THE FUTURE I. Put the verbs in brackets into be going to/ will: 1.

Employer: But there are a lot of mistakes in this. Miss Jones. Miss Jones: Yes, I suppose there are. All right, I . (type) it again. 2. Mrs. Smith: Your cold's worse, Ann. Go back to bed and I .. (ring) the school and tell them you can't come. 3. Mrs. Smith was just picking up the receiver when her husband came downstairs. 'Ann's not well,' she said. 1 (ring) the school and say that she can't come.' 4. Ann: Why are you taking fishing rods? You (not climb) the mountain after all? Tom: We . (climb). There's a lake on top and we (try) to get some fish out of it. 5. Ann: Well, if you catch any I . (cook) them; but I think I ..(buy) some all the same. 6. Mary, meeting Jack carrying two buckets of water: Hello, Jack! Where's the fire? Jack: I .. (wash) the car, if you want to know. Would you like to help me? Mary: I'm not dressed for it but I . (come) and watch. 7. Where are all those children off to with baskets? They (pick).. blackberries. They probably ...(come) back at 6.00 with their baskets crammed and then their mothers .. (start) making jam. 8. Ann: You .(have) to go now, Tom, or you (be) late. Mary: But it's pouring. He (get) soaked if he goes out in that. 9. George and Paul find an injured man lying by the roadside. Paul: I (stay) with him, George, if you go back and get help. George: All right. I (try) to get a lift back. 10. No, I'm not going away for the weekend. I'm staying at home. I.. (start) building my garage. The bricks have come at last. You ..(do) it all by yourself? No, my nephew ..(help) me. I suggested it to him yesterday and he was quite enthusiastic.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous/ future simple; 1. 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. 2. I ..(tell) her what you say but she.. (not believe) it. 3. It's 7 a.m. and here we are on top of a mountain. At home people just. (get) up now. 4. But you can't go to a fancy dress party in a dinner jacket! Why not? Because everyone (wear) a fancy dress. All right. I (wrap). the hearthrug round me and (go) as a caveman. 5. 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. 6. This time tomorrow everyone . (read) of your success, and all sorts of people (ring) up to congratulate you.

7. That oak tree still (stand) there fifty years from now. 8. You please (forward) my mail to the Grand Hotel? I . (stay) there as usual for the first fortnight in August. 9. Heavens! Look at the time. Your father .. (come) home in a minute and I haven't even started getting dinner ready! 10. It's nearly Christmas already. Carol singers . (come) round soon.

III. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect / future perfect continuous 1. By 8.30 am, he (arrive) at the airport. 2. I hope they (repair) this road by the time we come back next summer. 3. By the end of next week my wife ..(do) her spring cleaning and we'll all be able to relax again. 4. Yes, I make jam every week. I (make) about 200 kilos by the end of the summer. 5. In two months' time he .(finish) his preliminary training and will be starting work. 6. I .. (wait) here for three hours by six o'clock. 7. By 2001 (live) here for sixteen years. 8. I'm going to be a very rich man. I'm sure that by the time I'm 40 I (make) my first million. 9. She.. (write) the book for four months by the end of October. 10. You should come earlier if you want to speak to her. I am afraid that by three o'clock she .(leave).