GRAMMAR 3 FUTURE TIME (PART 2)

GRAMMAR 3

FUTURE TIME (PART 2)

3.         Put each verb in brackets into a suitable future form. More than one answer may be possible.

1	By the time we reach home, the rain (stop) ….will have stopped….
2	This time next week I (lie) …………….. on the beach in Spain.
3	In ten years’ time I (work) …………….. for a different company.
4	If we don’t get there by 6.00, Jack (leave) ……………..
5	In July they (be married) …………….. for twenty years.
6	In the year 2500 a lot of people (live) …………….. on the Moon.
7	When you get to the station, I (wait) …………….. for you outside.
8	Don’t worry! The plain (land) …………….. in a moment.
9	By the time you come home. I (finish) …………….. the decorating.
10	Come round between eight and nine. We (watch) …………….. the match on television then

4.        Put each verb in brackets into a suitable future form.

Have you ever wondered what exactly (1) ….you will be doing…. (you do) in ten years time? Well, according to computer expert  Tom Vincent, computers (2) ________ (soon be able) to make predictions about the future. Professor Vincent, from Cambridge (3) ________ (hold) a press conference net week to describe the computer which he calls ‘Computafuture’. This computer can tell us what life (4) ________ (be) like, based on data describing past events,’ explains Professor Vincent. For example, Computafuture can predict how many people (5) ________ (live) in a particular area, or whether there (6) ________ (be) a lot of rain during a particular period. Professor Vincent also believes hat by the year 2050, computers (7) ________ (replace) teachers, and (8) ________ (also do) most of the jobs now being done by the police. ‘Computers are becoming more intelligent all the time,’ says Professor Vincent. ‘Soon they (9) ____________ (direct) traffic and (10) __________ (teach) our children. And telling about the future.’

ANSWER KEY

3		4
1	will have stopped	1	you will be doing
2	will be lying	2	will soon be able
3	will be working	3	is holding
4	will have left	4	will be
5	will have been married	5	will live/ will be living
6	will be living/will live	6	will be
7	will be waiting	7	will have replaced
8	will land/is going to land/will be landing	8	will also be doing/ do
9	will have finished	9	will be directing
10	will be watching	10	(will be) teaching