you work the week after Christmas? I was thinking of visiting you.
9 By the time ean gets back, it’ll be/it will have been too late.
10 Don’t phone after 11.00. I’ll be/I’ll have been asleep.
IV Put the verb in brackets into a suitable tense.
1 In twenty four hours’ time I (relax) on my yatch.
2 “There’s someone at the door.”
“That (be) the post man.”
3 By the time you get back Harry (leave).
4 It’s only a short trip. I (be) back in an hour.
5 What you (do) this Saturday evening? Would you like to go out?
6 By the end of the week we (decide) what to do.
7 It (not be) long before Doctor Smith is here.
8 I’ve press the red button. Now what I (do)?
9 It’s very hot here. I think I (faint).
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10 What you (give) Ann for her birthday? Have you decided yet?
V Choose the most appropriate continuation for each sentence.
1 Paula’s flight is about to be late although……………………………………………………………….
A it arrives at 6.00 B it’s due at 6.00 C it’s arriving at 6.00
2 It’s nno use phoning Bob at the office, he……………………………………………………………….
A will be leaving B is leaving C will have left
3 Everyon says that this year Chelsea……………………………………………………………………...
A are going to win the Cup B are winning the Cup C win the Cup
4 I don’t feel like visiting my relatives this year so………………………………………………………..
A I won’t go B I’m not going C I don’t go
5 According to the latest forecast, the tunnel………………………………………………………………
A will be finished next year B will have been finished next year C is finishing next year
6 You can borrow this calculator…………………………………………………………………………..
A am not going to need it B I won’t have been needing it C I am not needing it
7 I’m sorry dinner isn’t already yet,bbut it…………………………………………………………………
A is going to be already in a minute B will have been already in a minute C will be ready in a minute
8 Can you send me the results as soon as you………………………………………………………………
A hear anything? B are hearing anything? C will have heard anything?
9 You can try asking Martin for help, but………………………………………………………………….
A it won’t do you any good B it’s not doing you any good C it won’t be doing you any good
10 Don’t worry about the mistake youmade, nobody………………………………………………………
A will notice B is noticing C will be noticing
VI Rewrite each sentence,beginning as shown,so that the meanings stays the same.
1 I don’t suppose you have heard the news.
You won’t……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2 The prime Minister expects a victory for his party.
The Prime Minister believes that…………………………………………………………………………….
3 A new manager will take Mr Brown’s place in the new year.
Mr Brown is………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4 I’ve been in this company for three years come the end of the month.
By the end of the month I……………………………………………………………………………………
5 Why don’t you come and see us during lunch?
Why don’t you come and see us when we…………………………………………………………………..?
6 What exactly do you intend to do?
What exactly are you………………………………………………………………………………………..?
7 The arrival of the train has been delayed I’m afraid.
The train will…………………………………………………………………………………………………
8 Let’s leave at the end of the next lecture.
As soon as……………………………………………………………………………………………………
9 There will be a team members’ meeting tomorrow.
The team members…………………………………………………………………………………………..
10 This book will take me two years to write.
In two years’ time……………………………………………………………………………………………
VII Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals. Do not change the word in any
way.
1 What time is the train to Nottingham ? LEAVE
……………………………………………………………………………
2 What do you intend to do tomorrow? GOING
2
……………………………………………………………………………
3 You’ll find me waiting outside the station. BE
……………………………………………………………………………
4 Who will be your assistant on this project? WORKING
……………………………………………………………………………
5 Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough. ABOUT
……………………………………………………………………………
6 Maria is pregnant again. HAVE
……………………………………………………………………………
7 I’ll be home late. UNTIL
……………………………………………………………………………
8 No one knows who is going to win the match. WHAT
……………………………………………………………………………
9 David is bound to be here on time. WON’T
……………………………………………………………………………
10 Mary and Alan’s wedding is next weekend. MARRIED
……………………………………………………………………………