§ 3 Ways of expressing the future in english

3.1. The Future Indefinite (shall/will+Infinitive) – be going to form

Entry Test

1. 1) is leaving 2) will fly 3) will spend 4) will meet 5) are planning 6) will they go 7) are having 8) will go 9) are waiting 10) is coming 11) will stay 12) will fly 13) will be 14) will she celebrate 15) will go 16) What are the children doing? 17) are playing 18) will take 19) When will we have supper? 20) is cooking 21) will phone 22) will decide 23) will spend 24) is coming 25) will ask 26) will refuse 27) are playing 28) will go 29) will be 30) will join 31) when will you send 32) is always finding faults 33) is she always complaining 34) is having 35) is the girl crying 36) will sign 37) are you sitting 38) am waiting 39) will let 40) will explain

2.

41. Why are you sitting here in the dark? – The children are sleeping.

42. We are leaving tomorrow. We are planning to spend a week at our friends' in the country.

43. She'll be 20 in a year. She'll marry Nick and they'll be very happy.

44. What are you going to do tomorrow evening? – Nothing special. I'll be very glad if you come to see us.

45. If the weather is nice tomorrow, I'll take the children to the park. I'm sure they'll like it.

46. Are you busy? – Yes, I'm translating an article. – Are you translating it for Nick? You are always translating for him. When will he make his translation himself?

47. Are you crying? – No, I am not. I'm laughing. When you read this book you'll laugh, too.

48. Will you be present at the meeting tomorrow? – Sure. The director will get angry if I don't come.

49. We are having a meeting tomorrow. We always have meetings on Mondays. Will you come? – Yes, I will.

50. I'll call you before I leave.

3.3. The Future Perfect Continuous – the Future Perfect

Entry Test

1. 1) will have gone 2) will have fixed 3) will have been waiting 4) will have been standing 5) will you have chosen 6) will have taken 7) will have left 8) will have eaten 9) will have been standing 10) will have been waiting 11) will have found 12) will have been trying 13) will have done 14) will have been doing 15) will have bought 16) will have informed 17) will have been waiting 18) will have repaired 19) will have been repairing 20) will have been working 21) will have been married 22) will have finished 23) will have been sitting 24) will have been 25) will have been away 26) will have discussed 27) will have finished 28) will have been living 29) will have given 30) will have been thinking 31) will have been learning 32) will have been able 33) will have been trying 34) will have achieved 35) will have been learning

2.

36. By the end of the month he well have writhen the first chapter of his new novel.

37. They will have been living in this house for 40 years by the end of the year.

38. By the time you return we will have fixed supper.

39. Are you sure you'll have finished the work by 7?

40. You will have been translating the article for 4 hours by 7 o'clock.

41. By next year they'll have been married for 40 years.

42. By the time the manager comes the secretary will have looked through the correspondence.

43. I'm afraid they'll have finished the work by the time we join them.

44. We hope they'll have received our letter by the end of the week.

45. Are you sure you'll have packed the things by 6?

46. By the evening I'll have been trying to find Ann for 6 hours, but her phone doesn't answer.

47. I'll have read your book by tomorrow.

48. He'll have been repairing his car for half a year by May.

49. Will you have moved by Christmas?

50. I hope you'll have been ready by 6.

Progress Test

(A)

1) have been driving 2) has never stopped 3) caught 4) was driving 5) was 6) was going 7) had telephoned 8) left 9) was waiting 10) saw 11) followed 12) stopped 13) told 14) tried/ was trying 15) had landed 16) was waiting 17) didn't want 18) said 19) would have 20) have never violated

(B)

21) has had 22) started 23) found 24) had disappeared 25) hasn't seen 26) bought 27) hadn't had 28) crashed 29) have continued 30) sat 31) had finished 32) was wearing 33) had bought 34) spent 35) arrived 36) discovered 37) had broken 38) had stolen 39) has done 40) hopes

(C)

41) put 42) sold 43) was looking 44) bought 45) wanted 46) talked 47) had sold 48) returns 49) will receive 50) built 51) designed 52) took 53) will like

(D)

54) want 55) bought 56) put 57) was raining 58) let 59) had sold 60) wouldn't replace 61) had worn 62) don't want 63) aren't 64) send

(E)

65) was raining 66) woke 67) rains 68) planned 69) decided 70) missed 71) arrived 72) arranged 73) had been waiting 74) got 75) had started 76) went 77) work/ am working 78) have been sitting 79) haven't done 80) feel 81) have had 82) went 83) rained/was raining 84) will book

(F)

85) was 86) failed 87) gave 88) had been shining 89) gave 90) has become 91) have

(G)

92) has got involved 93) was 94) went 95) studied 96) had 97) had been representing/ had represented 98) has been writing 99) hasn't finished 100) will become

Unit 7 Voice

Entry Test

1.

1) C 2) A 3) C 4) C 5) A 6) B 7) D 8) D 9) C 10) C 11) A 12) D 13) A 14) B 15) D 16) A 17) C 18) C 19) A 20) A 21) C 22) A 23) A 24) D 25) B 26) D 27) A 28) D 29) A 30) C 31) C 32) A 33) B 34) B 35) A 36) A 37) C 38) B 39) A 40) C

2.

41) will be discussed 42) was sent; had been found 43)was destroyed 44) has been recorded 45) have been approved 46) was disqualified 47) will be published 48) was taught/has been taught 49) has been cooked 50) had been made 51) were forced 52) was handed 53) will be punished 54) have just been finished 55) were being baked 56) is being fixed 57) were destroyed 58) have been taught 59) was being opened/had been opened 60) has been published 61) was constructed 62) is being typed 63) are/were given 64) have just been allowed 65) will be published 66) would be repaired 67) had been shown 68) has been repainted 69) is greatly impressed 70) was being moved 71) was not invited 72) will be arrested 73) had been spent 74) had been involved 75) was being carried 76) is checked 77) will be blown 78) are being mended 79) have been told 80) was being painted

3.

81. The parcel will have been delivered by your arrival.

82. Don’t make noise! A dictation is being written in this room.

83. I have been advised to visit Moscow.

84. The witness is being questioned now.

85. Ann was invited to spend the month of August in Germany.

86. Don’t leave your bicycle outside. It will be stolen.

87. She was taught music in childhood.

88. The book had already been discussed when we entered the room.

89. Switch on the TV-set. It has just been mended.

90. All (the) exams will have been passed by the end of June and we’ll return home.

91. The airport was closed as it had been snowing heavily the whole week.

92. Wait, please! The last student is being examined now.

93. When I left (went out of) the shop, I discovered that my bicycle had been stolen.

94. The tourists were pleased as their programme had been well-planned.

95. I wonder, what is being built in the centre of the city.

96. This man was arrested because he had tried to rob a bank several times.

97. When was this picture painted?

98. The letters will have been sent before you come.

99. My brother was being interviewed when I came in.

100. The door had been locked, when we returned.