FUTURE TENSE.

1 Choose the correct answer.

1. An old man just got on the bus. I will give / am going to give him my seat.
2. We will have / are going to have a big history test next week.
3. I am hungry. I think I will eat / am going to eat something.
4. He is beginning / will begin skating lessons tomorrow.
5. They will buy / are going to buy a new sofa soon.
6. My friends are preparing / will prepare a meal for their parents tomorrow night.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple or be going to.

1. Ron is fast. He ……………………… (win) the race.

2. That soup smells delicious. I think I ……………………… (have) some.
3. Have you cleaned your room yet?
No, not yet. I ……………………… (clean) it tomorrow.
4. What are your plans for the weekend? I ……………………… (have) some friends over.
5. Lisa tells her sister a secret and says, “Promise you ……………………… (not tell) Mum.”
6. Where ……………… you ……………………… (put) that picture? I think you should hang
it on that wall.
7. Can you come to my house tonight? We ……………………… (watch) a great film.
8. Let’s go to the party. It ……………………… (be) fun.

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going
to or the Present Continuous. There may be more than one possible answer.
1. My mother ……………………… (visit) some friends next week.
2. Don’t worry. I ……………………… (help) you.
3. It’s almost 8.00. We ……………………… (be) late for the film.
4. Robert ……………………… (not play) football on Saturday. He broke his leg.
5. I think I ……………………… (buy) it. I really like it.
6. No, you can’t borrow my shirt. I ……………………… (wear) it.
7. They ……………………… (not eat) at home tonight. They are going to go to a restaurant.

4 Choose the correct answer.

1. By next year, we will be living / will have lived in France.
2. The new store will be opening / will have opened next Tuesday.
3. By the end of the day, they will be finishing / will have finished three research papers.
4. By this time tomorrow, our friends will be arriving / will have arrived.
5. My dad won’t be working / won’t have worked at the same job in ten years’ time.

5 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the Future Continuous or
Future Perfect Simple.
1. At this time tomorrow, I ……………………………… (celebrate) my birthday.
2. During the next two months, they ……………………………… (travel) around Australia.
3. On 18th January, he ……………………………… (live) in London for two years.
4. By 2040, someone ……………………………… (discover) a new energy source.
5. The birds ……………………………… (reach) Africa by the time winter starts.
6 Choose the correct answer.

1. How will I recognise him? He will be wearing / will have worn a green shirt.
2. Let’s hope that we will be stopping / will have stopped global warming by the year
2025.
3. The film starts at 8.00 and finishes at 10.00, so at 9.00 we will be watching / will have
watched it.
4. The President is ill so he won’t be attending / won’t have attended the meeting this
evening.
5. If he wins the Oscar this year, he will be winning / will have won three awards.

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GRAMMAR
7 Complete the sentences with be or have and the correct form of the verb in
brackets.

1 By this time tomorrow, I’ll _______________________(finish) all my exams.

2 Come and visit me and my cousin tomorrow afternoon. We’ll _______________________
(play) video games.
3 I’ll _______________________ (wait) for you when you get to the station.
4 In December, my sister will _______________________ (be) in London for three years.
5 By the time we get to Paris, we’ll_______________________ (take) three different trains.
6 I’ll call you at 8 o’clock tonight. What will you _______________________ (do) then?
7 I hope I’ll_______________________ (get) married by the time I’m thirty.
8 We’ll_______________________ (have) dinner when the match begins. We’re going to miss
the start!

8 Complete the sentences with the correct future form of the verbs in brackets.
Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.

1 When I retire, I probably _______________________ (go) and live by the sea.

2 You have to get up early tomorrow. The plane _______________________ (leave) at 7
o’clock.
3 Call me at 9 o’clock. I _______________________ (finish) my breakfast by then.
4 From now on, I _______________________ (study) hard every day. I don’t want to fail my
exams.
5 We_______________________ (have) a party on Friday. Do you want to come?