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Looking Ahead - Future Tenses
Talking about plans is useful in everyday English. This quiz helps you practise the present continuous for arranged plans, like meeting friends or going somewhere tomorrow.
1 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
By the age of thirty-five she ... ... have two or three children and a wonderful house in the country.
By the age of thirty-five she ... ... have two or three children and a wonderful house in the country.
... will ...
... shall ...
... can ...
... wants to ...
These happy things may happen to her, but nobody can be sure, so the first three Answers are all wrong. She 'wants' the things to come true; but she cannot be certain!
2 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
My nephew ... ... as a golf-course architect; but of course, there are not a huge number of jobs.
My nephew ... ... as a golf-course architect; but of course, there are not a huge number of jobs.
... is going to work ...
... would like to work ...
... hopes to find work ...
... might want to work ...
Answer 3 is another way of expressing the same idea. In either case, it is still not definite that he will find any work. Answer 1 (assuming it means he 'is going to', in the sense that he hasn't started yet), is probably over-confident!
Remember the 'would like' expression, which is a polite way of making a request or suggestion for the future; so much nicer than 'I want ...!'. In your own language you may well use the equivalent expression several times a day without realising it (French: 'je voudrais'; German: 'ich moechte' etc.).
Remember the 'would like' expression, which is a polite way of making a request or suggestion for the future; so much nicer than 'I want ...!'. In your own language you may well use the equivalent expression several times a day without realising it (French: 'je voudrais'; German: 'ich moechte' etc.).
3 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
The dinner ... ... at eight o'clock.
The dinner ... ... at eight o'clock.
... will begin ...
... shall start ...
... must commence ...
... will open ...
' ... will + [verb] ' is the usual way of making a simple, factual future in English.
4 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
The plumber ... ... round tomorrow to fix the leak in the washing machine.
The plumber ... ... round tomorrow to fix the leak in the washing machine.
... is coming ...
... will come ...
... will be coming ...
... shall come ...
In normal spoken English it is quite usual to use the present form of the verb to mean a future action.
Answers 2 and 3 are quite possible, but not what people usually say.
Answers 2 and 3 are quite possible, but not what people usually say.
5 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
' ... ... Shakespeare still be remembered in another 400 years' time?'
' ... ... Shakespeare still be remembered in another 400 years' time?'
Shall ...
Would ...
Will ...
Might ...
This is how we ask a simple future question: 'Will + [subject] + [verb] ... ?'
There is a 'pun' in this one, though, because 'Will' is a common short form for his full forename William (as, also, in Prince William).
There is a 'pun' in this one, though, because 'Will' is a common short form for his full forename William (as, also, in Prince William).
6 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
'I'm afraid I can't meet you tomorrow afternoon because ... ... .'
'I'm afraid I can't meet you tomorrow afternoon because ... ... .'
... my hair is going to be washed.'
... somebody will wash my hair.'
... I'm having my hair done.'
... they will be washing my hair.'
This may seem surprising, but Answer 3 is the best.
This is another situation where English uses a progressive form of the Present, to talk about something that has not yet started (but it will have done, by the time that the conversation is referring to).
English also 'has' (or 'gets') things done, like having your watch or car or shoes repaired. We tend to use a Passive verb, rather than saying that 'someone will do it'. ('While she was waiting to have her hair cut, she left her shoes to be mended and a couple of dresses to be cleaned.')
This is another situation where English uses a progressive form of the Present, to talk about something that has not yet started (but it will have done, by the time that the conversation is referring to).
English also 'has' (or 'gets') things done, like having your watch or car or shoes repaired. We tend to use a Passive verb, rather than saying that 'someone will do it'. ('While she was waiting to have her hair cut, she left her shoes to be mended and a couple of dresses to be cleaned.')
7 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
What time ... ... your bus arrive in Nottingham at the weekend?
What time ... ... your bus arrive in Nottingham at the weekend?
... does ...
... will ...
... shall ...
... must ...
We use the present form of the auxiliary verb 'does' here, because the same bus 'does' this on a regular habitual basis (if the timetable is reliable!). This is another example of our using the present form when we really mean the future.
8 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
In five years' time I hope ... ... studying, and ... ... working in the Middle East.
In five years' time I hope ... ... studying, and ... ... working in the Middle East.
... I shall have finished ... / ... I shall be ...
... I shall be finished ... / ... I shall am ...
... I shall be finishing ... / ... I shall be ...
... I shall finish ... / ... I shall ...
The end of this person's studies will already be in the past by that time ('I shall HAVE finishED'), and the work will have begun , which (grammatically) should be future continuous ('I SHALL BE workING').
9 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
The price of bread ... ... by a minimum of 10% from next month, according to the Ministry of Food.
The price of bread ... ... by a minimum of 10% from next month, according to the Ministry of Food.
... is rising ...
... is to rise ...
... shall go up ...
... would be risen ...
In cases like this, where an official arrangement or announcement is made, we say 'Such-and-such IS TO happen'.
Answer 3 would be understood, but in terms of style it is a strange mixture, because 'shall' is very definite and formal, but 'go up' is more everyday speech.
Answer 3 would be understood, but in terms of style it is a strange mixture, because 'shall' is very definite and formal, but 'go up' is more everyday speech.
10 .
Pick the word/s that fit into the gap/s to make the best sensible English.
By the time ... ... this Quiz, ... ... on all the main features and uses of the Future in English.
By the time ... ... this Quiz, ... ... on all the main features and uses of the Future in English.
... you finish ... / ... you will have worked ...
... you are finish ... / ... you have worked ...
... you are finished ... / ... you have working ...
... you finished ... / ... you will worked ...
The first expression is in the present, but refers to any time (and here, probably, a few moments into the future). The second part is in the Future Perfect ... 'you will have finished' ... but you haven't quite reached that point yet. Almost, though!
Now see how many points you scored, and whether you need any further practice.
Now see how many points you scored, and whether you need any further practice.
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