We use several different tense forms to talk about future. This grammar exercise tests your ability to express futurity in English.
1I ............... you if you say that word again.
Wrong!
Use "will hit" for a strong intention or threat about the future.
2I think our team ............... the match.
Wrong!
Use "will win" after "I think" to make a prediction.
3............... I help you with the housework?
Wrong!
Use "Shall" with "I" to make an offer of help.
4This time tomorrow, I ............... a discussion with my boss.
Wrong!
Use "will be having" for an action in progress at a specific future time.
5By next Christmas, we ............... in this city for twenty-five years.
Wrong!
Use "will have lived" for a situation completed up to a future point in time.
6I think I ............... home late tonight.
Wrong!
Use "will be" to make a simple prediction about tonight.
7She ............... before too long.
Wrong!
Use "will arrive" to make a prediction about the future.
8I will phone you when I ............... time.
Wrong!
Use "have" after "when" to refer to future time.
9I will discuss your situation with my boss when I ............... him tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "meet" after "when" to refer to a future event.
10I will follow you wherever you ............... .
Wrong!
Use "go" after "wherever" to refer to future time.
11You can take anything I ............... at the market tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "find" in the relative clause to refer to a future possibility.
12She ............... upset when she finds out what you have done.
Wrong!
Use "will be" to predict her future reaction.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I will hit you if you say that word again.
- I think our team will win the match.
- Shall I help you with the housework?
- This time tomorrow, I will be having a discussion with my boss.
- By next Christmas, we will have lived in this city for twenty-five years.
- I think I will be home late tonight.
- She will arrive before too long.
- I will phone you when I have time.
- I will discuss your situation with my boss when I meet him tomorrow.
- I will follow you wherever you go.
- You can take anything I find at the market tomorrow.
- She will be upset when she finds out what you have done.
