FUTURE TENSES: WILL, BE GOING TO, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE CONTINUOUS OR FUTURE PERFECT. KEY

1. Complete the sentences with the correct future tense.

  1. Hurry up! You ___are going to miss______(miss) your bus.
  2. Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock I __will be studying______(study) in the library.
  3. By the time Nicole finishes university, she __will have learnt / __ (learn) four languages.
  4. __Are you going to work______(you / work) this summer?
  5. I think she ___will get______(get) better marks this year.
  6. Tell me about my future. __Will I ever meet______(I / ever / meet) the love of my life?
  7. They __will be lying______(lie) on the beach at this time next week.
  8. Are you sure of that? Then I __will go /’ll go______(go) to the party, too.
  9. The concert __starts / will start______(start) at exactly 10 o’clock.
  10. See you at the station! I ___will be wearing______(wear) a red jacket.
  11. Don’t worry! I ___won’t leave______(not leave) without you.
  12. Speak lower! You ___are going to wake______(wake) the baby up.
  13. We certainly ____won’t have finished___ (not finish) the work by this time tomorrow.
  14. It’s definite. My friends and I ___are travelling / are going to travel______(travel) to Colombia next summer.
  15. Anne __is going to invite / is inviting______(invite) some of her friends for dinner after work.
  16. __Will she remember______(she / remember) to call us this afternoon?
  17. What ___are you going to do / are you doing______(you / do) at the weekend?
  18. Look! That driver __is going to crash______(crash) into the lorry.
  19. My brother __won’t have left______(not leave) by the time I get home, so I’ll be able to speak to him.
  20. I believe scientists ___will find______(find) a cure for AIDS in the near future.
  21. Gerry can’t come to the party on Saturday night because he __will be working_____ (work) then.
  22. Isn’t that a beautiful ring? I __will buy / ‘ll buy______(buy) it.
  23. The film __ends / will end______(end) in half an hour.
  24. By the time you finish eating, I ___will have washed______(wash) all the dishes.
  25. I’ve already seen the film so I __am not going to see it again / won’t see______(not see) it again.
  26. Don’t come after 9.00 because I ___will have left______(leave) and nobody will be at home.

2. Fill in the text with the correct future tense.

Jeff’s family usually comes to stay with us for Christmas, but this Christmas we __are going to visit______1 (visit) them instead. They live on the coast of Queensland in South Australia. I can hardly wait – I __will have______2 (have) a fantastic time there. School holidays __start______3 (start) on Friday and we __are going to leave / are leaving______4 (leave) the following morning. At this time next week, I__will be swimming______5 (swim) in the sea, and snorkelling with Jeff. He’s an expert snorkeller, and he __is going to practise______6 (practise) with me every day. On the last day of our visit, Jeff’s dad __is going to take______7 (take) us to visit the Great Barrier Reef. I hope by then I __will have improved______8 (improve) enough to snorkel at the reef and see the magnificent coloured corals and brightly coloured fish close up. The reef is 2,200 kilometres long and people say it’s an underwater wonderland. Next year I __am going to learn______9 (learn) scuba diving, because only serious divers can dive in deeper waters on the outer edges of the reef.

3. Complete each sentence using the verb in brackets and the correct future tense.

1. Tennis practice starts at 10 and we plan to play for two hours. (finish)

By 12 o’clock _will have finished tennis practice______

2. There’s someone at the door. (open)

I ___will open it______

3. Do you want to come to the disco with us? (come)

_Are_____ you __going to come / coming______?

4. Look at that child! (fall down)

He __is going to fall down______

5. Their plane lands at 7.30.Let’s get there earlier. (wait)

At 7 o’clock, we ___will be waiting______