A. GRAMMAR
I. Choose the most appropriate future form. Sometimes more than one form is possible.
1. You’ll freeze if ...................... out dressed like that. Put on a warm coat!
(you’ll go / you’re going to go /you go)
2. When I retire next year, ...................... a lot of travelling around North America.
(I’m doing / I do / I’m going to do)
3. A: Have you been in touch with Pat yet to say we can’t come? You said you’d do it.
B: Sorry, I forgot. ...................... her know tomorrow when I see her at work.
(I’m going to let / I shall let / I’ll let)
4. Look at that stupid cyclist. ...................... an accident.
(He’ll cause / He’s going to cause / He causes)
5. A: What do you want done with this box?
B: If you just leave it there, ...................... it upstairs when I go.
(I’ll take / I’m taking / I’m going to take)
6. A: What ...................... this evening?
(are you doing / are you going to do / do you do)
B: Oh, I don’t know. Maybe ...................... watch a DVD.
(I’m going to / I’ll / I’m watching)
7. Please note that next week’s concert ...................... at 7.00, not 7.30 as advertised in the program.
(is commencing / will commence / is going to commence)
8. Mr. Kerr ...................... angry if you don’t hand your homework in today.
(is being / is going to be / will be)
9. A: Bob Dylan ...................... a concert in London next month.
(will do / is doing / does)
B: ...................... book some tickets?
(Am I going to / Will I / Shall I)
10. The air tickets ...................... around a week to reach you.
(shall take / will take / are taking)
11. The French oral tests ...................... next Monday.
(are starting / will start / start)
12. When Guy ...................... 50, Gemma ...................... 18.
(is / will be / is going to be) (is going to be / is to be / will be)
13. If we get much more rain, the river ...................... its banks.
(is probably going to burst / will probably burst / is bursting)
II. Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box. Choose the most appropriate form
| miss/ will miss |
will be enjoying/ enjoys |
will agree/ agrees |
will have/ am having |
is going to depart/ departs |
| is going to melt/ is melting |
will be believed/ is to be believed |
see/ are going to see |
persuades/ will persuade |
will rise/ are to rise |
14. The next train for London ........................................................... from platform six at 16.07.
15. I ........................................................... some friends over for dinner on Saturday. Do you want to
join us?
16. They reckon the Greenland ice sheet ........................................................... within a few years.
17. A: Gary doesn’t want to come on holiday with us, then.
B: He says that now, but I’m sure Hannah ................................................ him to change his mind.
18. By the middle of the week, temperatures ........................................................... to 30° C.
19. The striking workers have said that they will prevent finished goods leaving the factory until the
management .................................................... to their demand for improved working conditions.
20. I’m not sure when I’ll be home tonight. Expect me when you .................................................... me.
21. A: The coach leaves Oxford at exactly 5.00 from the bus station.
B: What if I ........................................................... it?
A: You’ll have to take the train.
22. If the research ..........................................................., children now spend more time playing
computer games than watching television.
23. A: It’s Daniel’s first week away at university. I wonder how he’s getting on?
B: I’m sure he ........................................................... himself.
III. Here is part of a letter from Jane to her friend Rosa, a teacher in England. Underline the correct
alternative.
Darwin, 20th December
Dear Rosa
Hope this find you all well. I suppose by now school (24) will close / will have closed for Christmas and you
(25) will be enjoying / will have been enjoying a rest. It’s hard to believe that Tim’s already 18 and that It’s
only a few months until he (26) will be leaving / will have been leaving school for college.
My main news Is that my brother, John, and his family (27) will have been arriving / will be arriving next
Friday as part of their big trip around the world. By the time they get here they (28) will be going / will have
been to California and New Zealand. No doubt John’s children (29) will have been planning / will plan it all
out for months! They (30) won’t be spending / won’t have spent all their time with me. John has to go to
Perth on business, so i (31) will have kept / will be keeping the rest of the family entertained while he’s away.
Then they (32) will all be going / will all have been going to Sydney...
