Miss Irene FUTURE TIME
1 Underline
the most suitable future form in each sentence.
1 Why
are you going to buy
/ will you buy a new mountain
bike?
2 Don’t
phone between 8.00 and 9.00. I’ll
study / I’ll be studying then.
3
Look out! That tree will
/ is going to fall!
4
Let me know as soon as Louise will
get / gets there.
5 Great
news! Jean and Chris will come / are
coming to stay with us.
6 According
to this timetable, the bus is going to
arrive / arrives at 6.00.
7 Can
you call me this evening, because I’ll
leave / I’m leaving tomorrow.
8 If
you arrive late at the sale, the best things
will go / will have gone.
2 Put each verb in
brackets into a suitable future form. More than one answer may be
possible.
1 I
can’t see you on Thursday afternoon. I (visit)....am..visiting.....
our Birmingham branch.
2
George (not
be)........................................... back until six. Can I
take a message?
3
What (you
buy)........................................... with the money you
won in the lottery?
4 I
don’t think you (have)....................... any problems at the
airport.
5 (you
take)............................your dog with you to Scotland?
6 All
the hotels are full. Where (we
spend)..................................... the night?
7 You’d
better not come in July. My mother
(stay)............................................ with me then.
8 What
time (your plane
leave)............................................... ?
3 Put each verb in
brackets into a suitable future form. More than one answer may be
possible.
1 By the time we reach home, the rain (stop)
...will..have..stopped....
2 This time next week I
(lie)............................................on the beach in
Spain.
3 In ten years’ time I
(work)................................................ for
a different company.
4 If we don’t get there by 6.00, Jack
(leave)....................
5 In July they (be
married).......................................... for twenty years.
6 In the year 2500 a lot of people
(live)............................................... on the Moon.
7 When you get to the station, I
(wait)..............................for you
outside.
8 Don’t worry! The plane
(land)............................................ in a moment.
9 By the time you come home, I
(finish)....................................... the decorating.
10 Come round between eight and nine. We
(watch)............................the match on television then.
4 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable future form.
Have you ever wondered what
exactly (1) ..you..will..be..doing...(you
do) in ten years time?
Well, according to computer
expert Tom Vincent, computers
(2)........................................... (soon be able) to make
accurate predictions about the future. Professor Vincent, firom
Cambridge,(3)...................................... (hold) a press
conference next week to describe the computer which
he calls 'Computafuture'. This computer ran tell us what life
(4).....................................(be) like, based on
data describing past events,' explains Professor Vincent. For
example,Сomputafuture can predict
how many people (5).......................................... (live)
in a particular area, or whether there
(6)....................................... (be) a lot of rain during
a particular period. Professor Vincent also believes that by the year
2050, computers (7)............................................
(replace) teachers, and (8).......................................
(also do) most of the jobs now being done by the police. 'Computers
are becoming more intelligent all the time/ says Professor Vincent.
'Soon they (9)....................................... (direct)
traffic and (10)......................................... (teach) our children. And telling us
about the future.'
Miss Irene
5 Put each verb in brackets into a
suitable verb form. All sentences refer to future time.
1 When
I (see)..see..
you tomorrow, I (tell).............................. you my news.
2 As
soon as we (get)........... there,we (phone).................... for
a taxi.
3 I
(go).......................... to the library before I
(do)............................ the shopping.
4 We
(wait)......................... here until the rain
(stop)...................................
5 I
(get)......................................... £50 from the bank
when it (open)........................
6 After
you (take)........................ the medicine, you
(feel).................................... better.
7 You
have to stay until you (finish)............................ your
work.
8 I
(let)..................................... you know the minute I
(hear)..............................the results.
9 Before
we (paint)...................... the wall, we
(have)................................ a cup of tea.
10 We (climb)............................ over the wall as soon
as it (get)................................. dark.
6 Look
carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have
a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line
has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space.
Keeping a diary
Are you one of those people who will
know …........will............
exactly what they will be doing every day next
….....V...............
week? When the different days will arrive,
1.................................
will you have get out your diary, or are
2.................................
you the kind of person who will just guess?
3.................................
Some people will write their appointments
4.................................
in a diary, but others just hope that they will
5.................................
remember. For example, tonight I’m be going
6.................................
to the cinema, but perhaps I’ll not forget all
7.................................
about it. You see, I will never keep a diary.
8................................
I try not to forget my appointments, but I know
9...............................
that I will usually do. I just don’t like planning
10..............................
my future. I know that one day I’m going to
11................................
make a serious mistake. I’ll be miss an important 12
.............................
examination, or by the time I remember it and
13.................................
get there, it will have been finished. Perhaps
14.................................
that will be when I have
finally buy a diary. 15.................................
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