3. Future Tenses

Task 36. Fill in the table with the missed forms of the future tenses:

Future Simple	Future Continuous
+ S + will + V1 - _________________ ? Will + S + V1	+ ____________________ - S + won’t be + Ving ? ____________________
Future Perfect	Future Perfect Continuous
+ _________________ - _________________ ? Will + S + have + V3	+ S + will + have been + Ving - _____________________ ? _____________________

Task 37. Analyze the exemplary sentences and fill in the table with the descriptions of the use of future tenses:

Future Simple

e.g. Mary will be 21 next Monday. e.g. We will buy a summer cottage, plant some trees there and we’ll invite our friends to spend their holidays with us. e.g. Probably we won’t have time to finish our work. e.g. My bag is so heavy. – I will help you.

Future Continuous

e.g. This time next week we will be flying over the Mediterranean. e.g. I’ll be meeting Jack on Wednesday, so I can give him your message. e.g. Will you be using the computer for long? I need it to type my report.

Future Perfect

e.g. She will have phoned all the guests by midday. e.g. By the end of this month I will have owned this house for 15 years.

Future Perfect Continuous

e.g. By the end of this year Mrs. Stewart will have been teaching at this school for 25 years.

Task 38. What will you do if you find yourself in the situations given below? In your answer use the expressions maybe, I think, perhaps, I’m sure and Future Simple:

1. You have run out of money. You can’t take a taxi to go home.

2. You’ve got lost in the forest. You are alone.

3. Your car has broken. You can’t fix it yourself.

4. You forgot to congratulate your friend on his/her birthday. You think he/she took offence.

5. You don’t understand some grammar topic. Tomorrow you have your module test.

6. You’ve quarreled with your friend but you are feeling sorry about it.

7. A stray dog is going to attack you. You have nothing to protect yourself.

8. You can’t get to your apartment. The door won’t unlock.

Task 39. A: Read the ideas expressed by futurologists. Open the brackets with the correct form of the verb using Future Simple or Future Perfect:

1. In the 22^nd century we_______ (live) in skyscrapers. There________(be) too many people in cities.

2. There_________( be) no cars. We ______ (use) helicopters. We _______( not have) to walk at all.

3. By the end of the 21^st century we _________ (learn) how to control the weather.

4. In 30-40 years people_______(learn) to synthesize food. No one _______ (die) from hunger.

5. By the beginning of the 23^d century people___________(colonize) the Moon and some other planets. There_________ (be) plants and factories on other planets.

6. When we _______ (cut) down all our forests we________(run) short of natural fuel. By 2050 scientists__________(discover) new sources of energy.

8. People_________(live) much longer. Many dangerous diseases __________ (disappear).

9. Computers__________ (teach) children instead of adults.

B: Answer the following questions:

1. Do these ideas seem optimistic or pessimistic to you?

2. Do you think the people of tomorrow will be happier than we are? Why?

3. What advice can you give to future generations?

Task 40. Put the verbs in brackets in Future Continuous, Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous:

1. I ___________ (not finish) baking the cake until you come. I ____________ (make) it for an hour and a half by then.

2. By the end of next week Moira _____________ (write) her first book for 3 months. She thinks she _____________ (write) 150 pages of it by August.

3. _______________ (use) the printer for long? – No, why? – I need it to print my report.

4. Don’t call us at 2 p.m. We ___________ (have) lunch.

5. By Monday we ___________ (know) each other for five years. You _____________ (finish) your work by 7? I suggest going out and celebrate.

6. Have you decided what to do tomorrow? – Not yet, but I think Sue ______________ (clean) the windows while I am planting cherry trees in the garden.

7. Billy ___________ (prepare) for the interview the whole day. The day after tomorrow he is going to apply for a job.

8. This time next week we __________ already (travel) around Europe and we____________ (fly) to NY.

9. My arm ___________ (ache) for a week by tomorrow.

10. I ___________ (see) Jane on Friday, so I can inform her about the meeting.

Task 41. Construct 10 sentences about your future using the adverbial modifiers of time given in brackets:

1. _____________________________________________________. (tomorrow)

2. ____________________________________________________. (by next year)

3. _______________________________________________________. (by 2020)

4. _______________________________________________________. (in May)

5. ______________________________________________. (this time next week)

6. _________________________________________________. (from 5 to 7 p.m.)

7. __________________________________________________________. (soon)

8. _____________________________________________________. (in a minute)

9. _________________________________________________________. (at 7.30)

10. ____________________________________________________. (for 3 years)

Task 42. A: Study different means of expressing future:

to be going to	intentions (He is going to work with his father after leaving school). predictions for the nearest future based on evidence (There are a lot of clouds in the sky. It is going to rain).
to be about to	predictions for the nearest future based on evidence (Look! The train is about to leave!)
to be to	official or personal arrangement (We are to meet at 7 p.m. The Prime Minister is to visit Germany next Tuesday).
Present Simple	timetables, programmes (The bus arrives at 8.30 a.m.)
Present Continuous	plans, personal arrangements (He is flying to Paris tomorrow).

B: Translate into English using the means of expressing future given above:

1. Я собираюсь купить новый компьютер. Мой ноутбук часто ломается, скоро он вовсе выйдет из строя.
2. Мы встречаемся на вокзале в 5.45 вечера. Наш поезд отправляется ровно в 6.
3. Тише! Спектакль вот-вот начнется.
4. Сегодня вечером мы с друзьями идем в кинотеатр. Мы договорились встретится в 7. – А в котором часу начинается фильм?
5. Не спорь с отцом. Он сейчас разозлится.

Task 43. Translate into English using future tenses:

1. К первому июля студенты уже сдадут все экзамены.
2. Я думаю, что ты забудешь обо всем к тому времени.
3. У Джонни завтра День рождения. – О, тогда я загляну к нему вечером.
4. Что вы будете делать в это время в субботу? – Как всегда, буду готовить ужин.
5. Я уверена, что Джо будет прыгать от счастья, когда тебя встретит.
6. Завтра будет холодно. – Правда? Я возьму с собой плащ.
7. На следующей неделе будет уже три года, как я здесь работаю.
8. Мы будем рекламировать этот шампунь в течение месяца, прежде чем он появится на рынке.
9. Я обязательно помогу тебе. Я уверена, что все будет хорошо.
10. Ты еще долго будешь смотреть телевизор? Я бы хотела посмотреть свой любимый фильм.