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our opponents are going to win / let’s get going …

our plane leaves at 6:30

My great-grandomother will be one hundred years old next year

I don’t think humans will ever be able to live on the moon

My parents will have been married for twenty-five years next Saturday

Come along next Monday afternoon —the band will be recording (then)

Our proposal will certainly succeed / We are certainly going to succeed with our proposal

The government expects six thousand people will have found work by the end of the summer
Government to expect (phrase)
Do you know (at) what time you are arriving / will be arriving on Friday?

Our daughter will be appearing in the school production… / … is appearing

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 does the plane arrive / will the plane be arriving

is going to be
are going to start / start
will complain / am going to complain

‘m going to watch / ‘m watching / will

be wating
will be looking at
will give
will be waterskiing
will film
will be filming / are filming
will
stay
will be staying

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1 Co m p le t e e ach se n t e n c e using th e cu es in bracke ts.

1 In twenty-four hours’ time I (relax) on my yacht.
will be / might be
2 ‘Theres someone at the door.’ ‘That (b e ).................................... the postman.’
will have left

are
3 By the time you get back Harry (leave)......................................
will be
4 It’s only a short trip. I (b e ).................................... back in an hour.
are you doing
are you going to do
5 What (you/do)...................................this Saturday evening? Would you like to go out?
µ will have decided what to do.
6 By the end of the week we (decide)....................................
won’t be
7 It (not/be).................................... long before Doctor Smith is here.
have finished / finish
8 We 11 go to the park when you (finish).................................... your tea.
am going to faint
9 It s very hot in here. I think I (faint)......................................
are you going to give
10 What (you/give).................................... Ann for her birthday? Have you decided yet?

2 U nd e rlin e th e m ost su it ab le v e rb form in e ach se n te nce .

In Ju ly Gordon (1) will be/wiU have been a t his company for 3 0 ye ars and (2) he’s finally
retiring/hell finally retire on his 6 5 t li birthday. WeVe decided to have a long holiday and
(3) we’re going to tal<e/we’ll ta te th e opportunity to visit some old friends in Hungary,
and then tra^el around in t h a t region. (4) leave/'He’ll be leaving tow ards the end of
August, and our aim is to v is i t a s many countries a s we can. (5) We’re flying/We’ll fly to
Budapest on the 2 5 t h and then (6) we eto p over/we’Ube stopping o/er with our friends
- theyVe go t a house on Lake Balaton. (7) We’ll have spent/W e’llprobably spend a couple
of weeks in Hungary and travel around. A f t e r t h a t (8) we’re thinking/we’ll think of going
to Romania, but we haven’t planned anything definite. (9) We’llknow/We’llhave known a
bit more th is weekend when (1 0 ) we’ll research/we’ll be researching the whole thing on
the Internet. We’d like to go on from there to Bu garia or Ukrain , but I doubt whether
(1 1 ) we’ll have/we’re having time. Money couid be a problem too - I hope the whole trip
(1 2 ) won’t b'e/won’t ha\^e been to o expensiv'e. From nowon (1 3 ) we are really having to /
we’ll really have to save as much as we can. We’re really looking forward to i t - 1can
hardly wait! J u s t think, in ju s t over two months’ time (1 4 ) we’llbetravelling/we’llhave
travelled a rom d Europ like a couple of old hippies! When we come back, (1 5 ) youaren’t
recognizing us/you won’t recognize us!

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3 Read e ach se n t e nc e and d e c id e w h ich e n d in g (A, B or C) b est fits e ach space .

1 Paulas flight is bound to be late although

A it arrives at 6.00. B its due at 6.00. C its arriving at six.
2 According to the latest forecast, the tunnel..........
A will be fmished next year. B will have been finished next year.
C is finishing next year.
3 Its no use phoning Bob at the office, h e ..........
A will be leaving. B is leaving. C will have left. 1
4 Everyone says that this year C ity..........
A are going to win the Cup. B are winning the Cup. C win the Cup.
5 I don t feel like visiting my relatives this year s o ..........
A I won t go. B Tm not going. C I don t go.
6 You can borrow this calculator, I ..........
A am not going to need it. B won t have been needing it.
C am not needing it.
7 I’m sorry dinner isn t ready yet, but i t ..........
A is going to be ready in a minutę. B will have been ready in a minutę.
C will be ready in a minutę.
8 Can you send me the results as soon as y o u ..........
A hear anything? B are hearing anything? C will have heard anything?
9 You can try asking Martin for help b u t..........
A it wont do you any good. B its not doing you any good.
C it wont be doing you any good.
10 Dont worry about the mistake you made, nobody..........
A is noticing. B will notice. C will be noticing.
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4 Co m p le t e th e se co n d se n t e n c e so th a t it has a sim ilar m e a n ing to th e first

sen te nce , usin g th e w ord giv e n . Do no t c h a n g e th e w ord giv e n .
1 I dont suppose you have heard the news.
won’t
You the news.
2 The Prime Minister expects an easy victory for his party in the election.
believes
believes his party will win
The Prime M inister..........................................the election easily.
3 IVe been in this company for almost three years.
will
Te
I will have been
By the end of the m onth..........................................in this company for three years.
4 This book will take me two years to write.
have
I will have written
In two years..........................................this book.
5 Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.
about
about to make
Scientists a re ......................................... a vital breakthrough.
6 Maria is pregnant again.
have
is going to have
Maria i s ..........................................baby.
7 ril be home late. he
until
won’t be home until
I ..........................................late.
8 No one knows what the result of the match is going to be.
who
who is going to win
No one know s..........................................the match.
9 D ont worry; David wont be late.
here
D ont worry; D avid..........................................time.
10 Mary and Alans wedding is next weekend,
getting
Mary and A lan ..........................................next weekend.

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