Which is the right verb form?

1. Tom isn’t free on Saturday. He will work/ is working .

2. I will go/ am going to a party tomorrow night. Would you like to come?
3. According to the weather forecast it will rain/ is raining tomorrow.
4. I’m sure Tom will get/ is getting the job. He has a lot of experience.
5. I can’t meet you this evening. A friend of mine will come/ is coming to see me.
6. ‘Have you decided where to go for your holiday yet?’
Yes, we will go/ are going hiking in the Himalayas.
7. Don’t worry about the dog. Let it bark, it won’t hurt/ isn’t hurting you.
8. I feel a bit hungry. I think I will have/ am having something to eat.
9. ‘You know, I need to find someone to water the plants while I’m away.’
‘Oh, it’s ok, I will water/ am watering the plants for you.’
10. Can you repair the car? It won’t start/ isn’t starting.

Will or going to

1. A: I’ve got a terrible headache.

B: Oh, don’t worry. Wait there and I ………………………………. (get) an aspirin for you.
2. A: Why are you filling that bucket with water?
B: I …………………………………… (wash) the car.
3. A: I’ve decided to repaint the bedroom.
B: Really? What color ……………………………………………. (you/paint) it?
4. A: Look! There is fire coming out of that house! It’s on fire!
B: Good heavens! I ………………………………… (call) the fire-brigade immediately.
5. A: The ceiling of that room doesn’t look very safe, does it?
B: No, it looks as if it …………………………………….. (fall) down.
6. A: Where are you going? Are you going shopping?
B: Yes, I …………………………………. (buy) something for dinner.
7. A: I can’t work out how to use this camera.
B: It’s very easy. I ………………………………… (show) you.
8. A: Did you post that letter for me?
B: Oh, I completely forgot! I’m sorry, I ……………………….. (do) it now.
9. A: We need some bread for lunch.
B: OK. I ……………………………… (go) to the shop and get some. I feel like a walk.
(before he goes out, A talks to C)
A: I ………………………………. (get) some bread. Do you want anything from the shop?
10. A: Has George decided on what to do when he leaves school?
B: Oh yes. Everything is planned. He ……………………………………(have) a holiday for a few
weeks and then he………………………………………(start) a computer programming course.

Rewrite each sentence or question with GOING TO:

1. Joe plans to buy a new computer next year.

Joe is going to buy a new computer next year.
2. We don’t plan to play tennis this weekend.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Does Nick plan to join the sports club?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What are your plans for next summer?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Look! That tree is about to fall over!
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Do you plan to work hard this year?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. I don’t intend to get a new car.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. The forecast for tomorrow is rain.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Do Mike and Pat plan to make sandwiches for the party?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. I think it’s about to snow.
………………………………………………………………………………………………

Present Simple (timetables, fixed times), Present Continuous (arrangements), Will (decisions, offers,
promises), or Going to (intentions)

1. My friend …………………………………… (come) to visit me this weekend.

2. ‘I’m so busy. I never get time to clean my car.’
‘I …………………………….. (do) it for you.’
3. John ………………………………….. (come) to clean my car for me tomorrow, as I never have time.
4. I ………………………………. (look) around the shops. Do you want anything?
5. ‘Would you like to order now?’
‘Yes, we …………………………….. (have) steak and chips, please.’
6. ‘You still haven’t tidied your room although I’ve been asking you for ages.’
‘I ………………………………. (do) it this weekend, honestly!’
7. ‘When ……………………………….. (leave)?’
‘Next Sunday, I ……………………………….. (get) the train to London and then
……………………………… (fly) to Paris.’
‘What time ……………………………… (be) your train?’
‘It ………………………………… (leave) at 9 am and ……………………. (stop) at every station. It
……………………………. (take) two hours!’
‘Oh, no! I ………………………………….. (give) you a lift to the airport in my car.’
8. I can’t come on Sunday. I …………………………………………. (give) Rose a lift to the airport.
9. ‘Don’t forget to ring me and tell me what time to expect you.’
‘Don’t worry, I …………………………………. (forget).’

Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the future perfect simple or the future continuous.
1 This time next week we ……………….......................................... (ski) in the French Alps.
2 Greg is taking a year off to travel. By the end of next year he ………………............................ (visit)
seven countries.
3 ‘What will you be doing this time tomorrow?’
‘I ………………...................................... (take) my English exam.’
4 Don’t come round at six o’clock. I ……………….................................. (still / do) my homework.
If you want to come round at seven, you can. I ……………….......................... (finish) it by then.
5 Jill has accepted a job abroad. This time next month she ………………................... (work) in Paris.
6 Next year, I ………………..................................... (live) in this house for ten years.
Make sentences with WILL BE –ING:
1. I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening.
So at 9.30 I ……………………………………………………………………..
2. Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30.
So at 4 o’clock tomorrow I ……………………………………………………..
3. Jim is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening.
So at 8.30 this evening he ………………………………………………………
4. We are going to clean the flat tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 o’clock.
So at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning ……………………………………………
5. Tom is a football fan and there is a football match on television this evening. The match begins at 7.30
and ends at 9.15.
So at 8.30 this evening …………………………………………………………
6. Don’t phone me between 7 and 8. ………………………………………….. (we / finish) dinner then.
7. A: Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?
B: Not in the afternoon. ………………………………………………… (I / work).
8. Do you think ………………………………………………….. (you / still / do) the same job in ten years’
time?
9. If you need to contact me, ………………………………………………….. (I / stay) at the Hilton Hotel
until Friday.
10. A: ………………………………………………………. (you / see) Laura tomorrow?
B: Yes, probably. Why?
A: I borrowed this book from her. Can you give it back to her?

Complete the text. Use the correct form of the future perfect simple or future continuous.
What 1……………….. we ……………….......................... (do) in a hundred years’ time? According to
NASA Scientists we 2………………........................................ (travel) in outer space. By the twenty-second
century man 3………………............................................. (develop) a quick way of getting to the stars, and
the first long-distance spaceships 4………………........................... (leave) Earth.
However, these spaceships won’t be the first to explore outer space. Other spaceships
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………………............................................... (already / voyage) into the unknown. In fact, the first
unmanned ship, Pioneer 10, was launched in 1972. Pioneer 10 will be in space for thousands of years, and in
32,000 years’ time it will pass a star called Ross 248. By the time Pioneer 10 gets there, man
6
………………...................................... (already / reach) Ross 248 and 7……………….................................
(colonize) the planets around it. What 8……………….. these humans ………………......................... (do)
when Pioneer 10 passes by? Will they remember that it was the first spaceship to venture into outer space?
Use FUTURE PERFECT TENSE:

1. By next February I ……………………………………………… (write) my third book.

2. I hope you ……………………………………………. (not / forget) my name by tomorrow.
3. By next week we …………………………………………….. (redecorate) the house.
4. Next July she …………………………………………… (be) dead for ten years.
5. I hope I ……………………………………………… (not / make) a lot of mistakes in this exam when I
finish it.
6. By the end of this year I ………………………………………… (drive) more than one hundred thousand
kilometres with this car.
7. I hope it ……………………………………………. (stop) raining before the match starts.
8. I ……………………………………………. (have) an operation when you turn back.
9. By this time next week I …………………………………………………. (marry).
10. If nothing is done one million species that are alive today ………………………………… (become)
extinct in twenty years.

Fill in the blanks using FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. By the end of June I ……………………………………………….. (live) in this flat for thirteen years.
2. I ……………………………………………… (fly) to London for an hour at this time tomorrow.
3. At this time next week I …………………………………………………. (work) for this company for 20
years.
4. When the bell rings I ……………………………………………… (teach) for eight hours today.
5. I …………………………………………………… (wear) these glasses for five years next week.
6. I ………………………………………………… (drive) this car for six years tomorrow.
7. At this time tomorrow I ……………………………………………….. (take) a test for an hour.
8. At this time next year I …………………………………………….. (have) a holiday in Antalya for a
week.
9. At this time next year I …………………………………………….(live) in Istanbul for ten years.
10. By the time we get home they ……………………………………………….. (play) football for half an
hour.
11. She …………………………………………. (dance) for an hour at nine o’clock.
12. I ………………………………………….. (learn) English for ten years by the end of this year.

Fill in the blanks with the correct FUTURE forms: (Will / Going to / Present Continuous / Simple
Present)
1. A: What ………………… you …………………… (do) when you grow up?
B: I ……………………………………………… (be) an acrobat in a circus.
2. I haven’t seen him for a long time but I think I ……………………………………… (recognize) him.
3. A: I need some tokens to telephone my friend.
B: I ……………………………………………… (give) you some.
4. I got the plane tickets. I ………………………………………. (fly) on Sunday.
5. A: Have you got any plans for the summer?
B: Yes, we ……………………………………………. (go) to Italy in June.
6. Don’t play with those matches; you ………………………………………. burn yourself.
7. A: Whose is that night dress?
B: It’s mine. I ………………………………………… (wear) it at John’s graduation party.
8. A: Why did you call your grandma?
B: I ……………………………………………….. (visit) her at the weekend.
9. If your passport isn’t valid any more, you ……………………………………………… (not / be able to)
go abroad this month.
10. A: What are you doing with that brush?
B: I ………………………………………………… (paint) my room.
11.A: Why are you wearing your anorak?
B: I ………………………………………………… (go) out.
12.I don’t know the meaning of this word so I ………………………………………… (look) it up in the
dictionary.
13.Look out! You …………………………………………… (hurt) yourself with that knife.
14. Mother: Your face is dirty.
Child : All right. I …………………………………………………. (wash) it.
15. A: What time ……………………the next bus ………………………. (arrive)?
B: 13 minutes later.
16.……………………. you …………………….. (open) the door for me, please?
17. We’re early. The film ……………………………… (start) at 2:30. Why don’t we go and have
something to drink?
18. He ……………………………………… (call) the police as soon as he gets home.
29. A: What …………………….. you …………………………… (do) with that dress?
B: I …………………………………………………. (shorten) it to a skirt.

Use the correct form of the FUTURE TENSE:

1. A: Oh! You’ve got a ticket for the party.
B: Yes. I …………………………………………….. (see) it on Friday.
2. A: Tea or coffee?
B: I ……………………………….. (have) coffee, please.
3. There isn’t any cloud in the sky. It ……………………………… (be) a lovely day.
4. We ……………………………………. (win) the match. We’re playing really well.
5. The festival ……………………………….. (last) for ten days.
6. I ………………………………………. (have) a meal with a few friends. There …………………….. (be)
about ten of us.
7. Phil ………………………………… (come) round us tomorrow. We ………….………. (be) at the
airport at 9:30.
8. Why don’t you come with us. I’m sure you ………………………………… (enjoy) the show.
9. That ………………………………………….. (not / cost) more than $50.
10. The museum …………………………….. (open) at 9:00 every day but tomorrow it
…………………………….. (not / be) opened at 9:00.
11. I ……………………………………. (pay) it back to you as soon as I get my salary.
12. The manager said, “We …………………………………….. (have) the meeting on Thursday.”

Fill in WILL or BE GOING TO:

1. A: Why do you need so much sugar? B: I ……………………………………… make a cake.

2. A: Oh no! I’ve left my purse at home and I haven’t got any money on me! B: Don’t worry. I
…………………………………………. lend you some.
3. A: Why are all these people gathered here? B: The Prime Minister ……………………………… open the
new hospital ward.
4. A: Did you remember to buy the magazine I asked for? B: Sorry, I didn’t. I
…………………………………. buy it when I go out again.
5. A: What’s that on your curtains? B: It’s a stain. I ………………………………….. take them to the dry
cleaner’s tomorrow.
6. A: These bags are very heavy. I can’t lift them.
B: I ………………………………… carry them for you.
7. A: I hear you’re going to Leeds University in September. B: Yes, I …………………………………….
study French and German.
8. A: Why don’t you tidy your room?
B: I …………………………………….. play football in ten minutes, so I haven’t got time.
9. A: How can we get all this home?
B: I ………………………………………. ask James to come and help.
10. She has bought some wool. She ……………………………. knit a sweater.
11. A: Why are you taking down all the pictures? B: I ……………………………….. paint the room.
12. I ………………………… climb that mountain one day.
13. Look at that young man. He looks very pale. He ……………………………. faint.
14. A: Why are buying that spade?
B: I ……………………………… plant some trees in my garden at the back of the house.
15. She …………………………….. get better. There are positive signs.
16. I ………………………………… be 38 years old next week.

 Put the verbs in brackets into the most appropriate tense. When there is no verb, insert an auxiliary
verb.
1) Last year we (spend) ______________________ our holidays in Ireland. In fact we (spend)
________________________ all our holidays there ever since I (be) _____________________ a child. On
our first day we (be) ______________________ quite tired as we (travel) __________________________
on the overnight ferry. We got up late and (chat) _________________________ in the hotel coffee lounge
for over an hour when we (hear) ________________ a familiar voice behind us. It (be) _________________
my English teacher. She (talk) ____________________ to a tall, dark and handsome man and (not notice)
____________________ us. Suddenly, she (turn) __________________ and (see) ____________________
me looking at her. She seemed embarrassed and (ask) ______________________ me, ‘How long (you
/listen) ______________________________ to my conversation?’
2) When the old lady returned to her flat she (see) __________________________ that burglars (break)
_________________________________ during her absence, because everything in the flat (be)
__________________________ upside down. The burglars themselves (be) ________________________
no longer there, but probably they (only / just / leave) _____________________________ , because a
cigarette (still /burn) ________________________________ on an ornamental table. They (help)
____________________________ themselves to her whiskey too, but there (be) ____________________ a
little left, so she (pour) ___________________________ herself out a drink. She (wonder)
____________________________ if they (find) ___________________________ the jewelry. It (give)
________________________ her by her husband, who (die) ____________________________ some years
before. Since his death she (not have) ______________________________the heart to wear it, yet she (not
like) ______________________ to sell it.

3) My wife and I (live) _____________________________ in our present house in the country for five
years. We (move) _______________________ here after our second child (born) ____________________ .
We (live) ______________________ in town for ten years, and (decide) __________________________
that as soon as we (can) ______________________ afford it, we (move) ________________________
away from the smoke and noise of the city centre, which we finally _______________________ in 1985.
We (never/ regret) __________________________________ it. We ___________________ reminded of the
wisdom of our decision every morning when we (draw) _____________________________ the curtains to
see open fields stretching before us. When the children (have) _________________________ breakfast,
they ________________________ (rush) outside to play, which they _____________________ whatever
the weather. Whilst they (play) _____________________ outside, we somehow manage to start the day.