Exercises

1. Explain the use of the Future Continuous forms. Translate into Russian. Start like this:

Model: We'll be flying over the Atlantic Ocean for three hours. (The verb to fly is used in its Future Continuous tense form to describe an action that will occur in the future and continue for a certain period of time.)

1. At 10 o'clock tomorrow Simon will be working in the library.

2. What will you be doing at this time on Sunday?

3. At this time tomorrow she'll be flying home.

4. What do you think you'll be doing in 5 years' time?

5. Will you be working the week after Christmas? – I am thinking of visiting you.

6. She won't be writing letters at 3 o'clock tomorrow.

7. We'll be packing if they come at 9.

8. Do you know when you'll be taking your English exam this year?

9. Come round in the morning. I'll be painting the kitchen.

10. It's my eighteenth birthday next month so I'll be having a party.

11. Will you be taking part in our concert tomorrow?

12. I will be doing my homework from 5 to 8 tomorrow.

2. Transform into negative and interrogative forms.

1. I'll be meeting my old friend in London soon.

2. Sam will be taking his friends out to dinner tomorrow night.

3. She'll be returning from the library at 6 o'clock.

4. Max will be playing hockey with his friends at this time on Sunday.

5. Helen will be wearing a blue dress at the party tomorrow.

6. At the beginning of September I'll be starting my college course.

7. This time next week they'll be swimming in the Black Sea.

8. In a year from now John will be settling down in the States.

9. He'll be sleeping when I arrive tonight.

10. They will be having a picnic lunch from 11 till 12 today.

11. She'll be playing tennis until she gets tired.

12. Susan will be waiting for the bus 10 more minutes.

3. Ask your fellow-student:

1. if it will be pouring tomorrow morning;

2. if he/she will be staying at his/her aunt's for another fortnight;

3. what he/she will be doing if it is raining all day long tomorrow;

4. who will be getting married in May;

5. when he/she will be writing letters to his/her friends;

6. where he/she will be skiing on Sunday;

7. if they will be going for a picnic lunch at 11 o'clock tomorrow;

8. what he/she will be wearing if he/she is caught in a thunderstorm;

9. what he/she will be doing at this time tomorrow;

10. when he/she will be returning from the South;

11. where he/she will be spending his/her summer vacations;

12. if he/she will be lying in the sun at this time next month;

4. Put the verbs into the Future Continuous.

1. I (to play tennis) at six o’clock tomorrow.

2. When you come to my place tomorrow I (to read) your book.

3. Don’t phone me tomorrow. I (to get ready for) my examination.

4. What you (to do) at eight p. m. tomorrow?

5. “Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?” – “Not in the afternoon. I (to work).”

6. Do you think you still (to do) the same job in ten years?

7. If you need to contact me, I (to stay) at the Mariot Hotel until Friday.

8. “You (to see) Paula tomorrow?” – “Yes, probably. Why?” – “I want to give this book to her.”

9. I (cook) sandwiches tomorrow from 9 to 9.30.

10. You (translate) these sentences for me tomorrow?

11. I (wait) for you tomorrow at 8.

12. When you come tomorrow we (discuss) this issue all evening.

13. Tomorrow at 9.30 Jane (watch) her favourite film.

14. Can we meet tomorrow morning? – No, I (work).

15. Tomorrow from 7 till 7.30 Mike and Julia (have) breakfast.

16. This time next week I (swim) in the sea.

17. Don’t phone me tomorrow between 6 and 7. I (have) dinner with my boss.

18. At 11 o’clock tomorrow I (wash) my car.

19. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to play tennis from 2 until 4. So at 3 o’clock we (play).

20. Andrew (write) a letter when she comes.

21. I (cook) dinner when you return.

22. Don’t come to my house at five o’clock. I (have) an Italian lesson.

23. What (do) at this time tomorrow?

24. Tomorrow morning Derek (look) through fresh newspapers and magazines.