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Future Exercises

The document provides examples of questions with multiple choice answers about using future tenses in English, specifically will-future and going-to future. It tests the reader's knowledge of when to use will-future versus going-to future and distinguishes between situations that are planned versus spontaneous decisions. The questions cover topics like making plans and assumptions, expressing intentions, threats, predictions, scheduled events and spontaneous decisions.

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Future Exercises

The document provides examples of questions with multiple choice answers about using future tenses in English, specifically will-future and going-to future. It tests the reader's knowledge of when to use will-future versus going-to future and distinguishes between situations that are planned versus spontaneous decisions. The questions cover topics like making plans and assumptions, expressing intentions, threats, predictions, scheduled events and spontaneous decisions.

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Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - I'll have the chicken


The person has wanted to eat chicken all day
The person has decided to eat chicken now
Q2 - I'm seeing him tonight
The speaker intends to see him tonight
The speaker has already arranged to see him tonight
Q3 - I'm seeing the dentist tomorrow
The speaker intends to see the dentist
The speaker has already made an appointment
Q4 - John's going to take me to the airport
This has already been discussed with John
The speaker assumes John will take them
Q5 - I think I'll stay in and watch TV this evening
This is unplanned
This is planned
Q6 - He'll be there at nine o'clock
We know his movements and can make an assumption about where he will be
He is planning to be there at nine o'clock
Q7 - Are you doing anything tonight?
The speaker is just making polite conversation
The speaker wants to know if the person has any plans as she or he is interested in doing
something with them
Q8 - Next month I'll be forty
This is the speaker's intention
The speaker has no control over this
Q9 - You will do it or else!
The speaker is giving an instruction
The speaker is making a threat
Q10 - I know, I'll phone Jack and ask his opinion
The speaker has just thought of asking Jack
The speaker thought of asking Jack earlier
Q11 - Are you going to fly or go by train?
The speaker believes the person has probably already decided
The speaker believes the person has not decided yet
Q1 - I feel dreadful; I ____ be sick.
am going to
will
Either could be used here
Q2 - Tonight, I ____ stay in- I've rented a video.
am going to
will
Either could be used here
Q3 - If you have any problems, don't worry; I ____ help you.
am going to
will
Either could be used here
Q4 - I completely forgot about it. Give me a moment; I ____ do it now.

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am going to
will
Either could be used here
Q5 - Look at those clouds- it ____ rain any minute now.
is going to
will
Either could be used here
Q6 - The weather forecast says it ____ snow tomorrow.
is going to
will
Either could be used here
Q7 - That's the phone- I ____ answer it.
am going to
will
Either could be used here
Q8 - Thanks for the offer, but I'm OK; Shane ____ help me.
is going to
will
Either could be used here
Q9 - Where are you going?
I am going to see a friend.
I'll see a friend.
Q10 - Tea or coffee?
I'm going to have tea, please.
I'll have tea, please.

Choose the correct form of the verb:

1  "What __________ when you leave university? “I want to go back to London"

do you do

are you going to do

are you doing

will you do

2  If the plane gets in late I __________ my train connection.

am missing

will miss

am going to miss

will be missing

3  It's half past eight and it takes twenty minutes to get to the station. My train leaves in
fifteen minutes. I __________.

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am late

will be late

am going to be late

am being late

4  I've had twenty replies to the invitations I sent out, so I know twenty people __________.

definitely come

are definitely coming

will definitely come

are definitely going to come

5  I'm sure you __________ a lot better after a good night's sleep.

feel

are feeling

will feel

are going to feel

6 "Oh, no! I've spilt my wine.""Don't worry. __________ a cloth to wipe it up.

I get

I'm getting

I'll get

I'll be getting

7  The plane doesn't leave until tomorrow afternoon, so I __________ the cases in the
morning.

pack

will pack

am going to pack

am packing

8  "Can I come round after dinner?""Yes, that's fine. I __________ anything.

don't do

won't do

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won't be doing

won't have been doing

  The match doesn't start till 9 o'clock, so we __________ a drink first.

will have

are going to have

are having

will be having

10  At the beginning of next month we __________ married for ten years.

are

will be

are going to be

will have been

Fill in the correct future form (will-future, going-to-future, Simple Present or Present
Progressive) into the gaps.

Example: The weather ______ nice at the weekend. (to be)


Answer: The weather will be nice at the weekend.

1. The train at 11.45. (to leave)


2. On Sunday at 8 o'clock I my friend. (to meet)
3. It in the mountains tomorrow evening. (to snow)
4. We lunch at McDonald's at the weekend. (to have)
5. They to London on Friday evening. (to fly)
6. Wait! I you to the station. (to drive)
7. The English lesson at 7.35. (to start)
8. I my sister in April. (to see)

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