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    Future simple tense | future continuous exercises

    Grammar rules with examples


    ► The future simple tense

    Form

    Positive statement: I will study (I'll study), He will work (He'll work)
    Negative statement: I will not study (I won't study), He will not study (He won't study)
    Question form: Will you study?
    Negative question: Will you not study? (Won't you study?)
    In the future tense we can also use shall in the first person singular and plural (I, we). But
    it is quite formal in modern English and not very common.
    I shall do it for you. We shall come soon.

    The passive voice of the future tense: The car will be repaired. Songs will be sung. (See
    more at Active and passive voice.)

    Use

    1. The future simple tense is used to express a general intention.


    He will change his job.
    We'll travel abroad. (short form of will)
    I will not need it.
    They won't change the telephone number. (short form of will not)
    Will you take the exam?

    2. We use it for predictions or opinions.


    It will snow in winter.
    The horse will not win.

    In the future simple tense we can use following verbs or adverbs to say that we assume
    something, but we are not sure: think, be sure, hope, believe, suppose, perhaps, possibly,
    probably, surely.
    They'll probably study at university.
    I don't think she'll accept it.

    3. The future simple is used for a decision or offer made at the moment of speaking.
    Can I walk you home? - No, thank you. I'll take a taxi.
    Please, tell Peter about it. - O.K. I'll call him.
    But: I am going to call Peter. Do you want me to say hello to him? (Going to shows our
    decision made before the moment of speaking.)
    ► The future continuous tense

    Form

    Positive statement: I will be speaking (I'll be speaking)


    Negative statement: I will not be speaking (I won't be speaking)
    Question form: Will you be speaking?
    Negative question: Will you not be speaking? (Won't you be speaking?)

    Use

    1. The future continuous tense is used for activities that will be in progress at a point of
    time. The action will start before that point of time and will continue after it. The point in
    time can be given by time expressions or by other activities.
    At 8 o'clock I will be travelling to Dorset.
    This time tomorrow we'll be lying on the beach.
    (In these two sentences the point of time that we refer to is given by a time expression.)
    The shop will be closed. Will you be working?
    I'll be sleeping when you come back.
    (In these two sentences the point of time that we refer to is given by another action.)

    2. It describes the idea that an action will happen in the normal course of events. It refers
    to  routine activities, not intentions, decisions or plans.
    I'll be writing to you again. (I always write to you, so I'll do it again, as usual.)
    They'll be leaving on Friday. You can join them. (They normally leave on Fridays.)
    Everybody will be working on a computer sooner or later. (If nothing special happens.)

    Simple future tense | future continuous exercises –


    test 2, exercise 1
    Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets and use future simple or continuous.

    clear

    I can buy it for you. I (shop) in the afternoon anyway.

    Is Bill at school? - No, he isn't. I suppose he . (come)


    I hope Simon (be) there.

    Did you remember to invite Mrs. Oates? - Oh, no! I forgot. But I (call) her
    now.

    I'll have a holiday next week. I (not get up) at 6 o'clock as usual.

    You are so late! Everybody (work) when you arrive at the office.

    Be careful or the cars (knock) you down.

    We (move) our house this time tomorrow.

    He (play) tennis at 7.30. He usually starts at 7 o'clock. Could you come


    before that?

    Your suitcase is so big. I (take) it for you.

    Simple future tense | future continuous exercises –


    test 2, exercise 2
    Make negative answers.

    Example: Will you draw this picture for me? - No, I will not draw this picture for you.

    clear

    Will the sun rise at seven sharp? - No, the sun at seven sharp .

    Will you be sunbathing on your holiday? - No, I on my holiday.

    Will you be listening to records in the evening? - No, we to records in the


    evening.
    Will it rain all the summer? - No, it all the summer.

    Will you have a cup of coffee? - No, I a cup of coffee.

    Will all people be using mobile phones in the near future? - No, they mobile
    phones in the near future.

    Simple future tense | future continuous exercises –


    test 2, exercise 3
    Make questions with the expressions in brackets. Use future simple or continuous.

    clear

    I am not sure if I can offer this room. ? (our guest/like/it)

    Can I borrow your laptop tonight? ? (you/use/it/at about 9 o'clock)

    We arrive in Aberdeen at 1 o'clock. ? (we/have/time/for lunch)

    The show starts at 8. Please, ? (you/drive me/there)

    Your journey will be so long. How while you are on the train?
    (you/spend/your time)

    I've just missed the train. How ? (I/get/to school)

    I'd like to see your project. If I come at 4.30, ? (you/work/on it)

    If your teacher asks you, ? (you/translate/the text)

    What while I am cleaning the windows? (you/do)


    if the coach is booked? (you/take/a taxi)

    Online exercises with answers


    Test 1

    exercise 1 | exercise 2 | exercise 3

    Test 2

    exercise 1 | exercise 2 | exercise 3

    Test 3

    exercise 1 | exercise 2

    The future perfect tense - grammar rules with examples


    Form

    Positive statement: I will have worked (I'll have worked), he will have written (he'll have
    written)
    Negative statement: I will not have returned (I won't have returned), he will not have
    done (he won't have done)
    Questions: Will you have cleaned? Will she have sent?
    Negative questions: Will you not have cleaned? (Won't you have sent?)

    We make it with will + have + past participle. The past participles are different for
    regular and irregular verbs.

    Passive voice: The label will have been removed. The lawns will have been mown. (See
    more at Active and passive voice.)

    Use

    In the English language we use the future perfect simple for activities that will be
    completed before or at a certain time in the future. It is often used with a time expression
    beginning with by: by then, by that time, by midnight, by the end of the year ... On the
    other hand, you must be careful with other time expressions, because this tense cannot be
    used in time clauses with expressions such as when, while, before, after, as soon as, if,
    unless, etc., which are normally used in the time clauses with other tenses.
    The time can also be given by other time expressions (on Sunday, before 31 June) or
    actions.

    I will have sent the project by Friday.


    On 11 August this year we will have been married for five years.
    When the mountaineers get back to the base, they'll have been in the snowstorm for two
    days.
    We'll have reached the top before noon.
    How long will she have worked here by the end of this year?

    In all these examples, at a given time the actions will be in the past.

    Future perfect tense exercises – test 2, exercise 1


    Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets and keep the same meaning. Use future
    perfect tenses.

    clear

    In five years' time there will be no houses in this street. (demolish)


    In five years' time they all the houses in this street.

    The Christmas tree will be ready before our children come back. (decorate)
    We the Christmas tree before our children come back.

    This is my tenth year of teaching experience. (teach)


    I for ten years this year.

    I am going to finish my second book by the end of this year. (publish)


    My second book by the end of this year.

    Greg will call me and I must think about his proposal before that. (consider)
    Before Greg calls me, I his proposal all the time.

    You will be hot until you open the window. (sweat)


    You until you open the window.

    On Thursday we will have all the needed information. (receive)


    By Friday we all the needed information.

    We planted the trees nearly three years ago. (grow)


    This year the trees for three years.

    Future perfect tense exercises – test 2, exercise 2


    Match the following sentences.

    Example: 1 We will have done it


    2 We will have been doing it
    a until lunch.
    b before lunch.
    Correct: 1b 2a

    clear

    1 We will have rehearsed the play


    2 We will have been rehearsing the play a for two months in September.
    b by September.
    Correct:

    1 I will have found enough mushrooms


    2 I will have been looking for mushrooms a for a couple of hours before lunch.
    b before you start cooking.
    Correct:

    1 By Friday they will have dug up


    2 Until Friday they will have been digging a the roads in King Street and George Street.
    up b the roads in our town.
    Correct:

    1 When he retires a he will have been making films for 30


    2 If he finishes his last film years.
    Correct: b he will have made 30 films.

    1 In two weeks' time a I will have given up smoking.


    2 On 30 June b I will have been trying to give up smoking
    Correct: for two months.
    1 By the end of this season he will have
    played
    2 By the end of this season he will have a for 10 months in this team.
    been playing b 50 games in this team.

    Correct:

    1 She will have eaten her dinner


    2 She will have been eating her dinner a for an hour at 7 o'clock.
    b by 7 o'clock.
    Correct:

    1 I'll have sent him an e-mail


    2 I'll have been sending him e-mails for a a before I leave the office.
    couple of days b today.
    Correct:

    Future perfect tense exercises – test 2, exercise 3


    Complete the questions.

    clear

    the top by noon?


    No, he will not have reached the top by noon.

    How long the mountain this time tomorrow?


    They will have been descending the mountain for 48 hours.

    How many years next year?


    She'll have been married for 10 years.

    by Monday?
    Yes, I'll have returned by Monday.

    for more than two hours when she crosses the border?
    I think that she won't have been driving for more than two hours.

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