RECYCLING ADVANCED ENGLISH
UNIT 4
The future (2)
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The present simple is used to
talk about timetables, programmes of events and people's schedules:
• What time
does your train leave?
• The President
arrives at 9.30.
The present continuous is used to
talk about planned future arrangements:
• Tomorrow I'm
flying to Hong Kong.
A future time-phrase should be
used or understood, to prevent confusion with the present uses of this
tense.
Going to is used to
talk about
a firm
intentions:
• I'm going to be an actor
when I grow up.
b predictions
based on something in the present:
• Look! He's going to fall!
The future continuous refers to a
continuous action which will be happening at a future point in time:
• I'll be
playing football on Saturday afternoon.
The future perfect is used to
talk about an action which will have happened by a certain point in the
future. By is often a key word:
• He'll have finished his exams
by Friday week.
The future perfect continuous is used
similarly to the future perfect, but stresses that the action is
continuous, or not completed:
• By the end of
May we'll have been living here for three years.
Remember that many verbs do
not have a continuous form; refer to the list in Section 1 of the
Appendix for guidance.
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C Correct the sentences if necessary. Tick any
which are already correct.
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1
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What time does your badminton
class start?
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2
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‘What will you do tonight?’
‘Oh, we will have a barbecue.’
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3
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By this time next week I’m
filling in my tax forms.
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4
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I promise I’m supporting you
whenever you will need me.
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5
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You won’t see him this summer.
He’ll do his military service then.
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6
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I’m being an architect when
I’m finishing my studies.
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7
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Don’t get up. I’ll make the
coffee.
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8
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Do you come to dinner with me
tonight?
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9
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I think he shall probably
marry the girl next door.
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10
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What do you do at 3 o’clock
next Sunday afternoon?
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D Complete the sentences with the most suitable
verb form.
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1
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If you (not object) we (ask)
the committee to approve the proposal.
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2
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By the time Juan (finish) his
maths project next week, he (be) exhausted!
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3
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What our world (be like) in
the year 2050?
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4
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Anne (not be) happy until she
(see) the doctor this afternoon.
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5
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This time next year I probably
(live) on the other side of the world.
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6
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I (not watch) the horror film
that’s on tonight. I know it (give) me nightmares.
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7
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By the end of this week we
(raise) over £800 for the children’s charity.
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8
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I swear I (do) my best from
now on. Things (be) different, you (see).
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