Complete the following sentences using an appropriate future tense form.
1I ............... you if you say that word again.
Wrong!
Use "will hit" for a strong warning about a possible future result.
2I ............... you tonight.
Wrong!
Use "will phone" for a simple promise or decision about the future.
3I promise I ............... you tomorrow.
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Use "will visit" after "I promise" to make a promise about the future.
4"I'm starved." "I ............... you something to eat."
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Use "will get" for an offer made at the moment of speaking.
5By next Christmas, we ............... here for twenty years.
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Use "will have been" for a state that will have continued up to a future time.
6They ............... the roof by the time we arrive on Saturday.
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Use "will have finished" for an action completed before a specified future time.
7She ............... by the time you reach her place.
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Use "will have left" for an action completed before another future action.
8Don't phone them now; they ............... lunch.
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Use "will be having" for an action expected to be in progress at that time.
9It is no use phoning; they ............... by now.
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Use "will have left" to make a confident deduction about something already completed by now.
10This time tomorrow, I ............... with my grandchildren.
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Use "will be playing" for an action in progress at a specific future time.
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- I will hit you if you say that word again.
- I will phone you tonight.
- I promise I will visit you tomorrow.
- “I’m starved.” “I will get you something to eat.”
- By next Christmas, we will have been here for twenty years.
- They will have finished the roof by the time we arrive on Saturday.
- She will have left by the time you reach her place.
- Don’t phone them now; they will be having lunch.
- It is no use phoning; they will have left by now.
- This time tomorrow, I will be playing with my grandchildren.