Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form that indicates future.
1. We ……………………….. Rome in January.
We use the present continuous to talk about future events that have already been planned.
2. John and Alice ………………………… in May.
We use the present continuous to talk about future events that have already been planned.
3. I ………………………. probably be home late tonight.
We use the simple future to talk about future events which are not already decided.
4. I think our party ………………………. the election.
We use the simple future to talk about future events which are not already decided.
5. ……………………… I help you?
We can use shall to ask whether someone wants us to do something. Will is not possible with this meaning.
6. ……………………….. you help me?
We use will in requests for help. Shall is not possible with this meaning.
7. I ……………………….. kill you if you read my letters again.
Will is used in threats.
8. By next year we ……………………………… in America for ten years.
We use the future perfect to say that something will be finished or completed by a certain time in the future.
9. I will think of you when I ……………………….. on the beach next week.
When the main clause is in the future tense, we often use present tenses in the subordinate clauses to refer to the future.
10. I will give all that I ………………………..
When the main clause is in the future tense, we often use present tenses in the subordinate clauses to refer to the future.
11. Don’t call them now – they …………………………. dinner.
We often use will to make predictions about the future.
12. By next Christmas I …………………………….. here for ten years.
The future perfect puts emphasis on completion and the future perfect continuous tense puts emphasis on the idea of continuity. These tense forms are used to talk about actions and situations that are currently unfinished but will be finished by a certain point of time in the future.
Answers
1. We are visiting Rome in January.
2. John and Alice are getting married in May.
3. I will probably be home late tonight.
4. I think our party will win the election.
5. Shall I help you?
6. Will you help me?
7. I will kill you if you read my letters again.
8. By next year we will have lived in America for ten years.
9. I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week.
10. I will give all that I have.
11. Don’t call them now – they will be having dinner.
12. By next Christmas I will have worked / will have been working here for ten years.
