Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form that indicates future.
1We ............... Rome in January.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "are visiting" for a future arrangement that has already been planned; "will visit" is also possible as a neutral statement about the future. The present simple "visit" is not normally used for personal plans.
2John and Alice ............... next May.
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Wrong!
Use "are getting married" for a future arrangement that has already been planned; "will get married" is also possible as a neutral statement about the future. "Got married" is past and does not fit "next May".
3We ............... probably be home late tonight.
Wrong!
Use "will" with "probably" for a prediction or expectation about tonight.
4I think our party ............... the election.
Wrong!
Use "will win" after "I think" for a prediction about the future.
5............... I help you?
Wrong!
Use "Shall" with "I" to offer help.
6............... you help me?
Wrong!
Use "Will" to ask someone to do something for you.
7I ............... kill you if you read my letters again.
Wrong!
Use "will" to make a strong threat about the future.
8By next year we ............... in America for ten years.
Wrong!
Use "will have lived" for a situation that reaches a length of time by a future point.
9I will think of you when I ............... on the beach next week.
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Use "am lying" in the time clause after "when" to refer to the future.
10I will give all that I ...............
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Use "have" in the subordinate clause after a future main clause.
11Don’t call them now—they ............... dinner.
Wrong!
Use "will be having" for a prediction about what is happening at this moment.
12By next Christmas I ............... here for ten years.
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Wrong!
Use "will have worked" or "will have been working" for work continuing up to a future point.
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- We are visiting / will visit Rome in January.
- John and Alice are getting married / will get married next May.
- We will probably be home late tonight.
- I think our party will win the election.
- Shall I help you?
- Will you help me?
- I will kill you if you read my letters again.
- By next year we will have lived in America for ten years.
- I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week.
- I will give all that I have.
- Don’t call them now—they will be having dinner.
- By next Christmas I will have worked / will have been working here for ten years.