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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.
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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!
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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.). |
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' ... will + [verb] ' is the usual way of making a simple, factual future in English.
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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. |
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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). |
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.') |
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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.
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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').
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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. |
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. |