EXERCISES

23.1 Complete the sentences using will ('ll) or going to.

1. A: Why are you turning on the television?
B: I'm going to watch the news. (I/watch)
2. A: Oh, I've just realised. I haven't got any money.
B: Haven't you? Well, don't worry. __________________ you some. (I/lend)
3. A: I've got a headache.
B: Have you? Wait there and __________________ an aspirin for you. (I/get)
4. A: Why are you filling that bucket with water?
B: __________________ the car. (I/wash)
5. A: I've decided to repaint this room.
B: Oh, have you? What colour __________________ it? (you/paint)
6. A: Where are you going? Are you going shopping?
B: Yes, __________________ something for dinner. (I/buy)
7. A: I don't know how to use this camera.
B: It's quite easy. __________________ you. (I/show)
8. A: What would you like to eat?
B: __________________ a sandwich, please. (I/have)
9. A: Did you post that letter for me?
B: Oh, I'm sorry. I completely forgot __________________ it now. (I/do)
10. A: The ceiling in this room doesn't took very safe, does it?
B: No, it looks as if __________________ down. (it/fall)
11. A: Has George decided what to do when he leaves school?
B: Oh, yes. Everything is planned. __________________ a holiday for a few
weeks and then __________________ a computer programming course.
(he/have, he/do)
23.2 Read the situations and complete the sentences using will ('ll) or
going to.
1. The phone rings and you answer. Somebody wants to speak to Jim.
CALLER: Hello. Can I speak to Jim, please?
YOU: Just a moment. __________________ him. (I/get)
 2. It's a nice day. You've decided to sit in the garden. Before going outside, you
tell your friend.
YOU: The weather's too nice to stay indoors. __________________ in the
garden. (I/sit)
FRIEND: That's a good idea. I think __________________ you. (I/join)
3. Your friend is worried because she has lost an important letter.
YOU: Don't worry about the letter. I'm sure __________________ it. (you/find)
FRIEND: I hope so.
4. There was a job advertised in the paper recently. At first you were interested
but then you decided not to apply.
FRIEND: Have you decided what to do about that job that was advertised?
YOU: Yes, __________________ for it. (I/not/apply)
5. You and a friend come home very late. Other people in the house are asleep.
Your friend is noisy.

You: Shhh! Don't make so much noise. __________________ everybody up.

(you/wake)
6. John has to go to the airport to catch a plane tomorrow morning.
JOHN: Ann, I need somebody to take me to the airport tomorrow morning.
ANN: That's no problem. __________________ you. (I/take) What time is your
flight?
JOHN: 10.50.
ANN: OK. __________________ at about 9 o'clock then. (we/leave)
Later that day, Joe offers to take John to the airport.
JOE: John, do you want me to take you to the airport?
JOHN: No thanks, Joe. __________________ me. (Ann/take)
Insert the verb in ˝WILL˝, or ˝GOING TO˝ future.

A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?

B: I (write) ____________________a letter to my friends back home in Texas.

2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!

B: I (get) ____________________you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.

3. A: I can't hear the television!

B: I (turn) ___________________it up so you can hear it.

4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit)

_____________________Paris, Nice and Grenoble.

5. Sarah (come) ___________________to the party. Oliver (be)

_________________there as well.

6. A: It is so hot in here!
B: I (turn) ____________________the air conditioning on.

7. I think he (be) _____________________the next President of the United

States.

8. After I graduate, I (attend) ______________________medical school and

become a doctor. I have wanted to be a doctor all my life.

9. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel room. I am afraid it is
simply too small for four people.
B: That man at the service counter (help) _______________________you.

10. As soon as the weather clears up, we (walk) ___________________down to

the beach and go swimming.
11.Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I (cut) ____________________that picture of the ocean out of the travel
magazine.
Mark: What (you, do) _____________________with it?
Beth: I (paint) _____________________a water color of the ocean for my art
class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model.
12.
Mark: (You, do) ______________________me a favor Sam?
Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?
Mark: I (change) _______________________the broken light bulb in the lamp
above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am
up there.
Sam: No problem, I (hold) ____________________it for you.