What are you going to (1) c when you leave school?
Paul: ‘I’m going to (2) _____________ to university, I hope! I’ll (3) ________ to pass my exams, and I expect I’ll (4) ___________ about my future with my parents. One day I’ll (5) ________________ a doctor.’
Sheila: ‘I expect I’ll (6) ___________ a job as a journalist. It’ll probably (7)____________ difficult at first, but my mother is a journalist, and she’ll (8)____________ me. We have a school magazine, and next term I’m going to (9)____________ some articles for it, so I’ll (10) ___________ something about the job.
| 1) | a) make | b) have | c) do | d) get |
| 2) | a) study | b) work | c) pass | d) go |
| 3) | a) try | b) want | c) decide | d) listen |
| 4) | a) discuss | b) talk | c) study | d) work |
| 5) | a) make | b) do | c) work | d) be |
| 6) | a) get | b) work | c) be | d) like |
| 7) | a) find | b) begin | c) be | d) come |
| 8) | a) write | b) discuss | c) help | d) work |
| 9) | a) write | b) have | c)get | d) employ |
| 10) | a) take | b) interest | c) see | d) know |
Complete each sentence with a word from the box. More than one answer may be possible.
| at | in | later | next | on | this | tomorrow | tonight |
a) I’ll be late tonight, but I’ll be home before midnight.
b) Can you wait, please? I’ll be ready ____________ a minute.
c) Don’t worry, I’ll be here _____________ 7.00.
d) I’ve finished now. I’ll be back _____________ afternoon.
e) It’s cold today, but it’ll be warmer ________________.
f) Bye for now. I’ll see you ________________.
g) There won’t be any lessons _____________ Monday.
h) I think it will be a hot summer ___________ year.
Choose the correct words underlined in each sentence.
a) Tina will definitely be here at/on 6.00.
b) Our new sports centre will be ready next year/the next year.
c) Hurry up! The bus will be here later/soon.
d) I’ll see you after/later the lesson.
e) Are you doing anything at night/tonight?
f) I won’t be long. I’ll be ready after/in a minute.
g) Everything will be different at/in the year 3500!
h) I’m leaving now, but I’ll be back after/later.
Are the underlined words right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.
1. The new road shall be open in the summer. The road will be open in the summer.
2. The exam starts at 8.30 tomorrow. right.
3. I’ve got my ticket. I will go to Spain. ………………………………………
4. You look tired. Sit down. I’m making you a cup of coffee. ………………..
5. What time is the sun rising tomorrow? …………………………………….
6. Where do you go for lunch today? …………………………………………
7. Shall we learn Spanish next year? …………………………………………
8. Do you think it is raining later? ……………………………………………
9. I can’t come because I’ll be on holiday. ……………………………………
10. (on the phone) It’s Ann you want to speak to. Just one minute, please. I’m going to call her. ………………………………………………………………
11. Don’t worry about me, Mum. I’ll write to you every day from the States. …………………………………………………………………………………
Write complete sentences.
Present continuous or will?
JANE: What did Jack say on the phone?
ANNE: He / have / a party on Saturday.
He’s having a party on Saturday.
JANE: you / go? Are you going?
ANNE: Yes. I like Jack’s parties.
JANE: Did he invite me, too?
ANNE: Yes, but you can’t come, can you?
JANE: No, I / be / away at the weekend.
No, I’ll be away at the weekend.
Present simple or going to?
TOM: Great! That’s the end of school for a few weeks.
LUCY: When / the next term / begin? _________________________?
TOM: On September 3rd.
LUCY: What / you do / during the holidays? ____________________?
TOM: I don’t know yet. What about you?
LUCY: I / not / finish / until next week. Then, I / look / for a job for the summer. _____________________________________________
Will or going to?
VAL: Do you want to play tennis on Friday?
BEN: I can’t. I / visit my grandmother. _________________________
VAL: Does she live near?
BEN: Not really. About 100 kms away. But my car isn’t working at the moment. I / take it to the garage. __________________________
VAL: I / lend you mine. I don’t need it on Friday. ________________
BEN: Oh, thank you, I / buy the petrol. ________________________
Present continuous or will?
JACK: everybody / come / to the meeting on Friday afternoon?
____________________________________________________
PAM: Most people.
JACK: you think / it / be a long meeting? _________________________
PAM: I’m not sure. It / probably / be about 3 hours. Why?
____________________________________________________
JACK: I / go to the dentist at 5.30. I made the appointment two weeks ago.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
I’ll be swimming
Will he be singing?
· Formation rules
Future continuous is formed with will or shall + be + the present participle (-ing).
This time tomorrow I’ll be eating lunch on the plane.
Shall is used in formal situations with I and we.
· Meaning
Future continuous describes a temporary situation or activity in the future.
This time next week she’ll be flying to Paris.
We often use it when we compare what we are doing now with what we will be doing in the future. We usually use a time expression.
Where will you be living in five years’ time?
We also use future continuous to describe something which will definitely happen because an arrangement has already been made.
We’ll be holding a meeting soon, so we can decide then.
This means that the meeting will happen anyway.
The Future Continuous often refers to a routine or to things which will happen in the normal course of events. It emphasises that no new arrangement is necessary:
I can give you a lift to the station. It’s no trouble for me – I ’ll be going that way anyway.
We use the Future Continuous to ask about someone’s plan or arrangement:
Will you be using the library this afternoon?
When will the President be arriving because I must organise the reception?
Thus the future continuous tense can be used:
1 with a point in time to indicate that the action will begin before this time and continue after it.
2 with or without a time to express a future without intention. In this way it is very like the present continuous, but it is not, like the present continuous, restricted in time and is a more detached and casual way of expressing the future. It often implies that the action will occur in the ordinary course of events or as a matter of routine.
(Except when used as in 1, above, this tense can usually be replaced be one of the other future forms, though the exact shade of meaning may then be lost.)