Grammar Unit 7: Future Continuous and Future Perfect Future Tenses

Grammar Unit 7
Future continuous and future perfect Future tenses
1 Complete the rules with the words. 4 Correct the underlined mistakes in the rules.
at be by completed happening have We use be going to for promises. will future
participle 1 We use the present continuous for timetables.
_______
The future continuous is formed by: will be + -ing. 2 We use the present simple for spontaneous
We use it to talk about actions that will be decisions. _______
(1) ________ at a certain time in the future. We 3 We use be going to for fixed future plans. ______
often introduce time expressions with (2) ________, 4 We use will future for future intentions. ______
in and this time. The future perfect is formed by: will 5 We use the present simple for predictions based
(3) ________ + past (4) ________. We use it to talk on what we believe. _______
about actions that will be (5) ________ by a certain 6 We use the present continuous for predictions
time in the future. We often introduce time based on external evidence. _______
expressions with (6) ________.
Comparatives and superlatives
2 Write the verbs in the correct form of the tense
in brackets. 5 Complete the text with the correct comparative
This time next winter, we will be skiing (ski) in or superlative form of the words in brackets.
Add words where necessary.
the Swiss Alps! (future continuous)
1 _____ all the tourists ____________ (leave) the
city by this time next month? (future perfect)
Hi Valeria,
2 Man ________________ (not walk) on Mars by
How are you? Sorry I haven’t emailed in a while, but
this time next year. (future perfect)
I’ve been getting ready to move house on the 4th –
3 What ____ you and your friends ___________ (do) it’s going to be the busiest (busy) day of the year for
at this time tomorrow night? (future continuous) our family! I hate moving, but our new apartment is
4 Cyclists ________________ (not use) the new (1) ________ ________ (big) our old one and it isn’t
cycle path in January. (future continuous) (2) ________ ________ (expensive) to rent
5 Scientists _____________ (invent) many alternative (3) ________ our old one, thankfully. Our new
means of transport by 2025. (future perfect) apartment also has all (4) ________ ________
(late) home comforts too, like high-tech air
3 Complete the dialogues with the correct future conditioning and lights that switch themselves off if
continuous or future perfect form of the verbs in you’re not in the room. The past two weeks have
brackets.
been (5) ________ ________ ________ (stressful)
A What will we be studying (study) this time of my life – I’ve been packing like crazy! The boxes
next week? seem to get (6) ________ (heavy) and
B I don’t know. Let’s ask the teacher. (7) ________ (heavy), but the apartment seems full
1 A You look upset, Pernille. What’s wrong? of stuff! ;-) I’ll just keep going!
B My flight’s been cancelled, so I _____________ Talk soon,
(not travel) to Denmark today after all. Mason
2 A Why are you cleaning the house, Bertie?
B Because my relatives ________________ Future expressions
(arrive) here in two hours’ time!
3 A By this time next month, I ________________ 6 Complete the text with the words.
(work) here for ten years.
about due just likely to (x2)
B Really? That’s a long time!
4 A I’m afraid I ________________ (not fix) your Mum is just (1) _______ to leave for work. She’s got
car by Friday. a meeting that is (2) _______ (3) _______ start at
B Oh, no! That’s bad news. 9.30 a.m. She is (4) _______ (5) _______ be on
5 A ____ you ________ (finish) cooking by 5 p.m.? time if there isn’t too much traffic on the roads.
B Yes, I think so.
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Vocabulary Unit 7
Travel phrasal verbs
1 Complete the sentences with the words. 3 Complete the text with the words. There is one
across away back off over up word you do not need.
battle commuting got line match
While I was cleaning my room, I came across my
opponents pedalled put runner-ups tackle
keys, which I had lost the week before!
1 You’ve been working too hard; you should try Until last weekend, when I was a participant in a
and get ________ for a short holiday. charity cycling race, the only cycling I had ever really
2 Do you want to come to the airport with me? My done was commuting to work every day! Because I
dad is going to the USA and I want to see him travelled back and forth to work on my bike, I actually
________. thought I was quite fit and I believed that I could
3 Why are you walking so slowly? Speed (1) __________ up a good fight against my
________ or we’ll be late for school. (2) __________ in the race. I was in for a surprise! I
4 The weather is getting worse. I think we’ll have (3) __________ off to a good start and because I
to turn ________ and return to camp. (4) __________ as fast as I could, I managed to stay
5 On our way to Wales, we stopped ________ for close to the other cyclists. The problem was that I got
the night at a lovely little B and B. tired very quickly and it wasn’t long before I realized
that I was fighting a losing (5) __________. As we got
Weather nouns closer and closer to the finish (6) __________, I knew
that I was no (7) __________ for the cyclists in front of
2 Complete the words with the vowels a, e, i, o, u.
me. In the end, my friend Janine won the race and her
Then label the pictures.
sisters, Nicky and Rebecca, were the (8) __________.
h_ _lst_rm t_rn_d_ h_rr_c_n_ I wasn’t too disappointed, though – true, I didn’t win
h_ _tw_v_ sh_w_r bl_zz_rd the race, but I did raise lots of money for charity.
Functional language
4 Complete the words in the sentences. Tick ()

the sentences that compare or contrast
something.
1 ______________ 2 ______________ There’s never been a better way to get away
than with EazyPlane! 
1 You didn’t win a prize for your new invention …
how very dis____inting fo__ you, Victoria! 
2 This hotel m____ be bigger, but it ___n’t as nice
as the one we stayed in last year. 
3 Obviously, th___ are not as m____ tourists using
3 ______________ 4 ______________ the beaches during the colder winter months. 
4 At the moment, scientists are experimenting with
trains that will be able to travel at 4,000 km/h …
h___ very int__________! 
5 Many experts have pointed out that the planet is
g_________ hotter and hotter. 
5 ______________ 6 ______________ 6 You and your family are setting off on a holiday
to Bermuda next month … ___at exciting ___ws!

7 Michael will not ____y earn lots more money in
his new job, but he’ll ___so get the chance to do
lots of travelling. 
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