UNIT 3.
FUTURE FORMS
A) Fill in the blanks with the correct FUTURE forms: (Will / Going to / Present Continuous /
Simple Present)
1. A: What ………………… you …………………… (do) when you grow up?
B: I ……………………………………………… (be) an acrobat in a circus.
2. I haven’t seen him for a long time but I think I ……………………………. (recognize) him.
3. A: I need some coins to telephone my friend.
B: I ……………………………………………… (give) you some.
4. I got the plane tickets. I ………………………………………. (fly) on Sunday.
5. A: Have you got any plans for the summer?
B: Yes, we ……………………………………………. (go) to Italy in June.
6. Don’t play with those matches; you ………………………………………. burn yourself.
7. A: Whose is that night dress?
B: It’s mine. I ………………………………………… (wear) it at John’s graduation party.
8. A: Why did you call your grandma?
B: I ……………………………………………….. (visit) her at the weekend.
9. If your passport isn’t valid any more, you …………………….…………… (not / be able to)
go abroad this month.
10.A: What are you doing with that brush?
B: I ………………………………………………… (paint) my room.
12.I don’t know the meaning of this word so I ………..………… (look) it up in the dictionary.
13.Look out! You …………………………………………… (hurt) yourself with that knife.
14.A: I’ve got a terrible headache.
B: Have you? Wait there and I …………………………………. (get) an aspirin for you.
16.A: What time ……………………the next bus ………………………. (arrive)?
B: It ………………………… (arrive) in 10 minutes.
17.……………………. you …………………….. (open) the door for me, please?
18.We’re early. The film ……………………………… (start) at 2:30. Why don’t we go and
have something to drink?
Future Continuous
A) Make sentences with WILL BE –ING.
1. I am going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 9.30 I
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..
2. Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30. So at 4 o’clock
tomorrow I …………………………………………………..………………………………………..
3. Jim is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 8.30 this evening
he ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………
4. We are going to clean the flat tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 o’clock. So at 10
o’clock tomorrow morning …………………………………………….……………………………
5. Don’t phone me between 7 and 8. ……………………………….. (we / finish) dinner then.
6. A: Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?
B: Not in the afternoon. ………………………………………………………………… (I / work).
7. If you need to contact me, ………………..……… (I / stay) at the Hilton Hotel until Friday.
Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous
A) What will life be like in the year 2100?
Complete the sentences using WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
Example: By 2100, the world’s population…. will have increased …… (increase) to around
30.000 million.
1. Life ………………………………….. (become) more automated by then.
2. Computers …………………………………… (take over) many of the jobs that people do
today.
3. The earth’s supplies of oil, coal and gas ……………………………………… (run out).
4. …………………………………. (scientists / find) other sources of energy?
5. How …………………… education ………………………………….. (change)?
6. …………………………………… (we / find) a way to feed all the people in the world?
B) Fill in the blanks using FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE (WILL HAVE
BEEN + -ING
Example: By the end of June I …will have been living….. (live) in this flat for thirteen years.
1. I ……………………………………………… (fly) to London for an hour at this time
tomorrow.
2. At this time next week I …………………………………………………. (work) for this
company for 20 years.
3. When the bell rings I ……………………………………………… (teach) for eight hours
today.
4. I …………………………………………………… (wear) these glasses for five years next
week.
5. I ………………………………………………… (drive) this car for six years tomorrow.
6. At this time tomorrow I ……………………………………………….. (take) a test for an
hour.
7. At this time next year I …………………………………………….. (have) a holiday in
Antalya for a week.
8. At this time next year I …………………………………………….(live) in Istanbul for ten
years.
9. By the time we get home they ……………………………………………….. (play) football
for half an hour.
