Future Simple Tense

A. REVIEW
Form: Will + V (bare infinitive)
Statement: S (I/you/he/she/it/we/they) + will + V(inf) + O.

Negative: S + will not (won’t) + V(inf) + O.

Question: Will + S + V (inf) + O?

Use: Example:

+Fact about the future: The new airport will be the biggest in Europe.

+Predictions: You’ll have a great time in the Bahamas.

+Offers and requests: We’ll help you get ready for your holiday.

+Decisions made now: I know! I’ll go to China this summer.

*With offers which are questions, we use “Shall” with I and we:
Shall I drive you to the airport?
*We do not use will for arrangements.
We’ll visit my grandma this weekend.
*Short forms: will = ‘ll will not = won’t
B. EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Match the sentences with the uses of will. Write a, b, c or d.

a: Fact about the future b: Predictions
c: Offers and requests d: Decisions made now
1 The summer will be hot this year.

2 I’m very bored. I’ll phone Paul.

3 Don’t cry Tom. We will take you to the zoo.

4 My younger sister will probably study in Spain.

5 I’ll have the red dress, please.

6 Are you hot? I’ll open the window.

7 I will travel to different countries.

8 We’ll help you to do your homework.

9 I will live in my home town.

10 I think he’ll become a doctor.

Exercise 2: Make the following sentences negative.

11. The weather is changing. It will be warm tomorrow.
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12. Sam will be in the office today.
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13. I think John Brown will be glad to meet us this weekend.
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14. Dinner will be ready at six o’clock tonight.
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15. There will be some new students in the class.
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Exercise 3: Change the sentences into the questions.
16. Kate will be at home this evening.
Who _______________________________________________________________________________?
17. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the film.
What ______________________________________________________________________________?
18. We will need your help with that work tomorrow.
When ______________________________________________________________________________?
19. He will go to the theater with his parents.
Where _____________________________________________________________________________?
Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the simple future tense of the verbs in brackets.
20. I _________________ (pay) Mrs. Lau a visit next week.

21. He _________________ (see) Alison tomorrow.

22. We _________________ (be) twelve years old next year.

23. She _________________ (leave) for Taiwan on Monday.

24. I _________________ (write) you a letter tomorrow.

25. She _________________ (sing) for us tonight.

26. Mr. Rajoo _________________ (paint) the house next Friday.

27. You _________________ (miss) the bus if you don’t hurry.

28. You _________________ (see) a sign on the right.

29. I _________________ (play) hockey this afternoon.

Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the simple future tense of the verbs in brackets.
30. The able lawyer _________________ (defend) him for this tough case.

31. Dry sand _________________ (absorb) water.

32. _________________ you _________________ (accommodate) me with change for a one-

hundred-dollar note?

33. It _________________ (take) us an hour to get our luggage through the customs.

34. This year _________________ (be) a leap year.

35. All these organizational red tapes _________________ (hinder) his progress.

36. When _________________ you _________________ (submit) the business proposal?

37. I hope I _________________ (remember) to bring the gift.

38. The editor _________________ (decide) whether to print the main news on the front page

of the newspaper.
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39. Her father _________________ (check) on her spending

Exercise 6: Complete using will or shall and the verbs in the box. You may have to use
some negative forms.
be come find have lend live take visit
40. This year, more than a million tourists _________________our local area.

41. I’m sure we _________________ your bag soon. Where did you last see it?

42. _________________ you _________________ me some money until Saturday?

43. Everything on the menu looks delicious! Erm… I _________________ Chicken Kiev, please.

44. I _________________ you to the bus station, if you like.

45. One day, people _________________ on Mars in special buildings.

46. No, there _________________ any problems with delivering your new furniture next week.

47. _________________ we _________________ at six to help you get things ready for dinner?

Exercise 7: Rewrite the sentences.

48. in spacecraft/ Someday people/ will fly to other planets.
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49. a city/ Scientists/ on the moon/ will build/ in the future
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50. will take/ Space tours/ people/and back/ to the moon.
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51. will invent/ Scientists/ that can travel outside of our solar system/ a spacecraft.
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52. Astronauts/ to other planets /will travel/ someday.
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53. look deeper/ will let/Bigger telescopes/ us/ into space.
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54. Astronauts/ lighter spacesuits/ so they can move easily/ will wear.
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55. through space/ Spacecraft/ at very high speeds/ will fly.
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56. People/ trips to the moon/ as tourists/ will take/ someday.
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57. his or her own spacecraft/ Each child/ in the future/ will have.
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Exercise 8: Write the sentences. Use will or won’t.

58. My mother/ make/ a big meal/ tonight/./
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59. I/ finish/ work/ 6 p.m/./
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60. I/ not have/ a birthday party/ this year/./
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61. You/ meet/ Lan/ tonight/?/
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62. We/ take/ our cousins/ holiday/ us/./
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63. My friends/ not come/ tonight/./
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64. He/ catch/ the train/ London/ 9 o’clock/./
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65. I/ not come/ class/ tomorrow/./
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66. My grandmother/ visit/ us/ Saturday/./
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67. You/ stay/ home/ this weekend/?/
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Exercise 9: Complete the text with will or won’t and the verbs in brackets.

English ________________ 68
(not be) so popular in 2035. But Chinese and Portuguese

________________ 69(become) very important. Pupils ________________ 70(not learn) with CDs and

DVDs: instead pupils ________________ 71

(chat) to students their age in other countries to

practice languages. In the future students ________________ 72(not have) the chance to gossip

with friends between lessons because everyone ______________ 73(learn) at home. So

________________ students in 2035 ________________ 74(feel) lonely?

Exercise 10: Complete the text with the simple future tense and the verbs in brackets.

Hello, I am John. This summer ___________ 75

(be) great for me. Because I ___________ 76
(go)

camping with my classmates. We ___________ 77(climb) up trees. Next, we ___________ 78(make)

a camp fire. Then, we ___________ 79

(sleep) in tents. It ___________ 80
(be) exciting. But it

___________ 81(last) only a week. Then I ___________ 82(do) nothing exciting. Like every summer I

___________ 83(read) and ___________ 84(watch) TV at home.