GRAMMAR 3 FUTURE TIME (2) FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

 GRAMMAR 3 FUTURE TIME (2)

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 accurate predictions about the future. Professor Vincent, from Cambridge,(3)...................................... (hold) a press conference next week to describe the computer which he calls 'Computafuture'. This computer ran tell us what life (4).....................................(be) like, based on data describing past events,' explains Professor Vincent. For example, Сomputafuture 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 that 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 us about the future.'    5 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form. All sentences refer to future time. 1 When I (see)..see… you tomorrow, I (tell)______________ you my news. 2 As soon as we (get) ______________ there, we (phone) ______________ for a taxi. 3 I (go) ______________ to the library before I (do) ______________ the shopping. 4 We (wait) ______________ here until the rain (stop) ______________ 5 I (get) ______________ £50 from the bank when it (open) ______________ 6 After you (take) ______________ the medicine, you (feel) ______________ better. 7 You have to stay until you (finish) ______________ your work. 8 I (let) ______________ you know the minute I (hear) ______________ the results. 9 Before we (paint) ______________ the wall, we (have) ______________ a cup of tea. 10 We (climb) ______________ over the wall as soon as it (get) ______________ dark.

ANSWER KEY

4 1 you will be doing. 2 will soon be able. 3 is holding. 4 will be. 5 will live/ will be living. 6 will be. 7 will have replaced. 8 will also be doing/ do. 9 will be directing. 10 (will be) teaching. 5 1 see, will tell. 2 get, will phone. 3 will go, do. 4 will wait, stops/has stopped. 5 will get, opens. 6 take/ have taken, will feel. 7 finish/ have finished. 8 will let, hear. 9 paint, will have. 10 will climb, gets/has got.