FUTURE TENSES: WILL, BE GOING TO, PRESENT CONTINUOUS,

FUTURE CONTINUOUS OR FUTURE PERFECT.

1. Complete the sentences with the correct future tense.

1. Hurry up! You _______________________________ (miss) your bus.

2. Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock I ______________________________ (study) in the
library.
3. By the time Nicole finishes university, she _________________________ (learn) four
languages.
4. _________________________________ (you / work) this summer?
5. I think she ________________________ (get) better marks this year.
6. Tell me about my future. ____________________________ (I / ever meet) the love
of my life?
7. They _______________________________ (lie) on the beach at this time next year.
8. Are you sure of that? Then I ________________________ (go) to the party, too.
9. The concert _______________________ (start) at exactly 10 o’clock.
10. See you at the station! I _____________________________ (wear) a red jacket.
11. Don’t worry! I _____________________________ (not leave) without you.
12. Speak lower! You ___________________________ (wake) the baby up.
13. We certainly _____________________________ (not finish) the work by this time
tomorrow.
14. It’s definite. My friends and I _________________________ (travel) to Colombia
next summer.
15. Anne _______________________________ (invite) some of her friends for dinner
after work.
16. _____________________________ (she / remember) to call us this afternoon?
17. What _________________________________ (you / do) at the weekend?
18. Look! That driver __________________________ (crash) into the lorry.
19. My brother _________________________ (not leave) by the time I get home, so I’ll
be able to speak to him.
20. I believe scientist ______________________ (find) a cure for AIDS in the near future.
21. Gerry can’t come to the party on Saturday night because he _____________________
(work) then.
22. Isn’t that a beautiful ring? I ____________________________ (buy) it.
23. The film _______________________ (end) in half an hour.
 24. By the time you finish eating, I ____________________________ (wash) all the
dishes.
25. I’ve already seen the film so I ______________________ (go) to see it again.
26. Don’t come after 9.00 because I _______________________ (leave) and nobody will
be at home.
2. Fill in the text with the correct future tense.

Jeff’s family usually comes to stay with us for Christmas, but this Christmas we
_______________________ (visit) them instead. They live on the coast of Queensland in
South Australia. I can hardly wait – I ________________________ (have) a fantastic time
there. School holidays _________________________ (start) on Friday and we
_____________________________ (leave) the following morning. At this time next
week, I ________________________ (swim) in the sea, and snorkelling with Jeff. He’s an
expert snorkeller, and he _________________________ (practise) with me every day. On
the last day of our visit, Jeff’s dad ________________________ (take) us to visit the
Great Barrier Reef. I hope by then I ______________________ (improve) enough to
snorkel at the reef and see the magnificent coloured corals and brightly coloured fish close
up. The reef is 2,200 kilometres long and people say it’s an underwater wonderland. Next
year I ________________________ (learn) scuba diving, because only serious divers can
dive in the deeper waters on the outer edges of the reef.

3. Complete each sentence using the verb in brackets and the correct future tense.

1. Tennis practice starts at 10, and we plan to play for two hours. (finish)
By 12 o’clock, ______________________________________________________
2. There’s someone at the door. (open)
I _________________________________________________________________
3. Do you want to come to the disco with us? (come)
_____________ you ________________________________________________ ?
4. Look at that child! (fall down)
He _______________________________________________________________
5. Their plane lands at 7.30. Let’s get there earlier. (wait)
At 7 o’clock, we ______________________________________________________