Exercise 1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.
1. The birds will be going South in a couple of days. 2. Ill be waiting for you. Come back. 3. Now he will be looking for a new job. 4. They will be having dinner tomorrow at six. 5. Ill be coming to see you. They will be coming too. 6. Itll be getting dark in an hour or so. 7. I will be going to town soon. 8. This time on Sunday Ill be waiting for his call. 9. Night after night hell be sitting in that empty room all alone. 10. Stella will be watching TV all day long again. 11. No one will be waiting for him. 12. Theyll be having a wonderful time. 13. Tim will be coming back in two days. 14. Shell be talking to her mother-in-law again.
Exercise 2. Extend the statements using the Future Progressive Tense of the words in brackets.
Pattern: Dont write to us in July (travel). Well be travelling.
1. Dont come to see her after lunch. (revise) 2. Dont expect that he will come next Sunday. (work) 3. Dont tell your parents about it. (grumble) 4. Dont leave the children alone (fight) 5. Dont think I will help you with your maths tomorrow. (pack things) 6. Dont read this book. (have problems with unknown words). 7. Dont watch that film. (have nightmares) 8. Dont waste your time waiting. (talk to you later) 9. Dont come to the session tomorrow. (not miss anything) 10. Dont worry about his health. (get better)
Exercise 3. Ask questions to the sentences beginning with the words in brackets.
1. They will be having an English lesson at 10.00 a.m. in room 31. (What? Where? When? Which?) 2. The students will be revising for their exam the whole May. (Who? What? What for?) 3. They will be staying at home all day long tomorrow. (Who? Where?) 4. Tomorrow at this time they will be coming to see you. (When? Who? What?) 5. My sister will be waiting for you at the station. (Who? Where?) 6. They will be listening to my story and wondering. (Who? What?) 7. Dont explain it to me. Tomorrow will be talking to the head master. (Who? What? Who to?) 8. I believe theyll be arriving in no time. (Who?) 9. Dont come back. No one will be expecting you. (Why?) 10. I expect Marc will be telling the same story all over again. (Who? What? What?)
Exercise 4. Use the Future Progressive Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.
1. This time next month I (have rest) in Florida. 2. She (wait) for you when you come out. 3. I (stay) outdoors tomorrow because my brother (practise) the piano all day. 4. When you (see) him? 5. Why dont you ever go out? If Im out for long, my child (cry). 6. In a hundred years people (go) to Moon and Venus for their week-ends. 7. We (land) in a few minutes. 8. He (look) for a new secretary now. 9. He will arrive at 10.30. OK, I (expect) him. 10. When you (wear) your new dress? 11. He doesnt want to retire. I think he still (work) when he is eighty. 12. Who (work) here next year? 13. They (make) an official announcement next week. 14. I (see) you tomorrow?
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English.
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