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REVISION

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Mark

GRAMMAR
FUTURE SIMPLE, BE GOING TO AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH FUTURE MEANING
1

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to or Present
Continuous. There may be more than one possible answer.

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We cant come on Friday; we ........................................... (go) to a concert.

Please lend me the book. I promise I ........................................... (give) it back.
........................................... you ........................................... (study) for the exam tonight?
Lets meet tonight. I ........................................... (not do) anything special.
My friends and I ........................................... (look for) holiday jobs this summer.
Dont worry! I ........................................... (help) you get ready.
Watch out! You ........................................... (slip).
The next train ........................................... (arrive) in exactly one hour from now.

Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1.

Mary and Phil will get married next spring.

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2.

The phone is ringing. Im going to answer it.

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3.

I think its snowing tomorrow.

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4.

I see my friends tonight.

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5.

I wouldnt buy him that sweater. He isnt going to like it.

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Write sentences with will or be going to and the words below.

1.

look / at the clear sky! / it / not rain / today / .

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2.

who / win / the elections / this year / ?

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3.

she / have a baby / in two months / .

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4.

you / invite / Kate / to dinner / ?

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5.

when / Tom / be back / from holiday / ?

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FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE AND FUTURE CONTINUOUS

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Perfect Simple
or Future Continuous.

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Dont come before 7.00 tonight. I ........................................... (still do) my homework.

Do you think scientists ........................................... (find) a cure for cancer by the end of the decade?
What do you think you ........................................... (do) this time next year?
Hopefully by the end of the year, we ........................................... (save) enough money to buy a car.

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Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Perfect Simple or
Future Continuous.

1.

We wont get to the station in time to catch the train. (leave)

By the time we get to the station, ...................................................................

2.

Next weeks timetable includes lots of exams. (do)

This time next week, .......................................................................................

3.

Franks company is sending him to Paris for a few months. (work)

For the next few months, Frank ......................................................................

4.

Mrs Mackay is retiring this year after 25 years of teaching. (teach)

When she retires this year, Mrs Mackay .........................................................

REVIEW OF FUTURE TENSES

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Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use a suitable future tense.
There may be more than one possible answer.

Tomorrow morning, I 1. ........................ (fly) to Australia to visit my cousins. At this time tomorrow, I 2. ........................
(sit) on a plane somewhere over Asia. I havent bought gifts for my cousins yet, but I 3. ........................ (buy) them at the
duty-free shop because I have to be at the airport early, and shopping helps to pass the time. By the time the flight takes
off, I 4. ........................ (be) in the airport for hours. I 5. ........................ (be) tired, so I 6. ........................ (fall asleep) on
the plane.

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