Extra Practice
Complete the sentences with the right future tense
2. I think that people (live) much longer in a hundred years
3. I promise I (phone) you every week.
4. Laura
(buy) the tickets for the concert next Monday.
5. My boss has got a doctor's appointment on Friday. He
(have) a medical exam.
6. Life (be) easier in the future.
7. They (finish) the new hospital before the President's visit next September.
8. I (work) all day tomorrow.
9. By next winter I' (build) a new kennel for my dog.
10. We (fly) to Florence on Tuesday afternoon.
11. These are my last days here. I (go) back home next week.
12. I don't think they (discover) a cure for cancer before 2020.
13. I (sleep) when he arrives tonight.
Future continuous and future perfect
Read the following sentences and then answer the questions:
1. I'll write the report when my boss arrives
2. I'll be writing the report when my boss arrives
3. I'll have written the report when my boss arrives
QUESTIONS
a. In which sentence has he finished writing the report when his boss arrives?
b. In which sentence does he start writing the report when his boss arrives?
c. In which sentence is he in the middle of writing the report when his boss arrives?
Time clauses
Choose the best conjunction from the list below to join together the following short sentences:
| WHENEVER | BEFORE |
AFTER |
WHEN |
UNTIL |
WHILE |
SINCE |
AS SOON AS |
1. They were eating a hamburger. We saw them at lunchtime
2. They have travelled a lot. They won the lottery last year
3. I like to run. I eat breakfast
4. I will not accept the conditions of the divorce. My lawyer checks all the documents
5. We go for a walk. The weather is good
6. It was very dark. The lights were switched off
7. I will tell her the news immediately. She comes home
8. He was cleaning the windows. I was washing up