FUTURE FORMS - WAYS OF TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE - EXERCISES

I.Put the verbs in the correct future form: will/won’t + inf., be going to + inf., Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future Continuous, Future Perfect Simple or Future Perfect Continuous;

1.I …. (see) my bank manager tomorrow. (I have arranged this.) 
   I'm going to ask him for a loan but I expect he …..(refuse).

2.That glass ….(fall).It’s rolling to the edge of the table.

3.The winter school term …(finish) on 30^th March, and the spring term …(start) on 25^th April.

4. A: You …(do) something for me? ~ B:Yes, of course; what is it?

5. Tom: Where you …..(go) for your next holiday? (Where have you arranged to go?)

    Ann: I don't know yet but we probably …..(go) to Spain.

6. That oak tree still ….(stand) there fifty years from now.

7.A:What you ….(do) when you grow up? ~ B:I ….(be) an acrobat in a circus.

8. I hope they ….(repair) this road by the time we come back next summer.

9.Get out of the building! It sounds like the generator ….(explode).

10. No, I …(not tell) you the end! Go on reading and find out for yourself!

11.A: How long you ….(stay) in this country? (Have you decided to stay?) ~ B: Another month.I …(go) home at the end of the month. ~ 

     A: What you …(do) then? ~ B: I …(try) to get a job.

12.A: I'll ring you tomorrow at six. ~ B: No, don't ring at six; I ….(bath) the baby then. Ring later.

13.By 2010, every household …(install) a security alarm system.

14.I imagine the stadium …(be) full for the match on Saturday.

15.Employer: But there are a lot of mistakes in this report, Miss Jones.

     Miss Jones: Yes, I suppose there are. All right, I …(type) it again.

16.By the end of next year I ….(work) for him for 45 years.

17.I haven’t got time to discuss it right now. My plane ….(leave) in twenty minutes.

18.A: You …(open) the door for me, please? ~ B: Yes, certainly.

19.A: Don't ring at 7.00; she …(watch) her favourite TV programme. 
  ~ B: All right. I …(ring) at 8.30.

20.Shop assistant: We have some very nice strawberries. 
     Customer: All right. I ….(have) a pound.

21.A: There's someone at the door. ~ B: I ….(go). But I expect it's someone for you.

22.A: Here are the matches: but what do you want them for? ~

     B: I …..(make) a bonfire at the end of the garden; I want to burn that big heap of rubbish.

23.I don’t understand how those marathon runners do it! The race began more than an hour ago. By the time they reach the finish line, they ….(run) steadily for more than two hours. I don’t think I can run more than 2 minutes!

KEY TO EXERCISE I

1.I’m seeing; he‘ll refuse

2.is going to fall

3.finishes, starts

4.will you do

5.Tom: …are you going… Ann: we’ll probably go

6.will still be standing

7.A: … are you going to do…; B: … am going to be …
8.will have repaired

9.is going to explode

10.won’t tell you

11.A: are you going to stay / are you staying; B: am going;

     A: are you going to do; B: am going to try

12.will be bathing

13.will have installed

14.will be

15.Employer: // Miss Jones: I’ll type

16.will have worked / will have been working

17.leaves

18.A:will you open

19.A:will be watching B:I’ll ring

20.Customer:I’ll have

21.I’ll go

22.am going to make

23.will have been running

Taken from: 
      1.A Practical English Grammar - Thomson-Martinet - Oxford U.P. - Exercises 2  

      2.Betty Schrampfer Azar - Understanding And Using English Grammar (3Rd Ed) - Advanced - Longman