UNIT 22 Future Events: Using the Simple Present Tense or ‘be going to’ TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 22

Future Events: Using the Simple Present Tense or ‘be going to’

 

EXERCISE A Choose the correct simple present form or be going to + verb to show future events, and write its number in the brackets.   1 The film ___________ at 7.30 tomorrow evening. (1) to start (2) started (3) starts (4) start 2 My father's plane at ___________ 6 am tomorrow morning. (1) lands (2) landed (3) land (4) to land 3 The new shopping mall ___________ next month. (1) to open (2) opened (3) opens (4) open 4 The President ___________ in Beijing tomorrow afternoon. (1) arrive (2) arrives (3) to arrive (4) arrived 5 ___________ the concert _________ at 10 or 11 o’clock tomorrow night? (1) Do/ finish (2) Does/ finishes (3) Do/ finishes (4) Does/ finish 6 When _________ you _________ back to school? (1) do/ go (2) does/ go (3) do/ goes (4) does/ goes 7 Next year I _________ Chinese. (1) was going to learn (2) am to learn (3) am going to learn (4) was to learn 8 Jenny’s family _________ in Australia next year. (1) are going to live (2) going to live (3) live (4) are to live 9 _________ your grandmother _________ with you for Christmas? (1) Are/ going to stay (2) Does/ to stay (3) Is/ going to stay (4) Does/ go to stay 10 _________ you _________ the latest Harry Potter film this weekend? (1) Does/ go to see (2) Do/ go to see (3) Is/ going to see (4) Are/ going to see 11 Dad, where _________ you _________ us for a holiday? (1) are/ going to take (2) is/ going to take (3) do/ going to take (4) does/ take 12 What _________ she _________ when she’s grown up? (1) does/ do (2) are/ going to do (3) is/ going to do (4) does/ to do   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with the correct simple present form of the verbs from the box to show future events. You may use some verbs more than once. arrive kick off leave meet be finish start     The outing OK, everyone, please listen. Here are the arrangements for tomorrow. The bus (1) _____ at 8 am sharp and we (2) _____ at the sports centre at 9 o'clock. The first activity, swimming, (3) ____ at 9.30 and (4) ____ at 11 am. There (5) ____ a short break for a soft drink and then at 11.15, there (6) _____ two possibilities: rowing or cycling. We (7) _____ again for lunch at 1.15. At 2 pm the inter-school competition (8) _____ with the traditional tug-of-war! Then at 2.45 the boys' football matches (9) _____ and the girls' rounders competition (1 0) _____ at the same time. The prize-giving ceremony after the matches (11) _____ with tea. And the bus home (12) _____ at 7 pm.  I hope you all have a happy and successful day!   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct form of be going to + the verb in brackets to show future actions.. Everything is going to change! Next year things (1) _____ (change) in our house. My father has got a new job. He (2) __________ (work) in a big office in the capital city. My mother (3) __________ (not go) with him immediately because she has to organize things at home. She (4) __________ (rent) our house out for a year and she (5) __________ (find) a school for me and my sister. I (6) __________ (attend) a school near my father's office, and my older sister (7) __________ (study) at a college. My mother (8) ____________ (not look for) a job yet because she thinks she will be too busy looking after us. Sometimes I think that living in a big city (9) __________ (be) a bit frightening, but my dad says that it (10) __________ (be) a big adventure!

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