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EXERCISES. The Future Tenses Compared




The Future Tenses Compared

Сравнение будущих времен

 

Exercise 1. Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. When we go to Paris, we ____ the Eiffel Tower.
a) will have climbed b) will climb c) climb
2. By 11 o’clock, Fred ____ for twelve hours.
a) will drive b) is going to drive c) will have been driving
3. Take your umbrella. It ____ when you return.
a) will have been raining b) will be raining c) is raining
4. The restaurant ____ at ten tomorrow morning.
a) opens b) will have opened c) is opening
5. By the time you get home I ____ the house from top to bottom.
a) will clean b) will be cleaning c) will have cleaned
6. ____ in front of the cinema?
a) Will we have met b) Shall we meet c) Do we meet
7. Be careful! You ____!
a) are going to fall b) will have fallen c) falls
8. My sister ____ married next month.
a) is getting b) will have been getting c) will have got
9. We ____ dinner when the film starts.
a) have b) will be having c) are having
10. I ____ at the project for a month when you join me.
a) will work b) am going to c) will have been working
11. By the time you come home, I ____ dinner.
a) will have cooked b) will be cooking c) cook
12. . He ____ a radio engineer when he finishes university.
a) is b) will have been c) is going to be
Exercise 2. Write the following sentences in the correct form (the Present Simple, the Future Continuous, the Future Perfect Simple or the Future Perfect Continuous). If more than one answer is possible, write the most likely once.
1. Next November we ____ (be) married for fifteen years.  
2. What time ____ (train/leave)?  
3. Just think! This time next week we ____ (lie) on the beach!  
4. I ____ (wait) at the airport when your plane lands.  
5. In two weeks' time she ____ (finish) her exams.  
6. ____ (you see) Brian at the meeting?  
7. At ten o’clock I ____ (drive) for sixteen hours.  
8. Hurry up! The lecture ____ (start) in five minutes.  
9. By the end of the week we ____ (interview) ten applicants for the job.  
10. Next time I write to you I ____ (live) in Australia..  
Exercise 3. Are the underlined words right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.
1. I’ve got my ticket. I will go to Madrid.
2. The exam starts at 8.30 tomorrow.
3. Look out! You will have hit the car in front!
4. What time is the sun rising tomorrow?
5. Shall we learn Spanish next year?
6. You look tired. Sit down. I m making you a cup of coffee.
7. The house will be burning for two hours when the firefighters finally arrive.
8. They will decorate the house before we move in.
9. The universe is going to continue to expand for billions of years.
10. At four thirty on Tuesday afternoon I will have signed the contract.
Exercise 4. Complete the letter using the correct future form of the verbs.

Dear Lucy,

How are you? I’m very happy because school is almost over! This time next week 1. ____ (stay)with my grandparents at their cottage by Crystal Lake. I heard on the weather forecast that it 2. ____ (probably/ be) a very hot summer so I 3. ____ (swim) everyday. My grandfather promised me that we 4. ____ (go) fishing in the lake. I can’t wait! Do you have any plans for the summer? Why don’t you ask your parents if you can stay with us? I hope you 5. ____ (come) to the cottage because I’m sure we 6.____ (have) lots of fun! Also, there is an amusement park nearby and we 7. ____ (go) there every Saturday. I am looking forward to spending a wonderful summer with my grandparents and if you come too, it 8. ____ (be) even better.

Take care,

Daisy

P.S. By the time you receive this letter, I 9. ____ (leave) for the cottage. Send your reply to my grandparents’ house.

Exercise 5. . Fred and Alex are about to go on an unusual holiday. They are going to travel from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, a distance of 25,665 kilometers – on motorbikes. Complete the dialogue using the correct form of the verbs from the box.
made fly want arrive have have
have be able travel travel take  
Fred: Alex: Fred: Alex: Fred: Alex: We 1.____ to Anchorage at ten o’clock tomorrow morning and this time next week we 2.____ down the Canadian coast. We’re taking the shortest route along the west coast. I expect we 3.____ problems with bad weather and bad roads. We’ll break down, of course, so we 4.____ spare parts with us. The weather forecast for Alaska is fine at the moment, so we 5.____ a good start. We will be travelling up to 250 kilometers a day on good roads, but on bad roads we 6.____ to get very far. We know that it won’t be an easy trip. We’d like to spend Christmas at home, but we 7.____in England by then. When we get back, we 8.____ for over a year. That’s a long time, but we 9.____ a dream come true. That’s right. But we 10.____ probably never 11.____ to ride a motorbike again!
Exercise 6. Work in pairs. Find out what your friend thinks and give your own ideas about:
Model: the date of an important development in science (e.g. the first people to land on Mars)
SA: People will land on Mars in four or five years.
SB: I think it will happen at the end of the 21st century.

 

1. the next winner of an important sporting event (e.g. the World Football Cup);
2. a future event in your country;
3. an event which is likely to happen in the future, with signs or causes already visible in the present;
4. something natural or routine, which will happen as a matter of course (whether anyone wants it or not);
5. something you’ll be doing in one, two, three ____ (choose a number) years’ time;
6. something that will have happened by 2020, 2030 ____ (choose a date);
7. an arrangement you have made with another person, or a journey you have planned;
8. something which is due to happen as part of your timetable or programme.

 




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