FUTUROS

FUTURO SIMPLE, FUTURO CONTINUO Y FUTURO PERFECTO.

1. Fill in the gaps with WILL or BE GOING TO and the verbs in brackets.

1)      A: What are you doing this morning, Ted?

B: I …………………………..  (BUY) tickets for the Bruce Springsteen concert.

2)      A: You haven’t sent a Christmas card to Grandma yet.

B: Oh, I forgot. I ……………………….. (WRITE) one later.

3)      A: John is very clever.

B: Yes. He ………………………. (BECOME) a doctor one day.

4)      A: He’s very enthusiastic about art and design.

B: Perhaps he …………………….. (BE) an artist when he is older.

5)      A: Why aren’t you wearing the new jacket I bought you?

B: I don’t like the colour. I …………………….. (CHANGE) it at the shop tomorrow.

6)      A: Are you hungry?

B: Not yet. I ………………………….. (EAT) something later.

7)      A: It’s so cold today.

B: Yes, it ………………… (SNOW) later.

8)      A: The trousers cost $50, sir.

B: Oh. I’m afraid I ………………………….. (NOT TAKE) them. They’re too expensive.

2. Read the sentences below and mark them A, B, C, D or E, according to what they express.

A)    Prediction based on what we think or imagine.

B)    Promise.

C)    On-the-spot decision.

D)    Plan/intention

E)    Prediction based on what we can see or know.

1)      Don’t worry Mum! I won’t stay too late at the party.

2)      Is he going to see Maria in London?

3)      I’m hungry. I’ll make a sandwich.

4)      I am going to see George next week.

5)      Watch out! You’re going to trip over that toy!

6)      I think he will be on time. I suppose he left the house early.

3. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, the present continuous or the future simple.

Hi! My name is Nikos and I am a typical Greek teenager. My biggest problem is that my parents …………………………. (NOT LET) me stay out late, but I ………………………….. (UNDERSTAND) why they do it. When I …………………….. (BE) older, they say, I ……………………. (BE ABLE TO) do things my way. Children my age …………………………. (LITEN) to a lot a music in Greece. My favourite singer is Eminem. He ……………………….. (COME) to Greece next month. And guess what! I have a ticket for his concert. I’m so excited!

I also ………………………….. (FANCY) good food, not junk food. My mum …………………… (MAKE) mousaka for me this weekend. Have you ever tried it? It’s great!

4. Use the appropriate future tense to complete the sentences that George might actually say, as in the example.

A)    It’s cold and his brother opens the window.

“You’re going to catch a cold”.

B)    His sister asks him to buy something on the way home.

“Sorry, I can’t. I …………………………………..”.

C)    His uncle asks him what time school starts.

“School ………………………………………….”.

D)    His cousin asks him to go shopping with him tomorrow, but he has arranged to play basketball with his friend Steve.

“Sorry, but I ……………………………………..”.

5. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Use the Future Continuous affirmative.

A)    TV / watch / we / tonight

B)    My sister / at 8.00 this evening / get married.

C)    Late / every evening this week / work / Dad.

D)    Visit / us / my cousin / this Christmas.

6. Choose the correct answers.

How will technology be affecting / will technology affect us in the future? Imagine this. You will go / are going to a party tonight and you are going to meet / are meeting new people there. During the party, you will hold / will be holding a mobile phone which allows you to get information about the people at the party. People will be standing / are going to stand around you, and in seconds, you are getting / will get personal details about them such as their names, occupation, hobbies and common friends.

It is hard to say when this type of technology is going to become / will become part of our everyday lives, but there are some ideas about what living with this technology will be / is going to be like. It might seem amazing, but it could be scary, too. Will we be having / will we have control over this technology or will it control us? In any case, it probably won’t be / isn’t going to be easy to keep secrets. Are you ready for this kind of social networking?

7. Choose the correct answer.

1)      During the next two weeks, we will be learning / will have learnt about ancient Rome.

2)      Don’t worry – we won’t have eaten / won’t be eating everything by the time you get there.

3)      At this time tomorrow, I will be having / will have had my hair cut.

4)      I’ve got so much homework, it looks like I will have worked / will be working all weekend.

5)      On 8^th March, we will have lived / will be living in this house for six years.

6)      They will be hearing / will have heard from Ben by now. I wonder what he said.

8. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Future Perfect or Future Continuous.

land                      do                   write               give                 buy                 wait

1)      All next week, Tower Records …………………………. huge discounts on all their CDs.

By the time I leave the shop, I’m sure I ……………………….. at least 10 CDs!

2)      We …………………………. experiments in the biology lab in the next few months.

Then, after each experiment, we ………………………… reports.

3)      By three o’clock, their plane ………………………………..

Yes, but I’m sure that they ………………………. for their suitcases for another hour!