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Exercise 4 The future continuous and will + infinitive. Put the verbs in brackets into one of the above forms.

1 Jack usually gives me a lift home, but we both (come) home by trai tomorrow as his car is being repaired.

2 He says he (meet) us at the bus stop, but I’m sure he (forget) to tur up.

3 Don’t ring now; she (watch) her favourite TV programme.

- All right. I (ring) at 8.30.

4 I wonder what I (do) this time next year.

- I expect you still (work) at the same office.

5 I’d like to double-glaze the bedroom windows.

- All right. I (get) the materials at once and we (do) it this weekend.

6 Wait a bit. Don’t drink your tea without milk. The milkman (come in a minute.)

7 What are you doing next weekend?

- Oh, I (work) as usual. I’m always on duty at weekends.

8 Air hostess: We (take) off in a few minutes. Please fasten your sea belts.

9 He (come) if you ask him.

10 I arranged to play tennis with Tom at nine tonight.

- But you (play) in semi-darkness. You won’t be able to see the ball.

11 (get) you some aspirins if you like. The chemist’s still (be) open.

- No, don’t bother. The office boy (go) out in a minute to post the letters; I (ask) him to buy me some.

12 It (be) very late when she gets home and her parents (wonder) what’s happened.

13 I never (be) able to manage on my own.

- But you won’t be on your own. Tom (help) you. Look—his name is bracketed with yours on the list:

- Oh, that’s all right. But Tom (not help) me: I (help) Tom. He always takes charge when we’re on duty together.

14 I (write) postcards every week, I promise, and I (try) to make them legible. If necessary I (type) them.

15 Typist: Are you in a hurry for this letter, Mr Jones? Because I (type) Mr White’s letters at four o’clock and if yours could wait till

Mr Jones: I’d like it a little earlier than four if possible.

Typist: All right. I (type) it for you now.

16 What happened at last night’s meeting? I hear there was quite a disturbance.

- Come and see me and I (tell) you. I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.

17 I’m going to Switzerland next week.

- You’re lucky. The wild flowers just (come) out.

18 This time next month the snow (melt) and skiing will be over.

19 The first day of the term will be horrible, for everybody (talk) about their holidays and (show) photographs of marvellous foreign beaches, and as I haven’t been anywhere I (feel) terribly out of it.

20 I (tell) her what you say but she (not believe) it.

21 It’s 7 a.m. and here we are on top of a mountain. At home people just (get) up now.

22 But you can’t go to a fancy dress party in a dinner jacket!

- Why not?

- Because everyone (wear) fancy dress.

- All right. I (wrap) the hearthrug round me and (go) as a caveman.

23 The coming election (be) the main topic of conversation for the next fortnight. The party leaders (speak) on TV and the local candidates (address) meetings in the constituencies.

24 This time tomorrow everyone (read) of your success, and all sorts of people (ring) up to congratulate you.

25 That oak tree still (stand) there fifty years from now.

26 You please (forward) my mail to the Grand Hotel? I (stay) there as usual for the first fortnight in August.

27 Heavens! Look at the time. Your father (come) home in a minute and I haven’t even started getting dinner ready!

28 James (leave) for Australia quite soon. He has got a job there.

29 The car (not start).

- If you get in, Tom and I (give) it a push.

30 It’s nearly Christmas already. Carol singers (come) round soon.

31 On the news tonight they mentioned the possibility of a power strike. Everybody (look) for candles tomorrow.

32 Hotel receptionist on phone to client: What time you (arrive), Mr Jones?

Mr Jones: I (travel) on the 4.30 from Victoria. There (be) taxis at th station?

Receptionist: Don’t bother about taxis, Mr Jones. We (send) the hotel car down for you.

33 You (use) your dictionary this afternoon?

- No. You can borrow it if you like.

- Thanks very much. I (put) it back on your desk this evening.

34 Ann: This time next week I (have) my first skating lesson.

Tom: And this time next month you (hobble) about, covered in bruises!

35 It’s a beautiful drive. I’m sure you (enjoy) the scenery.

I (not have) a chance to look at it. I (map-read), and Tom gets so furious if I make a mistake that I (be) afraid to take my eyes off the map.

36 I (write) in code if you insist, but I don’t think it’s at all necessary.

Exercise 5 The future continuous and will (mostly negative).Put the verbs in brackets into one of the above forms.

1 You ask him. It’s no good my asking him. He (not do) anything I say.

2 Ann says she (not come) if Tom is driving. She says she doesn’t want to die yet.

- Well, tell her Tom (not drive). He’s had his licence suspended.

3 Pupil to teacher: I (not come) back next term. My parents want me to get a job.

4 Headmaster: I (not have) girls here in slacks. If you come here tomorrow in slacks I’ll send you home.

Girl: All right, I (not come) tomorrow. I’ll get a job.

5 Mother: I’m so grateful for the help you’ve given Jack; I hope you’ll be able to go on helping him.

Teacher: I’m afraid I (not teach) him next term because I only teach the fifth form and he’ll be in the sixth.

6 Schoolboy (in school dining hall): The last week of our last term! I wonder what we (do) this time next year.

Friend: Well, we (not eat) school dinners anyway. That’s one comfort.

7 They give very good dinners at the school but my daughter (not eat) them. She prefers to go out and buy fish and chips.

8 Yes, you can stroke the dog; he (not bite) you. 

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9 Shall we meet him at the station?

- Oh, he (not come) by train. He never comes by train.

10 I’ve fished that river every year for the last fifteen years.

- Well, nobody (fish) it next year. The water’s been polluted. All the fish are dead.

11 I’ll cook any fish you catch, but I (not clean) them. You’ll have to do that yourself.

12 I (not show) any films this time. The projector’s broken down.

13 Housewife: This time next week I (not wash) up the breakfast things. I (have) breakfast in bed in a luxury hotel.

14 I (not wear) glasses when you see me next. I’ll be wearing contact lenses. You probably (not recognize) me.

15 I’ll tell him the truth of course. But it (not be) any good. He (not believe) me.

16 Customer: When you deliver my next order

Shop assistant: We (not deliver) any more orders, I’m afraid. This branch is closing down.

17 It’ll be easy to pick her out in that bright red coat of hers.

- But she (not wear) the red coat! She’s given it away.

18 No, I (not tell) you the end! Go on reading and find out for yourself!

19 You (not use) your car when you’re on holiday, will you?

- No, but don’t ask me to lend it to you because I (not do) it. Not after what happened last time.

20 I (have) to be a bit careful about money when I retire because I’ll only be getting half my present salary. But of course I (not pay) so much tax.

21 You can either pay the fine or go to prison for a month.

- I (not pay) the fine.

- Then you (have) to go to prison.

22 He’s a clever boy but he’s lazy. He (not work).

23 I wonder how Jack (get on) with the new secretary.

Oh, Jack (not work) here after this week. He’s being transferred.

24 According to the brochures this hotel prides itself on its service, but the staff not even (show) a guest to his room unless he insists. I (not come) here again.

Exercise 6 The future perfect. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect tense, will is replaceable by shall in 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 17.

1 I hope they (repair) this road by the time we come back next summer.

2 By the end of next week my wife (do) her spring cleaning and we’ll all be able to relax again.

3 Yes, I make jam every week. I (make) about 200 kilos by the end of the summer.

4 In two months’ time he (finish) his preliminary training and will be starting work.

5 He spends all his spare time planting trees. He says that by the end of next year he (plant) 2,000.

6 I’ll be back again at the end of next month.

- I hope I (pass) my driving test by then. If I have, I’ll meet your train.

7 Come back in an hour. I (do) my packing by then and we’ll be able to have a talk.

8 When he reaches Land’s End he (walk) 1,500 miles.

9 He’s only 35 but he’s started losing his hair already. He (lose) it all by the time he’s 50.

10 His father left him £400,000, but he lives so extravagantly that he (spend) it all before he’s 30.

11 By the end of next year I (work) for him for 45 years.

12 Everywhere you go in central London you see blocks of flats being pulled down and huge hotels being erected. In ten years’ time all the private residents (be driven) out and there’ll be nothing but one vast hotel after another.

13 Our committee is trying to raise money to buy a new lifeboat. By the end of the year we (send) out 5,000 letters asking for contributions.

14 By the end of my tour I (give) exactly the same lecture 53 times.

15 A hundred people have died of starvation already. By the end of the week two hundred (die). When are you going to send help?

16 Since he began driving, Tom has driven an average of 5,000 miles a year, and had an average of 2^xk accidents a year. So by the time he’s 60 he (drive) 200,000 miles and had 50 accidents. Let’s try to persuade him to go back to cycling.

17 Did you say you wanted help picking apples? I could come on 1 October.

- We (pick) them all by then. But come all the same.

18 Apparently Venice is slowly sinking into the sea. Scientists are trying to save it but by the time they’ve found the answer the city probably (sink).

Exercise 7 The present simple and continuous, the future simple and conditional. Note that in nos. 1, 13,17 and 18 the dramatic present tense is used.

Part 1

1 Ann (look) for a bed-sitter. She (see) an advertisement in the local paper and (ring) up Mrs Smith, the owner of the house. Mrs Smith (answer) the phone.

2 Ann: Good afternoon. I (ring) about the room you advertised.

Mrs Smith: Oh yes.

3 Ann: The advertisement (say) ‘Share bathroom and kitchen’. How many other people (use) the bathroom and kitchen?

4 Mrs Smith: Only one other—an Italian girl. And she (use) the kitchen very little. She (eat) out most of the time. I (not think) she (like) cooking.

5 Ann: That (suit) me all right. I (like) cooking. But how we (arrange) about paying for the gas we (use) in the kitchen?

6 Mrs Smith: The rent (include) gas for cooking, also hot water and light. But it (not include) heating. Each room has its own fire and meter.

7 Ann: I (see). And the room (face) the front or the back?

8 Mrs Smith: It (face) the front. It (looks) out onthe garden square; and it (get) a lot of sun.

9 Ann: That (sound) very nice. Could I come and see it this evening? Mrs Smith; Yes, the earlier the better.

10 Ann; 7 p.m. (suit) you? I (not be able to) come before that as I usually (not get) away from the office till 6 p.m.

11 Mrs Smith: 7 p.m. (be) all right. I (not think) you (have) any difficulty in finding us. The 14 bus (pass) the house and (stop) a few doors further along, outside the Post Office.

12 Ann: I’m sure I (find) it all right. I (see) you at 7.00 then, Mrs Smith. Goodbye,

13 At 6.30 Mr Smith (come) home from work. He (ask) his wife about the room.

14 Mrs Smith: I haven’t let it yet but a girl (come) to see it at 7.00.

15 Mr Smith: She probably (come) at 7.30 just as we (sit) down to supper. People coming here for the first time always (get) lost. I (not think) you (give) proper directions.

16 Mrs Smith; Oh yes, I (do). But nobody (listen) to directions these days. Anyway I’m sure this girl (be) in time.

17 Just then the doorbell (ring). Mrs Smith (look) at her husband and (smile).

18 ‘You see,’ she (say), and (go) to open the door.

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Part 2 Weekend plans.

19 Bill (on phone): Hello, Peter. Bill here. I (speak) from Southwold. I (spend) my holidays here this year in a caravan. You (like) to come for the weekend?

20 Peter: I (love) to. But how I (get) to you?

21 Bill: Get the 8 o’clock train to Halesworth and I (meet) you at the station.

22 Peter: OK. I (do) that. Are you near the sea, Bill?

23 Bill: Yes. When the tide (come) in, I’m almost afloat!

24 Peter: It (sound) marvellous!

25 Bill: It is. Wait till you (see) it!

26 (Friday) Peter’s mother: What you (do) this weekend, Peter? (What plans have you made?)

27 Peter: I (spend) it with Bill in a caravan on the Suffolk coast.

28 Mother: The east coast in this wind! You (freeze) to death—if Bill’s cooking (not kill) you first! How you (get) there? (What travel arrangements have you made?)

29 Peter: I (catch) the 8 o’clock train and Bill (meet) me at Halesworth.

30 Mother: Then I (lend) you my alarm clock, and we’d better have breakfast at seven. I (tell) Mary.

31 Peter: Poor Mary! She (like) a lie-in on Saturdays!

32 (Friday evening) Mother: I (give) you a call at 6.30, Peter, in case you (fall) asleep again after your alarm (go) off. By the way, Mary, we (have) breakfast at seven tomorrow as Peter (go) away for the weekend and (catch) an early train.

33 Mary (petulantly): Peter always (go) away. I never (go) anywhere!

34 Mother: When he (come) home on Sunday night and you (hear) how awful it was, you (be) very glad you stayed at home!