Grammar II

Fill in the Blanks

Will-Future / Going-to Future / Present Continuous

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?

B: I _________________________ (write) a letter to my friends back home in Dublin.

2. A: I’m so tired. 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 year to France. We _________________________ (visit)
Paris, Nice, and Grenoble.

5. I think he ________________ (be) the next Prime Minister.

6. “_____________________” (you, do) me a favor, Sam?

7. Do you think the Green Party ______________ (win) the next election?

8. Look what a terrible driver he is. He _________________________ (get) into an accident one of
these days.

9. That bag looks heavy. _________________________________ (help) you with it.

10. I think the weather _________________________________ (be) nice this weekend.

How would you respond?

1. You have made an appointment with the dentist on Friday morning.

Friend: Shall we meet on Friday morning?

You: I can’t on Friday. _____________________________________________________ (I/go)

to the dentist.

2. Your friend has two young children. She wants to go out tomorrow evening. ‘you offer to look
after the children.

Friend: I want to go out tomorrow evening, but I haven’t got a babysitter.

You: That’s no problem. _______________________________________________ (I/look

after) them
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Future Forms Mixed Bag

1. I feel a bit hungry. I think ___________________________ (I/have) something to eat.

2. Why are you putting on your coat? ____________________________ (you/go) somewhere?

3. Look! That plane is flying towards the airport ________________________________

(it/land).

4. Are you still watching that program? What time _______________________________

(it/end)?

5. __________________________________ (I/go) to London next week for a wedding. My

sister ______________________________ (get) married.

6. When you get off the plane, I _________________________ (wait) for you. I promise.

7. A: Where are you going?

B: To the hairdresser’s. _____________________________ (I/have) my hair cut.

8. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we _________________ (drive) more than four
hundred miles.

9. I wonder where __________________________________ (we/live) ten years from now.

10. Right now, I am watching TV. Tomorrow at this time, I __________________ (watch) TV as
well.

11. By the time you get back, I ______________________(tidy) up the living room and
____________ (finish) washing the dishes.

12. By the time you finish the semester, you ______________________ (master) all the
important tenses.

13. Drive faster! If you don’t hurry up, she _________________ (had) the baby by the time we
get to the hospital.

14. Look at the time! You _______________________ (be) late! The bus _______________
(come) at 7:30 on the dot.
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Future Review:

Crystal Ball Predictions

(What types of predictions might a fortune teller say?)

1. ________________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________

Evidence-Based Predictions

(Make predictions based on what you see, hear, feel, taste, touch NOW)

1. ________________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________

Arranged Plans for Next Week

(What are you doing next week? What have you planned and arranged?)

1. On Monday, I ________________________________________________________________

2. On Tuesday, I ________________________________________________________________

3. On Friday, I __________________________________________________________________

Activities You Intend to do before You Die

(You may not have arranged to do these activities yet, but you certainly intend to do them during your
lifetime.)

1. ________________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________
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Why Can’t You Come?

(What will you be doing when these events take place in the future?)

1. Can you come to my wedding June 25th?

Sorry, on June 25th_______________________________________________________________

2. Can you meet me for coffee at 3PM?

Sorry, at 3 PM____________________________________________________________________

3. Are you free this Saturday?

Sorry, __________________________________________________________________________

Busy Week

(What will you have done by the end of next week? What activities will be completed before the end
of next week?)

1. By the end of next week, I___________________________________________________________

2. By the end of next week, I___________________________________________________________

3. By the end of this year, I ____________________________________________________________

By the time you graduate, how long will you have been doing something?

(Think about your hobbies, your studies, your living arrangements, etc. How long will they have been
going on by the time you graduate?

Example: By the time I graduate, I will have been studying English for 15 years.)

1. By the time I graduate, _____________________________________________________________

2. By the time I graduate, _____________________________________________________________

3. By the time I graduate, _____________________________________________________________