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3.THE FUTURE

FUTURE TIME

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS PRESENTATION TO LEARN THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS THE FUTURE IN ENGLISH. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO START.

WHICH FUTURE FORM IS IT?

TASK 1. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form (future perfect simple, future perfect continuous or future continuous) one each gap. 

TASK 2. Complete each second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

TASK 3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. 

TASK 1

  1. By the end of today, Ed for over 17 jobs!(Ed/apply)
  2. This time next year I my own business. (I/hopefully/run)
  3. by the time we get there? (Gemma/already/arrive)
  4. for you at reception when you arrive. (we/wait)
  5. How many people for the position tomorrow?(you/ interview)
  6. What this time next week? (you/do)

TASK 2

  • The bell will ring and then you can all go home.

You can all go home when

  • Ahmed will ask the questions and I'll take notes.

I'll take notes while Ahmed

  • You're a trainee for three months and then you become a junior employee.

You become a junior employee once

  • They will start selling in much larger quantities and then they'll make a profit.

They won't make a profit until in much larger quantities.

TASK 3

  1. Shona will find out if she has been promoted very soon. (just)
    • Shona find out if she has been promoted. 
  2. They will decide very soon whether to close the Paris office. (point)
    • They are whether to close the Paris office.
  3. The plan is that I will give a presentation to the board on Friday morning (due)
    • a presentation to the board on Friday morning
  4. Are going home in a minute? (about)
    • Are you home?
  5. Keep this a secret (to)
    • You are anyone about this.

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LETTER

Here is part of a letter from Jane to her friend Rosa, a teacher in England. Choose the correct alternative. 

Dear Rosa

I hope this finds you all well. I suppose by now school will close / will have closed for Christmas and you will be enjoying/will have been enjoying a rest. It's hard to believe that Tim's already 18 and it's only a few months until he will be leaving/will have been leaving school for college.

My main news is that my brother John, and his family will have been arriving/ will be arriving next Friday as part of their big trip around the world. By the time they get here they will be going / will have been to California and New Zealand. No doubt John's children will have been planning / will plan it all out for months! They won't be spending / won't have spent all their time with me. John has to go to Perth on business, so I will have kept /will be keeping the rest of the family entertained while he's away. Then they will all be going / will all have been going to Sydney. 

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS

Use the beginning for the left column, an ending from the right column and a verb form the middle column to make sentences, as in the example.Then click on the Feedback button to check your answers.

The weather forecast says that the rain...

If the company is making a profit by the end of the year then we...

In two years' time the actor Morneau...

I am confident that I...

This book on Proust is really difficult. On Saturday I...

Whether I've finished the report or not, by 9 o'clock I....

act

achieve

clear

finish

read

work

...the objective we set ourselves when we took over.

...by the morning and tomorrow will be dry.

...for 50 years, and shows no sign of retiring from the theatre.

...the report before the end of the week.

...it for a. month, and I'm still only half way.

...for 12 hours without a break and I'm going home.

TO WRAP THIS UP!

Here you have a summary quiz presentation about the future forms and also a short video of your teacher explaining some future expressions. 

Click on the image to watch the video