English Advanced Grammar Exercises – Talking about the future exercise

1. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use will or going to.

apply • carry • come out • have • lend • love • travel • vomit

1   Did you know that Joseph ……………………… for a place at Oxford University?

2   I ……………………… my car serviced next week. It’s booked in for Tuesday.

3   I ……………………… one of your suitcases, if you like.

4   I feel terrible, I think I ……………………… .

5   Look! The clouds are beginning to break up. The sun ……………………… .

6   ‘What are your plans for when you leave school?’

     ‘I ……………………… around Asia for a year.’

7   ……………………… you still ……………………… me in ten years’ time?

8   ‘Oh dear. I’ve forgotten to bring any money.’

      ‘Don’t worry. I ……………………… you some.’

2. Choose the correct future forms. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

1   There’s the doorbell. I’ll answer / ‘m answering it.

2   I promise I’ll text / text you as soon as I get / ‘ll get to the music festival.

3   Chelsea will / are going to beat Manchester United in the final, for sure.

4   Phone me tomorrow. I’ll be / ‘m / ‘m going to be at home.

5   We’ll probably go / probably go / ‘re probably going to go to Italy next August. We usually go there in the summer.

6   My sister isn’t sure what she’ll do / ‘s going to do / does / ‘s doing when she graduates from university.

7   The bus leaves / will leave Manchester at seven, and as long as there are no / ‘ll be no / aren’t going to be any delays, it’ll arrive / arrives in London at ten.

8   I visit / ‘m visiting / ‘m going to visit / ‘ll visit my grandparents on Saturday.

3. Four of these sentences would be better expressed with a different future form. Identify and rewrite them.

1   Have you heard? Liam and Sarah will have a baby.

     ……………………………………………..

2   ‘When is the next episode of that drama on?’

     ‘On Monday evening at nice.’

     ……………………………………………..

3   If you don’t work harder, you’re certainly failing your exams.

     ……………………………………………..

4   Watch out! That ladder will fall!

     ……………………………………………..

5   You definitely aren’t going to be able to use a calculator in your maths exam.

     ……………………………………………..

6   ‘What are your plans for when you leave school.’

     ‘I’m going to take a gap year.’

     ……………………………………………..

4. Complete the conversation. Use will, going to, the present continuous and the present simple.

Henry:   (1) …………… you ………………… (go) to Jake’s party on Friday?

Marth:   No, I (2) ………………… . I (3) ………………… (go) away this weekend with my mum and dad. We (4) ………………… (head off) to Amsterdam. We (5) ………………… (visit) the Van Gogh museum and the Rijksmuseum.

Henry:   Oh, that (6) ………………… (be) interesting.

Marth:   Yes, I (7) ………………… (look) forward to it.

Henry:   What time (8) ………………… (be) your flight?

Marth:   It (9) ………………… (leave) at six from Heathrow, so we (10) ………………… (be) in Amsterdam by eight.

Henry:   Well, have a good time. I (11) ………………… (see) you some time next week.

Marth:   Thanks. I (12) ………………… (phone) you when I (13) ………………… (get back).