A: Can you meet me in town tomorrow at one?
B: Um... no. Ill 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, thats 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 havent 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 Ill still be awake at midnight. I ll have / ll be having my fifth cup of coffee!
3 I wont go / wont be going without you, but please dont 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 wont do / wont 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 leave at six oclock. (= Six oclock is the time well leave.) We ll have left by six oclock. (= Well leave before six oclock.)
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 Dont 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)
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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 todays 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 didnt happen: Im sorry. I was going to phone you, but I didnt have time. (= It was my intention to phone you, but I didnt.)
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 be difficult.
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 didnt realise how much! I bought a T-shirt instead. I
(2).............................. (not / get) any clothes, but I couldnt resist it!
Lucy (3).............................. (meet) me at six, but she didnt 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: Im sorry you dont feel well.
B: Thanks. Im sure I (1).............................. (feel) better soon. Ive 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 havent decided yet.
A: I could give you a lift if you like.
B: Really? That would be great! I dont 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 Lets go to the beach at six. Most people.............................. (go) home by then.
8 That was horrible! I thought that car.............................. (hit) us!
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9 Could I talk to you tonight at nine or.......................................... (you / get) ready for your trip?
10 Dont worry! We.............................. (not eat) everything by the time you get here!
