Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1We ............... to Greece next summer.
Wrong!
Use "are going" for a planned future arrangement.
2I knew she ............... before long.
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Use "would arrive" as the past form of will after "knew".
3The Prime Minister ............... London in December.
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Use "is to visit" for an official future arrangement.
4Phone me when you ...............
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Use "arrive" after "when" to talk about the future.
5"I'm hungry." "I ............... you something to eat."
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Use "will get" for a decision made at the moment of speaking.
6............... I open the window?
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Use "Shall" with I to make an offer or ask for a suggestion.
7I ............... you tonight.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "will phone" and "am phoning" are possible future forms here.
8I will pay you back when I ............... a job.
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Use "get" after "when" to refer to the future.
9By next year, we ............... here for twenty-five years.
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Use "will have been" for a period that will be complete by a future time.
10I ............... break his neck.
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Use "will" to make a direct threat.
11I promise I ............... do that again.
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Use "won't" for a negative promise about the future.
12It is no use phoning them now; they ............... by now.
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Use "will have left" for a confident deduction about something that has probably already happened.
Answers
- We are going to Greece next summer.
- I knew she would arrive before long.
- The Prime Minister is to visit London in December.
- Phone me when you arrive.
- “I’m hungry.” “I will get you something to eat.”
- Shall I open the window?
- I will phone / am phoning you tonight.
- I will pay you back when I get a job.
- By next year, we will have been here for twenty-five years.
- I will break his neck.
- I promise I won’t do that again.
- It is no use phoning them now; they will have left by now.
