1. Fill in the blanks in the following story with the tenses listed below.

In some cases, more than one tense is possible.

Simple Present Future Continuous

Present Continuous Future Perfect

simple Future Future Perfect Continuous

Sheldon’s Trip Through Time

Sheldon and Howard are having one of their

hypothetical discussions. Howard asks
Sheldon, ‘ If you were a robot, would you want
me to tell you that you were a robot?’

This questions sends Sheldon into one of his

out of body and time experiences where he
contemplates the possibilities of leading yet
another Dr. Sheldon Cooper Trek into the
unbeknownst of time and the Fourth Dimension.

Imagine yourself in the mind of Dr. Sheldon Cooper BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, PhD.

Tomorrow Dr. Sheldon Cooper, the only world-famous genius, (1) will lead (lead)
an expedition into the future through the Fourth Dimension. This (2) is (be)
Sheldon’s last journey as he (3) will retire  (retire) from active fourth dimensional
exploration,imbibition of coffee and bothersome hypothetical questions posed by
Howard, an engineer with only a Masters degree. By that time, he (4) will be
exploring  (explore) not only only every corner of the Fourth Dimension in our
time, but he (5)  will experienced  (experience) two score and twenty centuries in
the future.

It is with great meticulousness that he (6) looks  (look) forward to tomorrow’s

voyage as it (7)  will take  (take) him and his trustworthy equipollent, Amy Farrah
Fowler Ph.D, neurobiologist, to the year 3012. That (8) would have been (be) the
furthest any known being has ever journeyed in ‘the’ time repulsor.

Both Sheldon and Amy (9) will have to toil (toil) fourteen-hour-days at this
juncture in order to prepare for the trek. They (10) stay (stay) fit by meditating,
practising yoga and pilates. Both (11) re-appraise (re-appraise) scientific data
and (12)  make ready  (make ready) all of the visual imaging equipment, they
(13)  will have to take  (take)a great deal of photographs throughout their trek. If
the photos (14) turn out (turn out) well, they (15) will be (be) the first successful
ones ever transmitted back to the present.

Their time capsule (16) will blast off (blast off) at 05:49 sharp tomorrow morning-
weather permitting. During the flight, they (17) will be monitoring (monitor) the
calendar clock every three minutes and thirty-three seconds to safeguard that
they (18) don’t pass (not pass) their ultimate destination.

Bazinga! The ark’s first stop (19) will be(be) December 20, 2412. Once the ark
has been safely secured, both of them (20)  will photograph (photograph) and
will take  (take) samples of humanoids, flora and fauna.

To be continued at a later time ...