THEME 2: FUTURE TENSES 2

Future continuous – Future Perfect

Exercise 1: Give the correct forms of verbs, using simple future or future continuous
1. They are staying at the hotel in Paris. At this time next week, they …..will be traveling…
(travel) in New York.
2. When she ………will come……………. (come) tomorrow, we … will be swimming…
(swim) in the pool.
3. My grandparents ….will be visiting…(visit) Asia at this time next month.
4. Dory …..will be sitting….(sit) on the bus at 11 am tomorrow.
5. At 7 o’clock tomorrow morning my friends and I …..will be watching…. (watch) a famous
play at the theatre.
6. Gary …..will be playing ….. (play) with his son at 8 o’clock tonight.
7. Tony …..will be working ….(work) at this moment next week.
8. Our team ….will be making….. (make) our presentation at this time tomorrow morning.
9. A: Where is Anna going to meet us?
B: She ………will be waiting……………. (wait) for us when our train arrives. I am sure she
………will be standing………. (stand) on the platform when we pull into the station.
A: And then what?
B: We ….will be picking....(pick) Michele up at work and go out to dinner.
10. A: When we get to the party, Jerry ………will be watching……………. (watch) TV, Sam
………will be making……………. (make) drinks, Beth ……will be dancing……………….
(dance) by herself, and Thad ………will be complaining…………….(complain) about his day
at work.
B: Maybe, this time they won’t be doing the same things.
A: I am absolutely positive they ….. will be doing..... (do) the same things; they always do the
same things.
Exercise 2: Give the correct forms of verbs, using future perfect
1. I hope they ….will have repair…. (repair) this road by the time we come back next summer.
2. By the end of next week my wife ….. will have done. .(do) her spring cleaning and we'll all be able
to relax again.
3. Yes, I make jam every week. I ….will have made…. (make) about 200 kilos by the end of the
summer.
4. In two months' time he ….will have finished…. (finish) his preliminary training and will be
starting
work.
5. He spends all his spare time planting trees. He says that by the end of next year he
…………will have planted…………. (plant) 2,000.
6. I'll be back again at the end of next month. ~
I hope I …..will have passed…. (pass) my driving test by then. If I have, I'll meet your train.
7. Come back in an hour. I ……will have done….. (do) my packing by then and we'll be able to
have a
talk.
8. When he reaches Land's End he ……will have walked…..(walk) 1,500 miles.
9. He's only 35 but he's started losing his hair already. He …..will have lost.....(lose) it all by the time
he's 50.
10. His father left him £400,000, but he lives so extravagantly that he ……will have spent…..
(spend) it all before he's 30.
Exercise 3: Give the correct forms of verbs, using future continuous or future perfect
1. Don’t phone between 7pm and 8pm tomorrow. We …..will be having.....(have) dinner then.
 2. Tomorrow afternoon we’re going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30. So at 4
o’clock, we …..will be playing…..(play) tennis.
3. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ….will have driven…. (drive) more
than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.
4. A: Can we meet tomorrow?
Yes, but not in the afternoon. I …. will be working…. (work).
5. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she …..will have studied…. (study) German for
over two years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.
6. If you need to contact me, I…..will be staying...(stay) at the Lion Hotel until Friday.
7. They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they …………will be
traveling….. (travel) in Vietnam.
8. I have not traveled much yet; however, I …will have visited. .(visit) the Grand Canyon and San
Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
9. By the end of this year, my teacher ……will have taught…. (teach) more than 3,000 students
from 42 different countries.
10. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you ….will have mastered….
(master) all twelve tenses including their passive forms.

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer

FURTHER PRACTICE
1. 'Which project on next?' 'I haven't decided for sure. Probably
the Space mobile.'
A. will you work B. are you going to work C. do you work D. are you working
2. 'Look at those dark clouds!' `Yes, It looks like any minute.'
A. it's going to rain B. it's raining C. it will rain D. it rains
3. I'd better get back to the hotel room before the storm.' 'OK you later.'
A. I'm seeing B. I'll see C. I see D. I saw
4. Hi, honey. How's it going?' 'Great. fishing with Grandpa tomorrow'
A. I go B. I'm going to C. I'm going D. I have gone
5. 'Have fun, but don't forget. You have to finish that paper.' 'I know, Mom. it tomorrow. I
already have the envelope.'
A. I'm mailing B. I won't mail C. I mail D. I mailed
6. 'I'm going to miss a good film on TV because I'll be out tonight.' it for you, if you like.'
A. I video B. I'm going to video C. I'll video D. I could
7. 'Good luck. When will you be here?' `Tomorrow. My plane at 7:00, so I you about
8:00.'
A. will land/ see B. lands/ will see C. is landing/ am going to see D. land/ see
8. A: 'I'm just going out to get a paper.'
B: 'What newspaper_ ?'
A. are you buying B. are you going to buy C. will you buy D. do you buy
9. 'We a party on Sunday, 12th November. Can you come?' `Yes, I'd love to.'
A. are having B. are going to have C. will have D. have
10. 'What's that man doing up there?' 'Oh no! He !”
A. is jumping B. will jump C. is going to jump D. jumps
11. 'Ann is in hospital.' 'Yes, I know. her tomorrow.'
A. I visit B. I'm going to visit C. I'll visit D. I’ve visited
12. 'It's my birthday soon. twenty next Friday." Oh, really? a party?'
A. I'm going to be/ Are you having B. I am/ Will you have
 C. I'll be/ Are you going to have D. I was/ are you going to have
13. ' It's a public holiday next Monday.' 'Yes, I
know. anything special?'
A. Are you doing B. Do you do C. Will you do D. Did you do
14. 'Would you like to join Linda and me tomorrow? We the natural history museum.' 'Sure. I've
never been there.'
A. visit B. will visit C. are going to visit D. have visited
15.‘ I've decided to try and learn a foreign language ."Have you? Which language ?'
A. will you learn B. are you going to learn C. are you learning D. do you learn
16. My parents _tomorrow to stay with me for a few days.
A. come B. will have come C. are coming D. came
17. I'll return Bob's pen to him the next time I him.
A. see B. will see C. I'm going to see D. have seen
18. The firework display, part of the city's centenary celebration, place on the 21st August in
Cannon Park.
A. will take B. is taking C. is going to take D. takes
19. This is the first time we to Scotland so it's all new to us.
A. are going B. Were C. have been D. will go
20. Look at those cars! They !
A. will crash B. are crashing C. will be crashed D. are going to crash
Exercise 2: Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for
the sentence to be correct.
1. We are going to study tonight until we will finish this
chapter A B C D
2. Have you heard the news? The President has been
shooting! A B C D
3. The girl whom you met last night was used to be a singer.
A B C D
4. Not until the early 1960s did the birthrate in the United States began to decline.
A B C D
5. I'll fly to Mars next week. I've already gotten a
ticket. A B CD
6. Look! That plane is flying towards the airport. It will land.
A B C D
Exercise 3. Choose the correct alternative.
A: Look. (1) It's raining (A)/ it's going to rain (B) soon.
B: I'm not too sure about that. But the sun (2) will disappear (A) / has disappeared (B) behind those
black clouds.
A: And (3) it become (A)/ it's becoming (B) quite windy, too.
B: Yes, but I don't think the weather (4) changes (A)/ is going to change (B) too much.
A: (5) Have you heard (A)/ Do you hear (B) the weather forecast?
B: They say (6) It's going to be (A)/ it has been (B) fine for the next few. days.
A: Oh, (7) there are (A)/ they’re (B) usually wrong. (8) I not think (A) / I don't think (B) we can go
sightseeing now.
B: Oh, let's go. It (9) isn't raining (A)/ hasn’t rained (B) so far this week.
A: All right, but (10) I take (A)/ I'm going to take (B) my raincoat and umbrella with me.
A: I think (11) you're worrying (A)/ you worried (B) about nothing.
Exercise 4. Give the correct form of verb, using simple future, future continuous and future perfect
1. By the end of next year ….will have worked…. (work) for him for 45 years.
2. Our committee is trying to raise money to buy a new lifeboat. By the end of the year we
……will have sent…. (send) out 5,000 letters asking for contributions.
3. A: If you need to contact me next week, I ….will be staying....(stay) at the Hoffman Hotel.
B: I ….will call...............(call) you if there are any problems.
A: This is the first time I have ever been away from the kids.
B: Don’t worry, they ….will be..................(be) be fine.
4. By the end of my tour I ….will have given...(give) exactly the same lecture 53 times.
5. A hundred people have died of starvation already. By the end of the week two hundred
…..will have died…. (die). When are you going to send help?
6. A: Just think, next week at this time, I .....will be lying........(lie) on a tropical beach in Maui
drinking Mai Tais and eating pineapple.
B: While you are luxuriating on the beach, I…..will stress............(stress) out over this marketing
project. How are you going to enjoy yourself knowing that I am working so hard?
A: I ‘ll manage somehow.
B: You’re terrible. Can’t you take me with you?
A: No. But I ….will send..............(send) you a postcard of a beautiful, white sand beach.
B: Great, that…will make..............(make) me feel much better.
7. Did you say you wanted help picking apples? I could come on 1 October. ~
We ……will have picked…. (pick) them all by then. But come all the
same.
8. Apparently Venice is slowly sinking into the sea. Scientists are trying to save it but by the
time they've found the answer the city probably….will have sunk (sink).
Exercise 5: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets using Future Tenses
1. I’m sure they ….will complete…...........(complete) the new road by June
2. He …………will be waiting…………. (wait) for you when you … will get…. (get) back
tomorrow
3. At this same time tomorrow, we …will be driving.....(drive) through Pennsylvania
4. We ….will see…............(see) you next Monday
5. Who ….will look..............(look) after the children when you are away?
6. By November I ….will have worked…. (work) for this company for 6 years
7. If you call her at 6pm, she …will be practising (practise) the piano then
8. By March 15, I …will have been......(be) here for one year
9. We …will have moved. .(move) to our new house at Christmas this year
10. By the end of December, John ….will have worked(work) as a reporter for 10 years
11. By the time you arrive, I ….will have finished…. (finish) writing an essay
12. I …am going to give… (give) him your message when I see him
13. He certainly …will have not done…. (not do) all his homework by ten tonight
14. Don’t call him at 2:30pm, He ….will be interviewing…. (interview) job applicants at that time
15. The teacher hopes we …will pass...............(pass) our exam
16. By this time next week, he ….will have written (write) his novel for 6 months
17. I hope the weather …will be…(be) fine tonight
18. You ….will - finish..........(finish) your work by 9 tonight?
19. A: Oh, look at that mountain of dirty dishes! Who ….will wash.............(wash) all of those?
B: I promise I ….will do.................(do) them when I get home from work.
A: Thanks.
B: When you get home this evening, that mountain will be gone and nice stacks of sparkling clean
dishes ….will sit…. (sit) in the cabinets.
20. A: We don’t have any bread.
B: I know. I...................................get some from the shop.