3.THE FUTURE
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.
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. |
- If the company is making profit by the end of the year they we will have achieved the objective we set ourselves when we took over.
- In two years' time the actor Morneau will have been acting fro 50 years, and shows no sign of retiring from the theatre (will have acted is also possible)
- I am confident that I will have finished the report before the end of the week.
- This book on Proust is really difficult. On Saturday I will have been reading it for a month, and I'm still only half way.
- Whether I've finished the report or not, by 9 o'clock I will have been working for 12 hours without a break and I'm going home. (will have worked is also possible)
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![]() |
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