The Future Indefinite Tense

Exercise 1. Change the following into the Future Indefinite.

1. The pupils have dictations twice a week. 2. I spend my summer holidays in the country. 3. Our engineer left for Kyiv on Monday. 4. She agrees with him. 5. Our school year begins on the 1st of September. 6. We do our homework in the afternoon.

Exercise 2. Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. The meeting will begin at eight. 2. They will be in Brussels the day after tomorrow. 3. She will cook breakfast for us. 4. We shall start at dawn. 5. The boy will be seven next year.

Exercise 3. Put questions to the italicized words.

1. Our friends will come to see us today. 2. They will arrive in some minutes. 3. His parents will be at home after six. 4. The peace talks will be held next month in Vienna.

Exercise 4. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Present Indefinite.

1. Jane will look after her little brother till her mother (to come) back. 2. We (to go) to the theatre the day after tomorrow if we (to get) tickets. 3. As soon as the teacher (to enter) the classroom, the pupils will stand up. 4. Wait for me till I (to return).

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions.

1. At what time will you gel up tomorrow? 2. What will you do tomorrow morning? 3. At what time will you come home from school? 4. When will you help your mother about the house?

5. When will you do your homework? 6. What will you do this evening? 7. At what time will you go to bed? 8. How old are you? How old will you be next year? How old will you be in three years?

The Future Continuous Tense

Exercise 1. Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. John will be coming soon. 2. We shall be flying to Kherson at this time tomorrow. 3. You will be meeting him every day. 4. We shall be packing our things when you come. 5. He'll be going to school soon.

Exercise 2. Turn the following into the Future Continuous.

1. They were having dinner at three. 2. I am doing my morning exercises. 3. The children will ski in the afternoon.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

1. What will you be doing at four o'clock tomorrow? 2. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow? 3. What will you be doing at this time on Sunday?

Exercise 4. Change from direct into indirect speech.

M o d e l: The man said, "I shall be wailing for a taxi." - The man

said that he would be waiting for a taxi.

1. The woman said, "We'll be having dinner soon." 2. The girl said, "From now on I'll be asking thousands of questions."

The Future Perfect Tense

Exercise 1. Read the sentences, analyze them and translate into Ukrainian.

1. "I will go there", she said. "I will live there quietly till the money comes through. I will be sensible, this time, I won't let it get burned, I'll find out first where it's needed, where it can be used. And then I will have done what I must do. And by then, I will know how to make myself useful. And by then, also, I will have traveled further than I will ever travel here. I will see what it is like, that other world. Not many people go there, but to that place I shall go".

Exercise 2. Turn the following into the Future Perfect.

M o d e l: I had done my homework by 9 o'clock.—I shall have

done my homework by 9 o 'clock.

1. They had built the new school by the first of September. 2. The teacher had looked through our exercise-books by that time.

Exercise 3. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Future Perfect.

1. He (to receive) the telegram tomorrow. 2. He (to receive) the telegram by tomorrow. 3. I (to do) the exercises by seven o'clock. 4. I (to do) the exercises in the afternoon.