Future Tenses Exercise

1. The train __________ (to arrive) at 12:30.

2. We __________ (to have) dinner at a seaside restaurant on Sunday.
3. It __________(to snow) in Brighton tomorrow evening.
4. On Friday at 8 o’clock I __________ (to meet) my friend.
5. Paul __________ (to fly) to London on Monday morning.
6. Wait! I __________ (to drive) you to the station.
7. The English lesson __________ (to start) at 8:45.
8. Are you still writing your essay? If you __________ (to finish) by 4pm, we can go for
a walk.
9. I __________ (to see) my mother in April.
10.Look at the clouds – it __________ (to rain) in a few minutes.
11.When they __________ (to get) married in March, they __________ (to be)
together for six years.
12.You’re carrying too much. I __________ (to open) the door for you.
13.Do you think the teacher __________ (to mark) our homework by Monday
morning?
14.When I __________ (to see) you tomorrow, I __________ (show) you my new
book.
15.After you __________ (to take) a nap, you __________ (to feel) a lot better
16.I’m sorry but you need to stay in the office until you __________ (to finish) your
work.
17.I __________ (to buy) the cigarettes from the corner shop when it __________ (to
open).
18.I __________ (to let) you know the second the builders __________ (to finish)
decorating.
19.Before we __________ (to start) our lesson, we __________ (to have) a review.
20.We __________ (to wait) in the shelter until the bus __________ (to come).
21.I’m very sorry Dr. Jones __________ (not be) back in the clinic until 2pm.
22.This summer, I __________ (to live) in Brighton for four years.
23.I don’t think you __________ (to have) any problems when you land in Boston.
24.The baby should be due soon, next week she __________ (to be) pregnant for nine
months.
25.By the time we get home, they __________ (to play) football for 30 minutes.
26.In three years I __________ (to live) in a different country.
27.When you __________ (to get) off the train, I __________ (to wait) for you by the
ticket machine.
28.__________ (to take) your children with you to France?
29.This time next week I __________ (ski) in Switzerland!
30.Now I __________ (to check) my answers.
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going to, Present
continuous for future,
will / won’t
 1 Riordina le parole per formare frasi.
1 be / will / rich / very / day / one / you / ?
2 this / tidy / I / afternoon / room / going / my / am / to
3 English / your / in / friends / how / staying / Milan
/ long / are / ?
4 we / on / for / leaving / Tuesday / Rome / are
5 our / match / not / the / team / I / will / school
/ think / win
6 wear / Jamie’s / what / you / for / will / party / ?
7 Tom / tonight / grandparents / is / dinner / with / his
/ having
8 parents / not / me / my / scooter / for / will / a / my
/ buy / birthday
9 lunch / Paul / I / meeting / for / am
10 going / to / what / your / study / at / sister
/ university / is / ?
 2 Sottolinea l’alternativa corretta.
1 Don’t drive so fast. You are having / are going to
have an accident.
2 We can’t come to the mountains with you. We
are going to have / are having lunch with our
grandparents on Saturday.
3 Hurry up. The bus is leaving / is going to leave in ten
minutes.
4 It’s five o’clock. John is being / is going to be late
again.
5 We are having / are going to have a barbecue on
Sunday. Would you like to come?
6 Look at those clouds. It is raining / is going to rain.
7 Sandra didn’t study for her exam. She is failing / is
going to fail it.
8 I always get bad marks in my tests. I am speaking
/ am going to speak to the teacher.
9 We decided where to spend our next summer
holidays. We are going / are going to go to Spain.
10 When are you answering / are you going to answer
Jason’s text message?
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Name
Surname
________________________
____________________
Class _________________________
Date _________________________
 3 Completa con la forma corretta (Present
continuous o going to) dei verbi tra parentesi.
1 I can’t have lunch with you on Saturday. I
_______________ (help) my mum with the
housework.
2 Anne is in Cardiff now because her course at
university _______________ (start) next Monday.
3 When ______ you _______________ (tell) your
parents that you failed your driving test?
4 I want to make lasagne tonight. I _______________
(buy) some meat and some tomatoes for the sauce.
5 We _______________ (go) to the football match on
Sunday. Why don’t you come with us?
6 Be careful. You _______________ (break) that vase!
7 We _______________ (not drive) to Manchester. The
traffic is always terrible on Friday.
8 This dress is fantastic. When ______ you
_______________ (wear) it?
9 ______ you _______________ (have) a big family
when you get married?
10 I _______________ (meet) Wendy at five o’clock this
afternoon.
 4 Sottolinea l’alternativa corretta.
1 Ask Jim. I’m sure he will / is going to help you.
2 A Why did you buy all those apples?
B I will / am going to make an apple pie.
3 Fifty years from now, books aren’t going to / won’t
exist.
4 What will you do / are you going to do this afternoon?
5 I think Federer will / is going to win the match.
6 Take your jacket. It will / is going to be cold today.
7 I’m not sure Amanda will / is going to come to your
party.
8 The weather forecast says it won’t / isn’t going to
rain tomorrow.
9 A Why are you turning on the TV?
B I will / am going to watch the news.
10 Tom called me five minutes ago. He will / is going to
be late again.
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Name ________________________ esercizi di recUPerO

Surname ____________________

Class _________________________
Date _________________________

 5 Completa con will o going to e i verbi tra  7 TRANSLATION Traduci.

parentesi.
1 Quando hai intenzione di telefonare a Peter?
1 ______ you really ____________ (learn) Chinese?
2 By 2030 scientists think there ____________ (be) 8 2 Vado a trovare i miei nonni domani.
billion people in the world.
3 We are meeting at seven o’clock and ____________ 3 L’esame è molto facile. Lo passerai facilmente.
(have) dinner at Fast Food World.
4 Do you know what Donna ____________ (do) this 4 Non penso che Joan verrà in montagna con noi.
weekend?
5 Hamilton is the favourite. Everybody says he 5 Andrò dal dottore venerdì alle due e un quarto.
____________ (win) the race.
6 It’s Trevor’s birthday next week. He ____________ 6 Perché Brian ha intenzione di cambiare lavoro?
(be) twenty-one.
7 A There are a lot of eggs in the fridge. 7 In futuro le persone mangeranno cibo
B Yes, I ________________________ (make) an geneticamente modificato.
omelette for lunch.
8 Why don’t you come on holiday with us. I’m sure we 8 Hai intenzione di invitare Sue alla tua festa di
____________ (have) a great time. compleanno?
9 I think Michael ____________ (be) here soon.
10 Your room is a mess! When ______ you 9 Penso che i negozi saranno chiusi domani.
____________ (tidy) it up?
10 Mio fratello partirà per Las Vegas domani pomeriggio.
 6 Completa con will, going to, o il Present
continuous di uno dei verbi dati.

leave  buy  come  get  be  not survive

spend  meet  walk  do

1 In the next 20 years, endangered animals

____________ .
2 ____________ you really ____________ to the
museum? It’s very far.
3 What ____________ you ____________ tonight?
4 I ____________ Alan in town this afternoon.
5 Mary is in London so she ____________ to the party
tonight.
6 I ____________ a book for Susan’s birthday. Do you
think it’s a good idea?
7 In the future people ____________ their holidays on
the moon.
8 Do you think Pat and Jason ____________ ever
____________ married?
9 Tomorrow we ____________••for Madrid.
10 Trains ____________ much faster in the future.

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TENSES T 12

Past or Past Perfect Tense – Simple: Fill in the correct form.

1. Mary ___________________ (give) me Tony's address before she left.

2. When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film ___________________ (already, start).
3. Before we reached the station we saw that we ___________________ (lose) our way.
4. All the tickets ___________________ (be) sold before the concert began.
5. They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
6. I asked Mr Green how many books he ___________________ (read)
7. Mum asked me why I ___________________ (not tidy) up my room.
8. Bob was sorry that he ___________________ (told) me the story.
9. Alan watched TV after he ___________________ (have) lunch.
10. The sun ___________________ (shine) yesterday after it ___________________ (be) cold for many
weeks.
11. Uncle David ___________________ (go) to the doctor after he ___________________ (be) ill for a
month.
12. Before the police ___________________ (catch) the thief, he ___________________ (steal) two
more watches.
13. Mum once ___________________ (paint) a picture although she ___________________ (never,
learn) it.
14. I ___________________ (not tell) my teacher that my mum ___________________ (help) me with
my homework.
15. I ___________________ (be) very angry when I ___________________ (see) that my brother
___________________ (eat) my apple.
16. The bike ___________________ (be) much more expensive than he ___________________ (think)
at first.
17. Dad ___________________ (drive) me home after I ___________________ (fall) into the water.
18. Marion ___________________ (ask) me what ___________________ (happen) to me last week.
19. We ___________________ (eat) two Big Macs before we ___________________ (go) home.
20. Paul ___________________ (not say) that he ___________________ (take) Albert's watch.
21. The days ___________________ (become) colder after it ___________________ (snow).
22. Martin ___________________ (tell) me that he ___________________ (be) in London.
23. I ___________________ (feel) great after I ___________________ (pass) the exam.
24. It ___________________ (be) Freddy who ___________________ (clean) the room.
25. When I ___________________ (get) off the bike I ___________________ (see) that one of those
tires ___________________ (lose) air.
26. I ___________________ (be) sorry that I ___________________ (not be) nicer to him.
27. Nobody ___________________ (come) to the meeting because Angela ___________________
(forget) to tell them about it.
28. I know that I ___________________ (see) her somewhere before.
29. Because she ___________________ (not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________________
(break) down.
30. She couldn't find the book that I ___________________ (lend) her.
31. They never ___________________ (never find) where he ___________________ (hide) the money.
32. It was a firm that I ___________________ (never hear) of.
33. When she ___________________ (come ) in we all knew where she ___________________ (be)
34. The lesson ___________________ (already start) when I ___________________ (arrive).
35. When I ___________________ (get) to the park I found out that I ___________________ (lose) my
keys.
36. She told me that she ___________________ (work) in Germany.
37. When he ___________________ (paint) the kitchen he ___________________ (decide) to have a
rest.
38. After I ___________________ (finish) the report, I saw that it ___________________ (be) too late.
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MIXED TENSES REVISION

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a) I __________________ (learn) Spanish for three years now. I __________________

(started) when I was 15 years old. Our history teacher __________________ (show) us
the pictures of her trip to Spain. She __________________ (visit) so many places and
__________________ (try) so many dishes! I hope I __________________ (travel) to
Spain someday in the future too.
b) They __________________ (marry) for three years before they __________________
(get) a divorce in 2017.
c) I __________________ (go) to work every day at 7:30 am. I normally
__________________ (catch) the bus, but today there is a problem with the bus service,
so I __________________ (take) a taxi.
d) The train __________________ (leave) the station at 19:00 in the afternoon.
__________________ (not miss) it!
e) The teacher __________________ (stop) explaining when he realized the students
__________________ (not pay) attention. Soon he __________________ (become)
angry and __________________ (decide) to punish them with a surprise test.
f) She __________________ (leave) the restaurant before the waiter
__________________ (bring) her the bill.
g) Mia and her friends __________________ (watch) a movie this Saturday. They
__________________ (not decided) a movie yet, but it __________________ (probably
/ be) a romantic comedy. Mia __________________ (love) romance and a good dose of
laughter.
h) - __________________ (you / go) to the gym yesterday?
- No, I __________________. I __________________ (stay) at home and
__________________ (read) a book.
i) Look! Your child __________________ (run) into the street!
j) Last night he __________________ (be) feeling sick. He __________________ (not eat)
before he __________________ (go) to bed.
k) The weatherman said it __________________ (rain) this afternoon, but look at the sky!
There isn’t a cloud and the sun is shining. It __________________ (be) very hot, you will
see.
l) This house is empty. It __________________ (be) abandoned for years.
m) - __________________ (you / ever / play) basketball?
- Yes, I __________________. When I was in high school, I used to play basketball with
my friends. I __________________ (not play) since then.
n) I __________________ (finish) my essay for History class tonight. It’s due tomorrow.
o) He __________________ (drive) when he __________________ (see) the accident
happening. It __________________ (be) horrible! A car and a truck
__________________ (crush) in the middle of the road. Luckily, no one
__________________ (be) hurt.
p) The children __________________ (play) Mr Wolf in the garden all afternoon. They
__________________ (have) so much fun!
q) The girl __________________ (stand) at the bus stop now.

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