Underline the correct tense.

1 Next Monday, Amanda 1) will have been starting/ is starting work. She 2) is going to work/will work for a large company in the city centre. By the end of next week, she 3) will be finishing/will have finishedher training.

2 My parents have been married for almost thirty years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be celebrating/will have been celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. They 2) will have been living/will be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday, and, by the time my father is sixty, he 3) will work/will have been workingfor the same company for forty years.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.

Dear Victoria,

The holidays are coming and I've made lots of plans. This time next week, I (1) ...'ll be buying... (buy) Christmas presents for my family and friends. I (2) … (get) everything in one day, so that I can enjoy myself for the rest of the holidays.

I'm staying at home with my family on Christmas Day, but two days later I (3) … (leave) for Austria. Becky and I (4) … (spend) a week there skiing. I'm sure we (5) … (have) a wonderful time.

When I come back from Austria, I (6) … (probably/have) a party, because it's my birthday on January 5th. I (7) …. (be) nineteen! I hope you (8) … (come).

Well, I must go now. I'm going to help my mother with the housework. See you soon!

Love, Penny.

Study the following situations, then make sentences using the correct future tense, as in the example.

1. Your sister says that she is feeling cold. The window is open. You offer to close it.

...I’ll close the window….

2. You have been invited to a party next weekend, but you can't go. You phone your friend to tell him.

3. You get up in the morning and look out of the window. You see big black clouds in the sky. You tell your brother about the weather.

4. Your friends want you to go away with them next weekend. You have already planned to spend the weekend with your parents. Tell your friends.

 

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.

1. My grandmother is very old. She ...will be... (be) ninety next month.

2. I'm afraid I … (fail) my exams this year.

3. This time next week, they … (lie) on a sandy beach.

4. The team … (leave) the office by 9 o'clock tomorrow.

5. By 10 o'clock, Sue … (drive) for twelve hours.

6. Jenny … (see) Paul at work, so she can give him the letter.

7. The film … (start) by the time they get to the cinema.

8. Tom expects he … (get) a pay rise soon.

9. By 6 o'clock, the secretary … (type) for three hours.

10. I hope I … (buy) my own car by the time I'm thirty.

11. By next week, they … (live) in this town for two years.

12. I … (help) you carry your shopping.

13. Martin … (do) the work by Sunday evening.

14. Mother … (go) to the supermarket tonight. She has already made her shopping list.

15. The play … (start) at 6 o'clock.