Saturday, 31 March 2012

All about future tenses (practice)

Choose the right answer
1. A: ‘Any news from Tamer?’
    B: ‘Yes. He ………………..tomorrow on the 9:15 train.’
   a) will have been arriving            b) arrives
   c) will have arrived                     d) arriving

2. A: ‘I suppose your report isn’t ready yet.’
    B: ‘Don’t worry. I …….………….. it by tomorrow.'
   a)will have been finishing           b) will be finishing   
   c)will be finished                        d) am finishing

3. A: ‘So, are you coming along, after all?’
    B: ‘Well, I don’t know. What time………………………..?’
    a)you're leaving                          b) will you leave
    c)will you be leaving                  d) do you leave

4. A: ‘I’ve called Amir a hundred times but he won’t answer the phone.’
    B: ‘Try once more. He…………………………..’
      a) sleeps                                     b) will be sleeping
      c) will sleep                               d) is to be sleeping

5.  A: ‘Well, I first came here last June.’
     B: ‘So by the end of May you…………….with us for almost a year.’
      a) will have working                 b) are going to have worked
      c) will work                               d)  will have been working

 
6. A: ‘Shall I call Ashraf at home?’
     B: ‘I think he……………………..
      a) will be working                      b) will work
      c) is going to work                    d)is to work

7. A: ‘Is Nigel still here?’
    B: ‘Yes, but hurry up, he is just…………………………'
    a) about leaving                     b) about to leave
    c) to leave                              d) to be leaving

8. A: ‘Do you know it’s Maggie’s birthday today?’
    B: ‘Yes, she………………….a party tonight.’
    a) is having                             b)will have 
    c) has                                      d) is to have

9. A. ‘Doesn’t she feel nervous about having to teach that class?’
    B: ‘I shouldn’t think so as she is such an experienced teacher. By October she……………………….teaching for fifteen years.
     a) has been                              b)is going to be    
     c) will have been                     d) is to be

10. A: ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’
      B: ‘It’s too late; the film………………….started by now.’
      a) shall have                            b) will have
      c) is going to be                      d ) will be

11.  A: ‘You look beautiful in that dress.’
       B: ‘Really? I………………….it then.’
      a) am to buy                            b) will buy
      c)  buy                                     d ) will be buying

12.  A: ‘So, when is your maths exam?’
       B: ‘Well, this time tomorrow I………………….for it.’
       a)will sit                                  b) will be sitting
       c) sit                                        d)will have been sitting  

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