JOHN My father is taking me with him to Paris.
RICHARD Oh, you are lucky! I wish I could go to Paris. When are you going?
JOHN Next week. This time next Friday I shall be getting into the car that will take us to the station.
HENRY And we shall be walking to school.
RICHARD And the teacher will be waiting for us with another lesson on English grammar!
FREDERICK Yes, while we are learning grammar John will be speeding on his way to Paris. Lucky John!
HENRY While we are doing our homework John will be – What will you be doing, John?
JOHN I expect I shall be having dinner on the train.
RICHARD I’ve never had dinner on the train. What time do you get into Paris?
JOHN If the train is on time we shall be drawing into the platform just about the time you are getting up in the morning.
FREDERICK I hope you won’t be feeling too tired after being up all night.
JOHN I shall be feeling too excited to feel tired.
HENRY, RICHARD, FREDERICK Well, we shall be thinking about you next Friday evening.
JOHN Thanks. And I shall be thinking about you.
Define the tense basing on the given formula. Give the examples.
| Am/is/are + doing | Will/shall be + doing |
Ex. 8 Put the verbs into The Future Continuous tense
1. This time next month I’ll be on holiday. I … (to sit) on a beach. 2. When we arrive in England it, it … (probably/to rain). 3. I’ll call her at eight. – oh, I don’t, she … (still/to have) breakfast. 4. I’m glad I’ll see you at the parade. – but I’m afraid, it won’t be easy to recognize me. I … (to wear) a special uniform. 5. I’d like to see your new house so much! – you are welcome to come. But tomorrow it … (not/to look) its best, as the painters … (still/to work) on it.
Ex. 9 Use the correct form of the verb: The Future Continuous or the Future Simple
1. I’ve arranged to play tennis with James at nine tonight. – but you … (to play) in darkness. You … (not/to see) the ball. 2. I … (to call) you tomorrow at six. – Oh, call later if you don’t mind. I … (to bathe) the baby then. 3. The election campaign … (to be) the main topic of this TV program. The party leaders … (to speak) about their programs. 4. … (you/to use) your dictionary this afternoon? – No, you can borrow it if you like. – thanks a lot. I … (to return) it in the evening. 5. You … (to see) lots of beautiful places while driving there. – I’m afraid I … (not/ to have) the chance to enjoy the views. I … (to map-read).
Ex. 10 Read the conversation. Underline the sentences in the future tense. Define the formula and the function.
MRS. GREEN Margaret, I want you to go to the baker’s before six o’clock. I have this ironing to do but I shall have done it in about an hour, and I need the loaf for supper.
MARGARET Can I go after six o’clock. I want to listen to the program on the radio and it won’t have finished by six o’clock.
MRS.GREEN I’m sorry, but the baker’s shop will have closed by the time the radio program finishes.
MARY I’ll go, mother. I don’t want to listen to the radio and I shall have written my homework lesson before six o’clock.
MARGARET Oh, thank you, Mary. I shan’t even have begun my homework at 6 o’clock, but I’ll begin it as soon as super is over.
MRS.GREEN I hope you will. We shall have had supper and Mary will have cleared the table by half-past seven, so you can do an hour’s work before bed-time. Will you have done it all by half-past eight?
MARGARET Oh, yes, I shall have finished everything by eight o’clock. Thank you again, Mary.
| The name of the tense | The formula | The function |
Ex. 11 Put the verbs into The Perfect Tense
1. By half-past seven we … (have) supper. 2. The baker’s shop … (close) by tea time. 3. By the end of the year I … (read) three of Shakespeare’s plays. 4. Before his next visit he … (be) in Australia. 5. I … (finish) this work before you go away. 6. By this time next week you … (take) your exams. 7. We … (leave) the house before you get back. 8. In 1960 George Barnard Shaw (be) dead for ten years. 9. The game … (start) before we reach the field. 10. I hope it … (stop) raining before we have to go.
Ex. 12. Read the article from the local British newspaper and write out the examples of Future Simple, Future Continuous and Future Perfect
FLYING JUNK
By the middle of the 21st century we will have built space stations which will be circling the earth and probably be circling the moon. We will have established bases on planet like Mars. At present, we use radar to ‘watch’ nearly 8,000 objects in space. In addition, there are at least 30,000 bits of rubbish from the size of marbles to the size of basket balls flying round the earth. These will have increased in number by the year 2050 and will be orbiting the earth. All these bits and pieces are watched by NORAD (North American Radar Defence Command). NORAD will have more and more rubbish to watch as the years go by. Some bits fall back to earth, like the Russian satellite C954, which crashed in the North Territories of Canada in 1978. Crashing junk could give us a bad headache. Most of the stuff will stay up there (we hope)! The sad fact is that we who are alive today will not be clearing up our own junk tomorrow. Perhaps we will just be watching from some other safe places as it goes round and round the earth!