1The winter session ............... on December 5th.
Wrong!
Use "starts" for an official scheduled future event.
2I will call you if I ............... time.
Wrong!
Use "have" in the if-clause of a real future condition.
3............... we call the police?
Wrong!
Use "Shall" with "we" to ask for advice or a suggestion.
4............... you make me a cup of tea?
Wrong!
Use "Will" to make a request to another person.
5The plane ............... at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "arrives" and "is arriving" can describe a planned future arrival such as "tomorrow afternoon".
6By next January, we ............... here for ten years.
Wrong!
Use "will have been" for a state continuing up to a future time.
7I promise I ............... you this evening.
Wrong!
Use "will phone" when making a promise about the future.
8Let's have something to eat, ............... we?
Wrong!
Use "shall" in the question tag after "Let's".
9............... a ghost?
Wrong!
Use "Have you ever seen" to ask about life experience up to now.
10I ............... James in the morning and he said that he was quitting.
Wrong!
Use "saw" for a finished action at a specific past time.
11She is eighty now, and she ............... all her life in India.
Wrong!
Use "has lived" for a life situation continuing up to now.
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Answers
- The winter session starts on December 5th.
- I will call you if I have time.
- Shall we call the police?
- Will you make me a cup of tea?
- The plane arrives / is arriving at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
- By next January, we will have been here for ten years.
- I promise I will phone you this evening.
- Let’s have something to eat, shall we?
- Have you ever seen a ghost?
- I saw James in the morning and he said that he was quitting.
- She is eighty now, and she has lived all her life in India.