Forming the Future Simple

Tense
Date:
To form the verb in the
Future Simple Tense you need Name:
‘will’ + not and the base form Task 1 - Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the
of the verb (infinitive without
Future Simple Tense.
‘to’ / V1).
1) They ____________________________ to China next month. (not go)
I
2) I promise Jane _____________________________ late tomorrow. (not
You
be)
He
She 3) We _____________________________ skating on TV tonight. (not
It watch)
We 4) Tim _____________________________ up at 7 am tomorrow. (not get)
You 5) The kids _____________________________ the truth if you ask them.
Theywill not / won’tread a (not tell)
book next week. 6) Probably you _____________________________ the last bus. (not miss)
watch TV
7) I’m sure I _____________________________ to that big rock. (not
go to the cinema
swim)
play basketball
rain tomorrow.
8) Anna _____________________________ volleyball until she recovers
Will or shall from her illness. (not play)
9) I hope the Taylors _____________________________ before noon. (not
We use 'will' with all persons. arrive)
With ‘I’ and ‘we’ we can use 10) We _____________________________ breakfast with you. (not have)
'shall' instead of 'will'. It’s
negative form is shall not.
The short form is shan’t.
In modern English 'shall' is
Task 2 – Write sentences in simple future. Look at the example.
seldom used with a future
reference. e.g.: Anne: I’ve e.g.: play with a ball - play with a toy car
heard she is ill. The boy won’t play with a ball.
Kim: Shan’t we call her up? He will play with a toy car.1) sleep – fall down
(Here it is used as a polite ___________________________________________________________
request or suggestion.)
___________________________________________________________
Usage ____________________2) brush her teeth - wake up
___________________________________________________________
To promise sy sg ___________________________________________________________
e.g.: I won’t lose my temper ____________________3) write a letter - be ill
again. ___________________________________________________________
To predict what will happen
___________________________________________________________
e.g.: They won’t win election.
To make on-the-spot ____________________4) eat a cake – bake a cake
decision ___________________________________________________________
e.g.: * ‘I’m tired.’ * ‘I won’t ___________________________________________________________
disturb you.’ ____________________5) clean the windows - wash up
To offer or request sg ___________________________________________________________
e.g.: Won’t you sit down,
___________________________________________________________
please?
To warn sy ____________________6) do the homework – pack the schoolbag
e.g.: If you’re late again, I ___________________________________________________________
won’t wait for you. ___________________________________________________________
To suggest sg ____________________7) snow – rain
e.g.: Shan’t we wait for him? ___________________________________________________________
After these expressions:
___________________________________________________________
I think
____________________
I suppose
I’m sure I promise
I expect
I hope, etce.g.: I think he’ll
miss the train.
After these adverbs:
possibly
surely
hopefullycertainly
perhaps, etce.g.: Hopefully you
won’t get lost.
In conditional sentences in
the main sentence.
e.g.: If I meet him, I won’t tell