Future tenses
In the Active Voice
Ex. 1. Complete the sentences with I’ll and a suitable verb:
1. I feel a bit hungry. I think … something to eat. 2. “Have you written that letter to Jack?” – “Oh, I forgot. … it this evening.” 3. “We haven’t got milk!” – “Oh, haven’t we. … and get some.” 4. “Would you like tea or coffee?” – “… coffee, please.” 5. It’s cold here. I think … the window. 6. It’s late to telephone Jack. Well, … him in the morning. 7. Don’t cook anything for me. … (dine out) tonight. 8. … some sandwiches for the party. 9. I don’t like this dress. … on the green dress. 10. “Are you going to send him a postcard or a telegram?” – “… him a telegram.” 11. …everything I can to help you. 12. “… him some tea”, Naomi said.
Ex. 2. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets:
She will go to school next year. (When? Who?)
I think they’ll come to see us next week. (Who? When?)
She will see her friend at the cinema. (Whom? Where?)
Tomorrow she’ll have breakfast earlier than usual. (When? Why?)
It will snow tonight. (When?)
Their group will go to London next month. (Who? When? Where?)
Ron will help her to pass her exam, I’m sure. (Who? Whom? What?)
I’ll never want to see him again. (Whom? Why?)
Those happy days will never come back. (Why?)
Tina will bring this new record tomorrow: be sure to come. (Who? What? When?)
Leave the newspaper alone: I’ll read it in the evening. (When? Who?)
Tomorrow our in-laws will visit us. (Who? When?)
They will go to the seaside in spring or in summer. (Who? When? Where?)
He’ll never lend you money: he’s too greedy for that. (What? Why?)
There will be a party on Sunday at the Wilsons’. (Where? When?)
Ex. 3. Complete the second line of these dialogues:
Example: A. I’ve got a headache.
B. I’ll get you an aspirin.
1. A. I’ve spent all money.
B. I’ll … … .
2. A. John and Mary have just got married.
B. Have they? I’ll … … .
3. A. What’ his telephone number?
B. Just a moment. I’ll … … .
4. A. We’ve run out of bread.
B. Don’t worry. I’ll … … .
5. A. You’ll need some books for your essay.
B. I’ll … … library.
6. A. Now you have a flat of your own. Will you keep any pets?
B. I’ll … … .
7. A. I have so many things to do before my son’s birthday party.
B. Don’t worry. I’ll … … .
8. A. It’s a pity you haven’t seen this film.
B. I’ll … … .
9. A. When can you bring me the book you promised?
B. I’ll … … .
10. A. Something’s wrong with my pen.
B. Don’t worry. I’ll … … .
Ex. 4. Answer the questions about your next holiday:
1. When will you have your next holiday? 2. Will you stay in town or go anywhere? 3. Who will you go there with? 4. What are you going to do there? Relax or see the sights, or both? 5. Will you go there by train, by plane or by car? 6. Where will you stay there? 7. Where will you have your meals? 8. How much do you think (it will cost) you will spend on your holiday? 9. Will you buy any souvenirs for your family and friends? 10. When will you come back?
Ex. 5. Put one verb in each sentence into the Present Simple and the other verb into the Future Simple.
1. He (to buy) a newspaper when he (to go out). 2. I (to meet) you at the station if you (to let) me know. 3. He (to write) a letter to his parents after he (to pass) his exams. 4. If the weather (to be) nice tomorrow we (to go) for a picnic. 5. She (not/ to do) anything until she (to hear) from us. 6. I know you (to have) trouble if you (to make) a mistake. 7. She (to go) to the party if he (to go) too. 8. I (to pack) my things sooner if you (to help) me. 9. We (to play) tennis this evening if it (not/to rain). 10. Where you (to live) when you (to get) married? 11. John (not/to miss) his classes if he (not/to fall) ill. 12. As soon as he (to learn) the truth he (to let) me know. 13. When I (to find) somewhere to live I (to give) you my address. 14. They (to go) straight home after she (to do) the shopping. 15. You (to come) and (to see) me before you (to leave) England forever?
Ex. 6. Use the verbs from brackets in the Future Simple or the Present Simple:
1. I don’t know when she (to come). 2. We shall all miss him when he (to be) away. 3. When he (to come), I’ll see him alone. 4. You’ll make a mistake if you (not to believe). 5. I wonder if they (to let) me go at all. 6. I’ll let you know in a minute if I (to want) your help again. 7. Nobody knows when they (to be) back. 8. When you (to be) away, think of me sometimes. 9. I’m not sure if I (to be able) to find it, but I’m very grateful anyhow. 10. I don’t know when I (to come) again. 11. She will not dance with me if I (not to bring) her a red rose. 12. Ask her if she really (to mean).
Ex. 7. Rewrite the sentences using the Future Progressive Tense:
Example: I’m going to write letters from 3 o’clock until 4.30. So at 4 o’clock I’ll be writing letters.
1. He is going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 9.30 this evening he … .
2. We are going to clean our flat from 9 until 11 o’clock tomorrow. So at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning we … .
3. She is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 8 o’clock this evening she … .
4. Tomorrow morning they are going to play football from 9 o’clock till 10.30. So at 10 o’clock tomorrow they … .
5. I am going to look through these magazines from 4 o’clock until 5.30 tonight. So at 4.30 tonight I … .
Ex. 8. Complete the sentences in A using the will be + ing form. Find a question in B to go with each sentence:
Example: I’ll be going past the baker’s. Shall I buy you some bread?
A. 1. I …(to go) past the post office. B. Would you like to borrow it?
2. … you speak to Robert? Shall we get one for you?
3. I… (not to use) my car tonight. Can you give her something?
4. We …(to get) some concert tickets. Could I have a lift?
5. When … you (to visit) Ann again? Shall I post your letter?
6. … you (to drive) into town today? Can you give him a message?
7. … you (to go) out this morning? Can I borrow it?
8. I … (not to use) my camera. Could you get me a newspaper?
9. The children … (to do) their Shall I help them?
homework tonight.
Ex. 9. Supply the Future Simple or the Future Progressive of the verbs in brackets:
1. Sit down and fasten your seat belts. We (to take off) in a few minutes. 2. Do you think you still (to work) here in five years’ time? 3. I don’t think I (to see) him tonight. 4. They (to reach) the top of the mountain at this time tomorrow. 5. They still (to discuss) the problem at 11 o’clock. 6. You (to hear) about it in the 14 o’clock news. 7. I (to work) as a teacher next year. 8. They (to have) a party on Sunday as usual. 9. They (to laugh) at you if you tell them this absurd story. 10. I (to wait) for you at the theatre at 7 o’clock.
Ex. 10. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative:
By the time he comes we’ll have completed the task ourselves.
He’ll have guessed the crossword puzzle by the time the boss comes back.
She’ll have taken up something else by the summer.
Somebody will have shown up by six.
They will have done everything by Sunday.
Ann will have the tickets by the time you arrive at the station.
Tom will have ordered everything when we come to the restaurant.
By 2020, people will have learnt to grow on the seabed.
By the end of the autumn, they will have built a new skating-rink in this district.
Anthony will have opened a new café not far from here by the end of the year.
Ex. 11. Complete the following sentences using the words given in brackets:
Model: Francis came to the US from Britain almost five years ago. Next Monday it will be exactly five years since he arrived.
Next Monday (he/be/here/exactly five years).
Next Monday he will have been here for exactly five years.
Pete and Jane are going to the concert. It is 6.30 p.m. The concert starts at 7.00 p.m. It will take them 45 minutes to get to the hall. By the time they get there, (the concert/ already/to start).
The population of this town is about 50,000. Every year it increases; more than 1,000 a year. By the end of the third year (it/to become/more than 53,000).
Next year is their 10th wedding anniversary. They (to be married/ 10 years).
We are late. It’s 11.35 already. The lecture begins at 11.40. By the time we get to the University (the lecture/to start/already).
I’m almost through with this book. There are only ten pages left. When you come back, (I/to read/it).
He is very good at cooking. It usually takes him half an hour to make a meal for the whole family. It’s 5.30 p.m. now. We’ll come very good home in twenty minutes. When we come, (he/to cook/the meal).
Jake usually gets up late. His favourite film is on TV today, but by the time he gets up, (the film/to start already).
Ann started working here almost three years ago on September 1. This Monday is September 1. So this Monday (she/to work here/three years).
Ex. 12. Complete the sentences using a suitable modifier of time among those given in the margin:
1. We hope our luggage before they spend a week
will have arrived …
2. They will have become before the train starts
worst enemies …
3. Everything will have before he is fifty
been ready …
4. He will have been in by the time the children
film industry for years … come back from school
5. We shall have packed our by 10 o’clock
suitcases long before …
6. The children will have the taxi comes
decorated the fir-tree …
7. The doctor will have examined before they leave England
his last patient … forever
8. They will have made some by 3 p. m.
arrangements for the boy …
9. People will have forgotten him he comes back from his office
and his book long before …
10. She will have done the he dies
shopping before …
11. He will have looked through the conference is over
many books before …
12. They will have arrived at some he finds some useful information
agreement before …
Ex. 13. Supply the Present Simple, Future Simple, the Future Progressive or the Future Perfect Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
1. I hope you (to forget) all this by tomorrow. 2. I think she (to cook) dinner by the time Mother (to come) home. 3. He (to be) a pensioner for ten years by next spring. 4. I hope they (to tell) her the news by the time we (to come). 5. Ask him when he (to finish) packing. 6. What … you (to do) when I (to call) on you at 5 tomorrow? 7. He (to search) every corner of your room before he (to leave). 8. The plane (to approach) Moscow at this time tomorrow. 9. By the time you (to get) home we (to prepare) everything for the party. 10. They (to come) to see us next Sunday. 11. By the end of the year we (to be) through with our experimental work. 12. The doctor (to examine) his last patient at this time tomorrow.
Ex. 14. Make these sentences negative and interrogative.
In 15 minutes Father will have been working in the garden for three hours.
Next year Jim will have been studying history for 5 years.
In a month they will have been traveling abroad for a year.
The workers will have been restoring the building for a year in autumn.
Next summer I’ll have been teaching for 10 years in this school.
The children will have been sleeping for two hours by the time the parents come home.
By the first of June he’ll have been working here for 15 years.
They will have been trying to solve this problem for two years by 1994.
She’ll have been talking for an hour already by four.
In twenty minutes someone will have been playing the piano for three hours.
Ex. 15. Supply the Future Perfect or the Future Perfect Progressive:
1. They (to complete) the new bridge by the end of the year. 2. By the end of the week we (to wait) seventeen weeks for our telephone to be repaired. 3. I hope you (to finish) this report by the end of the day. 4. We (to fly) non stop for fifteen hours before we get to Calcutta. 5. She (to leave) for work before the children get home from school. 6. By this time next year he (to write) his memories. 7. Do you know that your sister (to work) for this company for ten years by next month. 8. They (to be married) for twenty five years next week. 9. How long they (to look) for a flat by next Monday? 10. Tomorrow it (to rain) heavily for almost a week.
Ex. 16. Use the Future Perfect Progressive Tense or the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
He (to write) a letter for three hours when you (to come).
He (to learn) French for six years already when he (to enter) this college.
She (to watch) this film for an hour already when you (to ring) her up.
We (to have) dinner for half an hour tomorrow when he (to call) for us.
By July 1 she (to live) here for five years.
When you (to enter) the University you (to study) languages for more than ten years.
The painter (to work) on this landscape for almost a year by Christmas.
They (to quarrel) for more than an hour when the police (to come)!
The students (to read) up for their exam for more than three hours already by the time we (to come) to the library and (to join) them!
They (to ask) me silly questions for two hours by twelve. Why they (not to stop)?
Ex. 17. Supply the correct form for the verbs in brackets: the Future Simple, the Future Progressive, the Future Perfect or the Future Perfect Progressive:
1. Ask the smith if it (to take) him long to make a key. 2. By the time you turn to the professor for assistance we (to do) the greater part of the work. 3. We (to work) in the garden when you return. 4. Heaven knows when your poor child (to see) England again. 5. If you call at five o’clock we still (to pack). 6. She (to write) her paper for four hours by one o’clock. 7. They (to watch) the football match from six till eight o’clock. 8. The committee (to draft) the plan by tomorrow. 9. The actors (to rehearse) the second act at three o’clock tomorrow. 10. I think you (to tell) me everything by the time everybody comes back. 11. The workers (to construct) a new underground line for a year in spring. 12. How long they (to travel) in Africa by next month? 13. The first group of tourists (to come) to our camp this time tomorrow. 14. You see I (to know) him for some years by next Easter, but I can’t say I know him well. 15. The police inform them that their chief (to talk) to them in the library. 16. I hope they (to receive) my wire by that time. 17. We are leaving at seven, but I’m sure we (to see) everything of importance by then. 18. You (to write) the article by Sunday or by Monday? 19. We’d better go out tomorrow because our neighbour (to practise) the piano all day. 20. I want to ask my friend to come with me and I feel sure he (to enjoy) the holiday with us.
Ex. 18. Decide which form of the verb is correct or more natural in the following sentences:
Jack isn’t free on Saturday. He will work / is working.
According to the weather forecast it will snow / is snowing tomorrow.
I expect he will arrive / is arriving tonight.
I am sure she will come / is coming tonight.
I can’t see you this evening. A friend of mine will come / is coming.
Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt / isn’t hurting you.
He says the plane will take off / is taking off in a minute.
The wind is getting stronger. It will rain / is raining in the night.
I hope the company will leave / is leaving in a few minutes.
Ann thinks that they will stay / are staying at hotel/
Ex. 19. Complete these sentences using will or to be going to:
1. I’ve made up my mind. I … change my job. 2. – I can’t find my book. – Don’t worry. I … give you mine. 3. – Why have you sold your car? – I … buy a new one. 4. Don’t climb up this tree. You … fall and hurt yourself. 5. I hope they … receive my letter tomorrow. 6. He has decided that he … stay in the country for summer. 7. The weather forecast says it … snow tomorrow. 8. She … study from 6 o’clock till 10 o’clock this evening. 9. – Have you made the tea yet? – No, but I just … make it. 10. Fred is in the front yard. He … cut the grass there. 11. If you play football this afternoon you … be too tired to go out with me this evening. 12. – Do you think it …rain tonight? 13. – Do you know anything of their plans? – Well, they … spend the winter in Spain. 14. Tell them again. Perhaps they … understand. 15. What sorts of questions do you think they … ask? 16. He’s tired. I think he … go to bed early tonight. 17. I think that she … cry.
Ex. 20. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Мы будем ждать вас у памятника Пушкину. 2. Интересно, что она будет делать завтра в это время? 3. Они покажут этот фильм снова завтра утром. 4. Я уверена, она все поймет. 5. Как вы будете добираться туда? 6. Боюсь, она будет тратить очень много денег летом. 7. Завтра в это время корабль будет приближаться к Неаполю. 8. Официантка принесет кофе и мороженое через пару минут. 9. Говорят, что зима будет холодной. 10. Завтра мы увидимся, если я улажу все свои проблемы 11. Когда ты вернешься, они все еще будут жить в своем старом доме. 12. .Он приедет туда через три дня примерно в это же время. 13. Я буду ждать вас в читальном зале в девять. Не опаздывайте. 14. Спроси у него, пойдет ли он с нами завтра в театр, и если он согласится, спроси, когда и где мы сможем встретиться. 15. Ты думаешь, мы успеем к отходу поезда?
Ex. 21. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Я как раз открывала Ваше письмо, когда зазвонил телефон. 2. Когда ты вернешься, они все еще будут жить в своем старом доме. 3. Он пытался узнать мелодию, которую играла Джейн. 4. Собака залает, если чужой подойдет к двери. 5. Позвоните ему сейчас. Я думаю, что он еще не спит. 6. Что вы будете делать завтра в это время? – Я буду готовиться к экзамену по языкознанию. 7. Когда мы подходили к дому, уже темнело. 8. Я не знаю, когда они вернутся, но, когда они вернутся, я передам вашу записку. 9. Ник будет вам так благодарен за все это. 10. Пока я убирала комнату, он развлекал меня своими бесчисленными шутками. 11. Анна не уверена, последует ли Ольга ее советам. 12. В тот день у нас было много работы, так как вечером мы уезжали.13. Ты что-нибудь слышишь? – Я слушаю внимательно, но ничего не слышу.14. Через два дня студенты начнут сдавать экзамены. 15. Я не могу ничего обещать – я не уверена, будет ли у меня время, а если будет, то когда.
Ex. 22. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1.Он вернется домой к 15 августа. 2. Через неделю в это время наш теплоход будет приближаться к берегам Кубы. 3. Я буду ждать вас завтра в это же время. 4. Через два дня студенты начнут сдавать экзамены. 5. Не приставай к нему, он очень волнуется: завтра в это время он будет давать свой первый концерт. 6. Надеюсь, к 10 часам вечера концерт уже закончится, и через полчаса дети будут уже дома. 7. Мы уберем квартиру и накроем на стол до того, как придут гости. 8. Он говорит, что придет на вокзал проводить нас. 9. Что вы будете делать завтра в это время? – Буду давать свой первый урок в школе. 10. Строители закончат новую линию метро к 10 мая. 11. Убери свою комнату прежде, чем поедешь за город. 12. Он все поймет раньше, чем ты начнешь свои объяснения.
Ex. 23. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Я напишу ему после того, как увижусь с его родителями. 2. Зимой исполнится десять лет, как она танцует на этой сцене. 3. Я уверен, вы полюбите ее, когда узнаете ее лучше. 4. Через несколько дней будет год, как он пишет эту книгу. 5. Дети будут уже спать, когда мы вернемся из театра. 6. Что ты успеешь сделать к тому времени, как я приду? 7. В сентябре исполнится пять лет, как они женаты. 8. Если вы не возражаете, он покажет вам город завтра. 9. Я поговорю с ними до вашего прихода. 10. К концу недели он выполнит эту работу. 11. Завтра в одиннадцать у нас лекция по истории. 12. Летом они всей семьей поедут на юг. 13. Через два дня будет ровно год, как я учу испанский язык. 14. Не звоните ей вечером, она будет писать доклад. 15. Они закончат строительство к зиме, верно?
Ex. 24. Translate the sentences into English using different means of expressing future action:
1.Мы собираемся отправиться в турпоход (hiking holiday) через 2 дня. 2. Она купит это платье, когда у нее будут деньги. 3. Если он прилетит рано, скажи, чтобы он позвонил мне. 4. Поезд из Москвы прибывает через 5 минут. Они подружатся, когда узнают друг друга лучше. 6. Я не буду вмешиваться в ваши дела. 7. Секретарь отправит эти документы немедленно. 8. Последний сеанс начнется в 7 часов. 9. Он собирается поговорить с вами сам. 10. Когда ей исполнится 21 год, она уедет из дома.