1. “Would you like to come to my house this evening?” “Yes, all right. I ____________ (come)
at 9 o’clock.”
2. I don’t feel very well. I think I ______________ (faint).
3. Oh, no! Look at those cars! They _______________ (crash).
4. “I could lend you some money if you like.” “Could you? I ____________ (pay) you
back on Friday.”
5. “Why did you buy this flower?” “I ____________ (make) some bread.”
6. “Could you get me a glass of water?” “Certainly. I ____________ (get) you one.”
7. I’ve borrowed some money because I ____________ (buy) a motorcycle tomorrow.
8. “Could someone please open the window?” “I ______________ (do) it.”
9. “What are your vacation plans?” “I _____________ (spend) two weeks on a Greek island.”
10. “Hi, Josh! I hear that you ___________ (move) into a new apartment.” “ That’s right. On
the 45-th Street.” “I ____________ (help) you on your moving day if you like.”
11. “Can you give Ed a message for me?” “Sure. I probably _____________ (see) him at the
meeting this evening.”
12. “Did you remember to book seats?” “Oh, no, I forgot. I ______________ (telephone) for
them now.”
13. “You _____________ (do) the washing up tonight?” “No, I think it can wait till tomorrow.”
14. I haven’t bought any cigarettes because I _____________ (give up) smoking.
15. “You ___________ (lend) me your fishing rod?” “Yes, of course. Where you ___________
(fish)?”
16. That boat’s full of water. It _____________ (sink)!
17. “You _____________ (eat) any more of this, or I ______________ (tell) the waiter to take it
away.”
18. Five French sailors __________ (sail) round the world on a catamaran. They hope that they
____________ (complete) their trip in only 79 days. If they succeed, they __________ (set)
a new world record. Jean Dubois told our reporter, ”It ___________ (be) an easy journey.
Our worst problem probably ____________ (be) seasickness.”
19. He: Where we ___________ (spend) the night?
She: Cardiff. I’ve booked us in at the Angel Hotel. Why do you ask?
He: That’s another thirty miles away. We ____________ (run) out of petrol before we get
there. I ______________ (stop) at the next filling station.
Half an hour later.
She: The road goes on forever.
He: We __________ (get) stuck. The car’s stopping. We _________ (have) to walk.
She: Come on then. Perhaps someone ______________ (give) us a lift.
He: Not a filling-station in sight and look at those black clouds. It ___________ (rain).
She: Look! A car’s coming. I ____________ (wave) to the driver.
He: Oh, good! He’s slowing down. He ____________ (stop).
Exercise 18. Use the Present Continuous or going to.
1. It’s 6.30. We ___________ (miss) our train.
2. You ___________ (eat) all that?
3. This airplane ___________ (crash).
4. I’ve lent you my car once. I ____________ (not do) it again.
5. I _____________ (play) bridge tonight with Tom and Ann.
6. “What you ___________ (tell)the police?” “I ____________ (tell) them the truth.
7. Her parents ___________ (give) a party for her next month. They ___________ (invite) sixty
guests.
8. The inspector _____________ (ask) you a few questions.
9. She ____________ (sing) in her first big concert next month.
10. “Where you ___________ (go) this evening?” “I ____________ (not go) anywhere. I
____________ (stay) at home. I ______________ (write) some letters.”
11. ”We ____________ (start) early tomorrow. We ___________ (go) to Ben Nevis.” ”You
___________ (climb) Ben Nevis?” “Not me. Tom __________ (climb) it. I ___________
(sit) at the bottom and do some sketching.”
12. “Mrs Jones ____________ (go) to hospital. She ___________ (have) her appendix out.”
“Who ____________ (look) after her children?” “Her sister _____________ (come) down
from Scotland.”
13. “I hear you’ve bought a new house.” “Yes. I ____________ (move) in next week.”
“You ____________ (have) a house warming party?” “Not just yet. I ___________ (paint)
the house first.”
14. Be careful! You ____________ (break) that glass.
15. Ann has won a car in a competition, but she can’t drive. Tom asks her, “What you
__________ (do) with the car? You __________ (sell) it?” Ann answers, “No, I
__________ (learn) to drive. I _____________ (have) my first lesson next Monday.”
16. It ____________ (snow) later tonight.
Exercise 19. Make questions in Future Continuous to ask somebody politely:
Example: -whether they expect to hire a car.
Will you be hiring a car?
-how they intend to pay.
How will you be paying?
1. what time they are planning to get up.
_______________________________________________
2. what they plan to wear.
_______________________________________________
3. how they intend to travel to work.
_______________________________________________
4. how soon they intend to leave.
_______________________________________________
5. what time they intend to come back.
_______________________________________________
6. whether they plan to have lunch out.
_______________________________________________
7. where they are planning to sleep.
_______________________________________________
8. when they plan to get back home.
_______________________________________________
Exercise 20. Put the verbs into the correct form: Future Continuous or Future Perfect.
1. Tomorrow afternoon we’re going to play football from 4 o’clock until 5.30. So at 5 o’clock,
we (play) _________________________ football.
2. Colin: Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?
Jane: Not in the afternoon. I (work) _________________ .
3. Paul has to go to a lecture which begins at 11 o’clock. It will last about two hours.
Dan: Will you be free at 2 o’clock?
Paul: Yes, the lecture _________________ (finish) by that time.
4. Gabriela is on holiday and she is spending her money very quickly. If she continues like this,
she _______________ (spend) all her money before the end of her holiday.
5. Do you think you still ________________ (do) the same job in ten years’ time?
6. Bart is from Portugal. He is travelling around the USA at the moment. So far he has travelled
about 1,000 miles. By the end of the trip, he ______________ (travel) more than 3,000 miles.
7. If you need to contact him, he _______________ (stay) at the Alba Bed & Breakfast until next
weekend.
8. Ann: ________________ (you / see) Mike tomorrow?
Ben: Yes, at work probably. Why?
Ann: I borrowed this CD from him. Can you give it back to him?
9. Don’t phone me between 10 and 11 am. I _____________ (have) my dance class then. Phone
me after 11 o’clock . We _______________ (finish) by then.
