Future revision
1. Underline the most suitable future form in each sentence.
a) Why are you going to buy/will you buy a new mountain bike?
b) Don't phone between 8.00 and 9.00. I’ll study/I'll be studying then.
c) Look out! That tree will/is going to fall!
d) Let me know as soon as Louise will get/gets there.
e) Great news! Jean and Chris will come/are coming to stay with us
f) According to this timetable, the bus is going to arrive/arrives at 6.00.
g) Can you call me at 7.00 because I’ll leave/I'm leaving tomorrow.
h) If you arrive late at the sale, the best things will go/will have gone
2. Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using either the future perfect simple or future perfect
continuous tenses.
1 By the time we get to the party, Fat Bob __will have eaten___ everything. (eat)
2 When we get to March, Jimbo __will have been living_____ in Thailand for 18 months. (live)
3 There's no point going now. The bus __will have left ____ by the time we get there. (leave)
4 Be prepared to stand up during the concert as they __will have taken__ all the seats by now. (take)
5 Come June, we _will have been going____ out together for four months. (go out)
6 When you get to L.A., you _will have been flying______ for seven hours. (fly)
7 I'm sure that when we go to the meeting, all the important decisions _will have been taken____
beforehand. (take passive)
8 This time tomorrow I __will have finished__ all my exams. (finish)
9 A week Friday we ___ will have completed____ the course. (complete)
10 Old Mr. Macawber _will have been teaching __ maths for 30 years by the end of this term.
(teach)
11 Come next spring, we _will have been working ____ in Kyoto for two years.(work)
12 By the time you wake up tomorrow morning, Pete ____will have arrived ___ in Qingdao.
(arrive)
13 At this rate, we _will have got____ everything ready by six o'clock. (get)
14 Johnson _will have been ____ at sea 7 days by the time he enters French waters. (be)
15 If what scientists say is true, humans __will have made__ life a miserable existence within the
next 15 years. (make)
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple, will-future, future perfect simple, or future
perfect continuous.
I think she will have heard (hear) all about it by the time I see (see) her. 2 I reckon I will have
finished (finish) this book by the weekend and then I will give (give) it to you. 3 The children will
be (be) hungry when they get in (get in) because they will have been running around (run around)
all afternoon. 4 This government will have been (be) in power for eight years soon but I don't think
the will win (win) the next election. 5 Will you have eaten (you/eat) when you get (get) here? If
not, I will make (make) you something. 6 Don't phone them now. They will not have got (not get)
home yet. They will probably get back (probably get back) at about half-past eight. 7. I think they
will have finished (finish) building the house by the time the winter comes (come) and then we will
move in (move-in) in the New Year. 8 I expect they will be (be) tired when you see (see) them
because they will have been working (work) all day. 9 If I come (come) and see the film with you
on Saturday, I will have seen (see) it six times. But it is my favorite film of all time: I think you will
love (love) it. 10 Why don't you come round at 9 o'clock? The children will have gone (go) to bed
then so it will be (be) nice and peaceful.
4.Put each verb in brackets into a suitable future form. More than one answer may be possible.
a) By the time we reach home, the rain (stop) …will have stoped …………..
b) This time next week I (lie) …will be lying……….. on the beach in Spain.
c) In ten years' time I (work) will be working…… for a different company.
d) If we don't get there by 6.00, Jack (leave) ……will have left ………….
e) In July they (be married) …will have been married………. for twenty years.
f) In the year 2500 a lot of people (live) …will live … on the Moon.
g) When you get to the station, I (wait) …will be waiting …………. for you outside.
h) Don't worry! The plane (land) …will land ………. in a moment
i) By the time you come home, I (finish) ……will have finished …. the decorating.
j) Come round between eight and nine. We (watch) ...will be watching.........the match on television
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