EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME

/PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE SIMPLE, GOING TO-FUTURE, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PEFECT)

Complete the sentences using the correct future form of the verbs in brackets

By the year 2020 the population of London will have grown(grow) substantially. Governments all over Europe have promised that they will tackle(tackle) the joint problems of immigration. He will be eating/will have eaten.(eat) by the time you arrive. Global warming means that hurricaneswill become..(become) more prevalent in the Southern and Northern hemispheres. During the rush hour later today thousands of people will be driving.(drive) into Tokyo and other big cities, trying to get work. In twenty years time the majority of citizens will have finished.(finish) university. Where .will ..you .be.. (be) this time tomorrow? What .will..you ..be doing..(do) this time next week? I dont think I will have finished..(finish) my homework in time for the lesson. Dont call me in the morning because I will be.(be) at a job interview. Do you think you will be studying (study) English in five years time? No, I will have finished.(finish) studying by then. This time next week we will be(be) on holiday. We will be seeing..(see) the sights mostly but we might do some shopping, too. I expect that I will have graduated..(graduate) by the time I am 24. You should be careful what you spend or you will have wasted(waste) your money by the time you really need it. The weather forecast says the storm .will have finishedby tomorrow afternoon. Thats good news because this time tomorrow I will be playing(play) cricket. I cant come to the match with you because I will be doing(do) an exam. If you leave now, you will arrive(arrive) before it gets dark. The prime minister .will make ..(make) a speech live on TV tonight. By the time you get back, I ..will have cleaned..up the living room and ..will have finished..(finish) washing the dishes. Everything will be perfect when your parents arrive. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ..will have driven..(drive) more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted. Look at that big black cloud. I think it .is going to rain.(rain) tonight. (We use the GOING TO form when there is physical evidence in the present which indicates that something will probably happen in the future.i.e. the big black cloud foretells rain.)

Tomorrow __will be___ (be) a bright and sunny day everywhere in Spain, except in La Corua," said the weatherwoman. (Scientific prediction:- WILL.) Betty: There's no milk left! Berty: Oh. I will____ get some from the shop. (For decisions made at the time of speaking, we must use the WILL form) ____I am going to _________ see the doctor on Friday morning. (GOING TO for planned future actions.) The population of Valencia __will reach_ reach 2 million by the year 2010. (WILL for scientific predictions.) Mum: I told you to tidy up your room. Son: Sorry, Mum, I forgot. __will tidy up________ after lunch. (WILL for decisions made at the time of speaking.) Sally: What are your plans for the week-end? Betty: Brad phoned. _____I am going______ on a picnic. Sally: Yeah, right. (Present Continuous for personal arrangements) Betty: Have you booked the flights yet? Sally: Don't worry. It's all organized. ___We are going_______ to the travel agent's tomorrow morning. (present cont) What ..are you doing(do) on Saturday evening? I ..am going(go) to the theater. (the present continuous for arrangements ) My train .leaves..(leave) at 8 oclock. What time ..does the film .begin(begin) this evening? What time .do. you .finish..(finish) work tomorrow? (present simple for fixed plan) What time are you ..meeting..(meet) Ann tomorrow? (personal arrangement) What time ..are.. you .arriving..? (arrive) I ..am going .(go) to the cinema this evening. The film begins.(begin) at 8. I am bored with this program. What time ..does it end(end)? Can you come on Monday evening? No, I ..am playing..(play) volleyball then.

EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME

/PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE SIMPLE, GOING TO-FUTURE, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PEFECT)

Complete the sentences using the correct future form of the verbs in brackets

1. By the year 2020 the population of London (grow) substantially.

2. Governments all over Europe have promised that they (tackle) the joint problems of immigration.

3. He .(eat) by the time you arrive. 4. Global warming means that hurricanes...(become) more

prevalent in the Southern and Northern hemispheres. 5. During the rush hour later today thousands of people

.(drive) into Tokyo and other big cities, trying to get work.

6. In twenty years time the majority of citizens .(finish) university.

7. Where ...you ... (be) this time tomorrow? 8. What ...you ..(do) this time next week? 9. I dont think I ..(finish) my homework in time for the

lesson. 10. Dont call me in the morning because I ...(be) at a job

interview. 11. Do you think you (study) English in five years time? No, I

...(finish) studying by then. 12. This time next week we (be) on holiday. 13. We ...(see) the sights mostly but we might do some

shopping, too. 14. I expect that I ..(graduate) by the time I am 24. 15. You should be careful what you spend or you ..(waste) your

money by the time you really need it. 16. The weather forecast says the storm .by tomorrow

afternoon. Thats good news because this time tomorrow I (play) cricket.

17. I cant come to the match with you because I .(do) an exam.

18. If you leave now, you .(arrive) before it gets dark. 19. The prime minister ..(make) a speech live on TV

tonight. 20. By the time you get back, I ...up the living room and

..(finish) washing the dishes. Everything will be perfect when your parents arrive.

21. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ..(drive) more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

22. Look at that big black cloud. I think it ..(rain) tonight. 23. Tomorrow ..(be) a bright and sunny day everywhere in Spain, except

in La Corua," said the weatherwoman. 24. Betty: There's no milk left!

Berty: Oh. ..(get) some from the shop. 25. I .. see the doctor on Friday morning. 26. The population of Valencia ..(reach) 2 million by the year 2010. 27. Mum: I told you to tidy up your room.

Son: Sorry, Mum, I forgot. I ..(do) it after lunch. 28. Sally: What are your plans for the week-end?

Betty: Brad phoned. We (go) on a picnic. 29. Betty: Have you booked the flights yet?

Sally: Don't worry. It's all organized. I (go) to the travel agent's tomorrow morning.

30. What ..(do) on Saturday evening? I .(go) to the theater.

31. My train ..(leave) at 8 oclock. 32. What time .. the film .(begin) this evening? 33. What time .. you ...(finish) work tomorrow? 34. What time you ....(meet) Ann tomorrow? (personal

arrangement) 35. What time .... you ...? (arrive) 36. I .(go) to the cinema this evening. The film

.(begin) at 8. 37. I am bored with this program. What time .. it (end)? 38. Can you come on Monday evening? No, I ....(play) volleyball then.