EXERCISES

1 PUT THE VERS IN BREAKETS IN THE RIGHT FUTUR FORM:

.We cannot attent the meeting tonight.We will visit our best friends.
Acording to the programme ,the trial will startes 10 O’clock sharp.
His teacher are sure he ist a successful lawyer one day.
You look very tired.If you want I will finish the report for you
It’s already ten ton ine.The witness is latte.
I am simply exhausted.I think I will take a coffee break.
Look aut!The file will fell from your desk and you haves to put all the papers in
order again.
We attendes the opening session of the conference on Monday.Would you like to
join us?
I will win the contest,whatever it takes!
Don’t worry about the meeting1I will help you to prepare the folders.

2 CHOOSE THE CORRECT FUTURE FORM OF THE VERB IN THE

FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

This time tomorrow they will be debating the issue in the Parliament.
I will be having a look at your repart in ten minites.
You schould try to fiind another copy of the report.I will be using it until
envening.
She cannot handle the correspondence.I will be firing her.
There’s no problem for met o give you lift ti the airport.I will be going that way
anyway.
Let me break the news to her.I will be meting her in the office tomorrow.
This time next week our representative will be flying to London to conclide the
agreement.
They will be staying until next Friday.
Will you be using the computer this evening?
We are deeply sorry for his retirement.We will be missing him.
3 Use the correct future form of the verbs in breackest:
By the time you return they will have finished tanslating the materials for the
conference.
He will have filed charges against you befour you meet him to apologise.
According to the action plan the project will habe ended in December.
The Chairam cannot come tomerrow.He will habe seend the President.
The witness will have leaved the premises befour you can stop him
She will hane finished investigating the crime scene by the time the police arrive
The budgerary proposals of the commission will have been considered next
week.

4 CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN THE

FOLLOWING SENTENCES

The staff complained the they had been asking for better working conditions for
two months.
We had been hoping to solve our problem easily and were very disappointed
when we couldn’t.
Our parteners had been looking forward to the contract to be sogned and became
quite angry when it had been being cancelled.
Our competition had been doing everyting they could to attack us and we had to
take steps towards fighting back.

5
Fill in the banks with the rerequired form of the verb given in brackets:

Now we’re lost!If you teked Mr leary ‚s advice this kann not happen.
Don’t be afarid !If we complyed whit the terms of the contract they kann not sue
us.
Did you enjoy your meal?If you finisched eating,I clear away the plates.
I’m afraid we have to take action.If w enot punished him this time,he only
maked more serious mistakes.
They can’t lend.But I known that if they haved if,they lended it to us.
Last year we had the lowest turnover in our company history;but only because
of inflation.If we taked the infation rate into account ,we losed so much money.

6
Use as soon as,till,when,whenever,while or as to fill the gaps in the following
sentences:
Go on till you come to a large square with an old statue in the middle.then turn
rigt and you’ll fiind hid house on your left.
We’ll be glad as soon as everything ist over and we can start working.
They were writing the raport while we were discussing the detail of our
campaign.
When they wereapproaching the building,they realised that they had forgotten
the contract.
You can sing the letters while I am aut.Let’s agree an this rule.