EXERCISES ON FUTURE TENSES

A. Future Simple and Continuous Tense

Choose the correct tenses to complete the sentences.

1. I can buy it for you. I will be shopping in the afternoon anyway.

2. Is Bill at school? - No, he isn't. I suppose he will come .
3. Did you remember to invite Mrs. Oates? - Oh, no! I forgot. But I will call her now.
4. I'll have a holiday next week. I (will not get up / will not be getting up) at 6 o'clock as
usual.
5. You are so late! Everybody (will work /will be working) when you arrive at the office.
6. Be careful or the cars will knock you down.
7. We will be moving our house this time tomorrow.

(https://www.e-grammar.org/future-simple-continuous/test2-exercise1/#topad accessed February

1, 2018)
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B. Future perfect and future continuous

Use the correct tenses to complete the sentences.

1. In twenty years' time most people will be using the Internet.

2. By this time next year we will have moved into our new house.
3. When he retires, he will have been working for fifty years.
4. By 2050 holidaymakers will be travelling to the Moon.
5. As soon as we reach the coast, we will have been sailing for a week.
6. They will have built (built) the station by November.
7. I …………………………….. (get) a job as soon as I leave school.
8. He will come back in summer. By then he will have been staying in Cork for two years.

(https://www.e-grammar.org/future-perfect-simple-continuous/test1-exercise1/#topad accessed
February 1, 2018)
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C. Will or Going to?

LAURA: What are you doing this weekend, Jan?

TANYA: I am going to see a new play tomorrow at the Royal Court theater.
LAURA: Have you got the tickets yet?
TANYA: NO, I am going to get them this afternoon, actually. Would you
like to come?
LAURA: Oh, thank you. That would be nice.
TANYA: OK, I will get you a ticket too.
LAURA: Great ... what time does it start?
TANYA: Eight o'clock, but we are all going to meet in the Green Cafe at 7.15.
LAURA: OK, I will meet you in the cafe, but, I will be there around 7.30.
TANYA: That's fine.
LAURA: Oh, one other thing ... I've got no money at the moment. I
will pay for the ticket on Saturday. Is that OK?
TANYA: Yes, that's OK, no problem.
LAURA: Great! Why don't we go eat something in the restaurant?
TANYA: That's a good idea. I will phone the others and see if they
want to come too.
LAURA: Good, and I will book a table for us.
TANYA: Great! I will meet you there in a moment.

https://www.grammarbank.com/will-vs-going-to-ans.html accessed February 2, 2018

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D. Make your own sentences (Positive, Negative, Interrogative) in:

1. Past Simple Tense
- Positive : ………………………………………………………………….
- Negative : ………………………………………………………………….
- Interrogative : ………………………………………………………………….

2. Past Continuous Tense

- Positive : ………………………………………………………………….
- Negative : ………………………………………………………………….
- Interrogative : ………………………………………………………………….

3. Past Perfect
- Positive : ………………………………………………………………….
- Negative : ………………………………………………………………….
- Interrogative : ………………………………………………………………….

2.By this time next year we will have moved into our new house.