Complete the conversation. Use the future continuous of the verbs in brackets
A: Can you meet me in town tomorrow at one?
B: Um ... no. I’ll be out at one. I (0) ......‘ll be having......(have) lunch with Peter. What about later? Two thirty or three? Or (1) .............................. (you / watch) the match then?
A: Yes, I will. Are you playing tennis with Jamie in the afternoon?
B: Yes, at half past four.
A: Well, I could meet you at the tennis court at about six. Is that OK?
B: Yes, that’s fine. We (2) .............................. (practise) for our match on Sunday.
A: Yes, I can imagine it. He (3) .............................. (try) to do all kinds of clever shots and you (4) .............................. (not pay) attention! And you (5) .............................. (shout) at each other!
B: No, no! You haven’t seen us for ages! We (6) .............................. (work) together perfectly. Like a machine!
A: A broken machine, you mean!
Circle the correct answer.
0 Our exams finish on Friday. This time next week I 7/ relax / ‘ll be relaxing) at home.
1 Bring your books round tonight. My brother will help / will be helping you with your Maths.
2 I’ll still be awake at midnight. I ’ll have / ‘ll be having my fifth cup of coffee!
3 I won’t go / won’t be going without you, but please don’t be late.
4 Good luck with your exam on Wednesday. I ‘ll think / ’ll be thinking of you.
5 Meet me in the library on Thursday morning. We ’ll revise / ‘ll be revising together.
6 Come round on Saturday morning for a chat. I won’t do / won’t be doing anything.
Future perfect
• We use the future perfect to talk about an action or situation that will be finished before a particular time in the future: I can meet you at six tomorrow. My football match will have finished by then. (= It will finish some time before then.)
• We often use the future perfect with by or by the time + present simple: We’ll have finished dinner by eight. By the time I get back, he’ll have left.
• Compare the future with will and the future perfect: We’ll leaveat six o’clock. (= Six o’clock is the time we’ll leave.) We’ll have leftby six o’clock. (= We’ll leave before six o’clock.)
Complete the sentences. Use the present simple of future perfect of the verbs in brackets.
0 I ......‘ll have finished......my project by the end of this month. (finish)
1 We .............................. any food by the time they .............................. . (not make, arrive)
2 We .............................. to Scotland by the beginning of May. (move)
3 .............................. your course by the time 1you again? (you / start, see)
4 Don’t call late tonight. I .............................. to bed by ten. (go)
5 He .............................. by eight. He gets up at seven thirty, (not leave)
6 By the time we .............................. the play on Saturday, we .............................. it thirty time., (perform, rehearse)
10. Complete the sentences. Use will or the future perfect of the verbs in the box.
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0 Global temperatures......will have risen...... by at least 1 °C by the end of this century.
1 Many of us .............................. more extreme weather events, such as storms, heat waves and floods.
2 The world .............................. much more energy in the future.
3 They say that the treatment of cancer .............................. enormously by 2025.
4 Experts predict that half of today’s languages .............................. by 2100.
5 More and more people .............................. from the countryside to cities in this century.
6 They say that people .............................. on Mars by 2040.
Future in the past
• We use. was/were going to + infinitive to talk about a planned action in the past that didn’t happen: I’m sorry. I was going to phoneyou, but I didn’t have time. (= It was my intention to phone you, but I didn’t.)
• We also use was/were going to for a prediction in the past, often after think or know: At last we were safe. Everything was going to be OK. I knew my exams were going to bedifficult.
11. Complete the texts. Use was/were going to and the verbs in brackets.
I (0) ......wasn going to go......(go) shopping with a friend yesterday, but then she got ill, so I went by myself. I wanted some trainers, but the ones I liked were too expensive. I knew they (1) .............................. (cost) a lot, but I didn’t realise how much! I bought a T-shirt instead. I
(2) .............................. (not / get) any clothes, but I couldn’t resist it!
Lucy (3) .............................. (meet) me at six, but she didn’t turn up. Kate and Ben picked me up at six thirty. I thought Ben (4) .............................. (not come) with us, so I was surprised to see
him. I (5).................................... (not say) anything about the previous weekend, but he asked me. I had to tell him the truth. I thought he (6) .............................. (be) angry, but he laughed when I told him what had happened.
12. Complete the conversation. Use will or be going to and the verbs in brackets.
A: I’m sorry you don’t feel well.
B: Thanks. I’m sure I (1) .............................. (feel) better soon. I’ve decided to stay in bed
today. I (2) .............................. (not do) any work on my essay.
A: (3) .............................. (you / come) into college tomorrow?
B: I don't know. I haven’t decided yet.
A: I could give you a lift if you like.
B: Really? That would be great! I don’t think my brother (4) .............................. (let) me
borrow his car.
A: I (5) .............................. (pick) you up at about eight. OK?
B: Yes, lovely! Thank you very much.
13. Complete the sentences. Use was/ were going to, the future continuous or the future perfect of the verbs in brackets.
6 Come and join us in the park later. We .............................. (play) volleyball near the little lake.
7 Let’s go to the beach at six. Most people .............................. (go) home by then.
8 That was horrible! I thought that car.............................. (hit) us!
9 Could I talk to you tonight at nine or............ .............................. (you / get) ready for your trip?
10 Don’t worry! We .............................. (not eat) everything by the time you get here!