| One hot summer’s day, Mr. and Mrs. X, from San Francisco, …… (travel) home from Arizona where they …… (visit) Mrs. X’s elderly grandmother. During the visit, Mr. X …… (persuade) her husband to let the old lady come and live with them and so they …… (bring) her home with them to San Francisco. They …… (drive) along through the desert, quite happily, the old woman …… (sit) on the back seat, the couple …… (chat) in the front. After a while, they …… (realize) that the old woman …… (not/ speak) for some time. The wife …… (turn) round to ask her if she was OK, as, earlier on, she …… (complain) about the terrible heat. However, the grandmother …… (not/ reply), instead they heard her spluttering and groaning, then a strange silence. Alarmed, they stopped the car and rushed round to the back seat, only to find that unfortunately, the old woman …… (die). Horrified, they decided they should lie her body flat, but being rather a large woman, she would not fit on the back seat, so, in the end, they …… (tie) her onto the roof-rack instead. After they …… (drive) across the desert for some time, they came across a petrol station and …… (decide) to stop and phone the rest of the family with the dreadful news. However, as they …… (come) out of the petrol station, to their horror, they saw their car disappearing into the distance, the old woman’s body …still … (lie) on the roof. While they …… (phone), someone …… (steal) their car! |
| AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY |
Retell the story
THE FUTURE TENSES
Ex.1 True/ false
Sandra’s week routine.
She’s going to read a book on Monday.
She’s going to play football on Tuesday.
She’s going to watch thrillers on Wednesday.
She’s going to play trumpet on Thursday.
She’s going to swim on Friday.
She’s going to dance on Saturday.
She’s going to draw on Saturday.
Ex.2 What are you going to do this weekend? Match the words that go together. Answer the question using the clues given.
VERBS - Go to stay, go, have a look after, go, stay, go to, read, go away
CLUES - A novel, for a weekend in, in bed, dancing, an exhibition, out, children, a concert, party
Ex.3 Complete each sentence with the correct form of going to. Make the sentences negatives or questions if necessary.
1. I love animals. I …… be a vet. 2. Your marks are very bed. …… you …… study harder next term? 3. John has to go home by bus. He …… drive because his car isn’t working. 4. There’s an interesting documentary on TV tonight. I …… watch it.
Ex.4 Read the following rhyme. Underline all the examples of future tense.
‘Please come to my party!’ said Jenny to Prue; I’m going to invite Willy, and Nelly, and you; I’m going to have candies and cake and ice-cream, We’ll play Hunt-the-Slipper, we’ll laugh and we’ll scream. We’ll dress up in caps, we’ll have stories and tricks, And you won’t have to go till a quarter past six!’
| There are usually some ways to express future actions. One way is to use to be going to, another way is to use will. Will is an auxiliary verb. We use will in positive, negative and interrogative sentences in all aspects of future tense. |
Ex.5 Put the verbs into the correct form (positive, negative or interrogative) of the Future Simple Tense
1.… (you/ to have) time to help me tomorrow? 2. He … (to lend) you the book if you ask him. 3. I … (to remember) this day all my life. 4. There … (not/to be) any lift in their house. 5. Do you think that he … (to recognize) me? 6. She … (to be) 29 next year. 7. Your English is quite good. I’m sure you … (to pass) the exam. 8. Don’t worry. The dog … (not/to hurt) you. 9. I wonder how many of us still … (to be) here next year. 10. What … (your friend/ to say) when he learns about the accident? – He (not/to say) much but he … (not/ to lend) me the car again.
Ex.6 What do you think a retired person will do being on a pension.
| Retirement possibilities |
Read the text to check your suggestion. Complete the gaps using the verbs in Future Simple
Retirement
I’m going to retire next week and I’m looking forward to it. For the first time in my life I …… be able to do all the things I’ve always wanted to do. I …… (not) have to travel to work any more. I …… (not) have to earn a living. My firm …… pay my pension into my bank account and I …… (not) have to worry about earning money ever again. My wife and I …… be able to spend more time together. We …… take care of the house together. We …… do the shopping together, I explained all these plans to my wife. ‘Of course,’ she said. ‘I’m looking forward to your retirement, too, but you must remember that while you can retire, I can’t. I’ve written out some simple rules for us both which ……. apply from the day you retire. Here they are:
1. We …… take turns to do the cooking and the housework.
2. We …… (not) watch TV all day long.
3. We …… keep regular hours.
4. We …… find interesting hobbies to keep us occupied.
5. We …… spend time out of house as well as in it.
6. We …… keep fit in mind and body.
‘They look sensible and rather sound suggestions,’ I said. ‘They are,’ my wife answered. ’If we follow these rules I’m sure we ……enjoy a long and happy life together.’ ‘I hope we ……’ I answered.
| We use Future simple when we mean just general action in future. If we want to generalize the idea, giving the certain time we should use another aspect of future tense. |