| come | cook | do | get | go | have | leave | meet | stay | work |
a) I’ve enjoyed my holiday here, but I’ am going home tomorrow.
b) Mark ________________ a party on his birthday.
c) Some friends _____________________ to stay with me next week.
d) ________________ anything tonight? Would you like to come to the cinema?
e) What time ___________________ in the morning? Do you want me to take you to the airport?
f) Don’t forget. You ________________________ dinner this evening. It’s your turn!
g) I can’t see you at 4.30. I __________________________ some friends at that time.
h) Tania and Alex ________________________ married in June.
i) _______________________ tomorrow, or have you got a free day?
j) I haven’t got any lessons tomorrow, so I ___________________ at home.
The ‘be going to’ form
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form.
1. You (miss) your train.
2. The pressure cooker (explode).
3. When you (pay) the bill?
4. She (dye) the old curtains blue.
5. We (make) this whisky bottle into a lamp.
6. What you (do) with this room? –
I (paint) the walls in black and white stripes.
7. The umpire (blow) his whistle.
8. You (eat) all that?
9. That man with the tomato in his hand (throw) it at the speaker.
10. That door (slam).
11. The bull (attack) us.
12. It (rain). Look at those clouds.
13. The cat (have) kittens.
14. The men in the helicopter (try) to rescue the man in the water.
15. That rider (fall) off.
16. These two men (cycle) across Africa.
17. The Lord Mayor is standing up. He (make) a speech.
18. He (grow) a beard when he leaves school.
19. You (reserve) a seat?
20. I (stop) here for a moment to get some petrol.
The present continuous and the ‘ be going to ’ form
Planned future actions can be expressed by the present continuous tense with a time expression or by the be going to form with or without a time expression. The present continuous is mainly used for very definite arrangements in the near future. The be going to form can be used more widely.
2. Use the present continuous where possible in the following sentences and put the remaining verbs into the be going to form.
1. I (play) bridge tonight with Tom and Ann.
2. He (have) an operation next week.
3. It’s very cold. I (light) a fire.
4. We (have) some friends to lunch tomorrow.
5. I’ve bought a piano; it (be) delivered this afternoon. –
Where you (put) it? –
I (put) it in the dining room.
6. You (go) to the auction tomorrow? –
Yes, I (go) but I (not buy) anything.
7. I’ve reminded you once; I (not do) it again.
8. I (have) my hair cut this afternoon.
9. My nephew (come) to stay with me next weekend. –
Where you (put) him? –
I (put) him in the room in the tower.
10. Our class (start) German next term.
11. I (spend) a few days in London next week.
12. The Town Council (build) a new school here.
13. What you (tell) the police? –
I (tell) them the truth.
14. He (start) tomorrow.
15. The Queen (open) Parliament next month.
16. The Prime Minister (speak) on TV tonight.
17. This shop (close) down next week.
18. When you (have) your next lesson? –
I (have) it on Monday.
19. I (collect) my new dress this afternoon.
20. We (take) the children to the seaside this summer.
FUTURE SIMPLE
Predictions Certainty and Uncertainty
I’ll stop, I won’t stop, Will you stop?
expect, think,
perhaps, probably,
I’m sure
A prediction is what you think will happen.
Jim will pass all his exams. It will rain tomorrow.
I’ll be late tonight. He will come to the party.
Sometimes we emphasise that we are not certain. We can use perhaps, probably, think or expect.
Jim will probably pass all his exams. I expect it will rain tomorrow.
Perhaps I’ll be late tonight. I think he will come to the party.
Statements They’ll leave tomorrow.
| I will leave | he will leave | we will leave |
| you will leave | she will leave | they will leave |
| it will leave |
I’ll leave, he’ll leave, etc.
Also: I shall leave we shall leave (formal)
Negatives I won’t be at university on Friday.
will not = won’t
| I won’t leave | he won’t leave | we won’t leave |
| you won’t leave | she won’t leave | they won’t leave |
| it won’t leave |
Also: I shan’t leave we shan’t leave (formal)
Questions Will the shop be open tomorrow?
| Will I leave? | Will he leave? | Will we leave? |
| Will you leave? | Will she leave? | Will they leave? |
| Will it leave? |
Also: Shall I leave? Shall we leave? (formal)
We use Future Simple to show certainty
I’m sure he will phone me.
I’m sure he won’t be late.
Examples I’ll fly to Scotland next week.
It won’t rain tomorrow.
Will the train be late?
I expect it will rain. I don’t expect it will rain.
I think it will rain. I don’t think it will rain.
I’m sure it will rain. I’m sure it won’t rain (certainty)
1. Complete each sentence or question. Use will or won’t and the verb in brackets.
a) I (choose) I will choose the team next week.
b) You (not have) _________________ a lot of time to answer the questions.
c) Mr Jones (be) _____________________ back at about 7.30.
d) Dimitri (not know) _______________ the answer.
e) I’m sure Jane (like) _______________ her birthday present.
f) (you give) __________________ us any homework on Friday?
g) There (not be) _________________________ any lessons tomorrow.
h) (we see) ________________________ you tomorrow evening?
i) Lots of people (read) ____________________ Michael White's new book.
j) I think our team (win) ___________________ the match.