DECIDING, REFUSING, PROMISING

7. Put in words from the box with 'll or won't.

TO BE GOING TO

9. Make questions with going to.

You / cook supper  Are you going to cook supper?

When / your brothers / be here When are your brothers going to be here?

1. Ann / change her school

2. where / you / put that picture

3. what / you / buy for Bill’s birthday

4. Eric / play football / tomorrow

5. when / you / stop smoking

10. Fill in the gaps with shall, will or the correct form of be going to.

A: The shops are closed tomorrow.

B: I ... buy bread and milk today then. I'll buy bread and milk today then.

 1. A: ... we tell Mr. Peck about the accident?

B: That's a good idea. Maybe he can help.

 2. A: It's too dark here to read.

B: Is it? I .. turn on the light.

 3. A: Please, come and see us.

B: We ... visit you soon, that's a promise.

 4. A: ... I wear a jumper or a coat?

B: It's very cold. Take your coat.

 5. A: Can we go out to play, Mum?

B: No, we ... have dinner now.

11. Fill in the gaps with shall/will or the correct form of be going to and the verb in brackets.

A: (we / go) to the football match on Saturday? Shall we go to the football match on Saturday?

B: I can't. ... (I / help) my sister.

A: Oh, yes. She is moving house, isn't she?

B: That's right. ... (you / help) us?

A: Yes, I'd love to. What time ... (I / come) to your house?

B: I'm not sure yet. I ... (probably / phone) you on Friday to tell you. Is that alright?

A: Yes. I think I ... (be) in then.

B: OK. ... (we / go) for a walk now?

A: I'd rather not. Look at those black clouds. It ... (rain). Let's stay in and watch

       a video.

B: Great idea.

PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT PROGRESSIVE for future

12. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

 Our train (leave) at 8.10. Our train leaves at 8.10.

    I (meet) Pat at the theater at 8.00. I'm meeting Pat at 8.00.

1. He (fly) to Turkey next month.

2. Sarah (start) University on September 17^th.

3. This train (stop) at Reading.

4. Melanie (get married) at 3 this afternoon.

5. This term (end) on March 12^th.

6. They (leave) for Mexico tomorrow.

7. What time you (arrive) in Rome?

8. The Browns (move) to their new house this weekend.

9. The banks (close) at 3.00 tomorrow.

10. The next lesson (start) at 2.00.

13. Complete the dialogue using the verbs in brackets and the correct form of will,  going to or the present progressive.

                                      I'm going to Miami

  John: You (take) the next English course, aren't you?

  Mike: Yes, I think so.

  John: What (you/do) during school break?

  Mike: I (go) to Miami. I (leave) on Saturday.

  John: What (you/do) there?

  Mike: I (visit) friends. We probably just (go) to the beach and relax.

  John: That sounds good. When (you/be) back?

  Mike: In a week.

  John: (you/ send) me a postcard?

  Mike: Sure.
Future Progressive

Future Perfect

1. Open the brackets using the future perfect.

   By the end of this year I (to read) all the books of this writer.

By the end of this year I will have read all the books of this writer.

1. When the father returns from his round the world trip his son (to become)

        a grown-up man.

  2. If you come late, the party ...(to end).

  3. When you come she .. (to leave).

  4. By the end of July you .. (to pass) your last entrance exam.

  5. I'm not sure if I ... (to translate) this text by Monday.

  6. By the time they return from the honeymoon trip we ... (to rebuilt)

       the house for them.

  7. You ... (to finish) typing my papers by this evening?

  8. I hope by the end of the winter I ... (to learn) to ski.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple, future progressive or future perfect.

   By Monday morning, Kelly will have written (write) her History essay.

   Kelly can't come with us on Sunday because she will be writing (write) her

   History essay.

   1. a I'm sure we ... (win) the match this afternoon.

        b If we do, then we ... (win) our last five games.

   2. a He ....(work) all day on Saturday.

        b. By January he ... (work) there for three years.

   3. a She ... (clean) the house before Jack and Sally arrive.

        b She ... (clean) for ages because it's really untidy.

   4. a If Angela can get some time off work, we ... (fly) to Paris for the

              weekend.

        b If Angela gets time off work, at this time on Friday we ... (fly) to

             Paris.

   5. a Do you think we ... (finish) the report today?

        b Definitely, if we work hard we ... (finish) it by three o'clock.
TEST YOURSELF (Future)

1. Choose the best form. Use will, going to, or Present Progressive.

1. Ann is going to / will have a baby.

2. Perhaps I will see / am seeing you again one day.

3. ‘There’s someone at the door.’ ‘I go.’ / ‘I’ll go.’

4. I promise I tell / I’ll tell you tomorrow.

5. I will see / am seeing the doctor tomorrow at 10.30.

6. Look – Joe is going to / will show us something interesting.

7. ‘I don’t want to drive.’ ‘OK. I’m going to / I’ll drive.’

8. ‘Shall we go out?’ ‘No, I’ll / I’m going to wash my clothes.’

9. I think I’m taking / I’ll take guitar lessons one day.

10. I've decided. I'm going to / I'll stop smoking.

2. Choose the best form. Use Future Simple, Future Progressive or Future Perfect.

1. - Why must I take a book and a packed lunch? - You'll sit/ be sitting on the train for hours.

2. Will you have arranged/ be arranging everything by tomorrow?

3. Where and when will I see/ will I be seeing you again?

4. We'll be arriving/ 'll have arrived at Miami airport at exactly this time tomorrow morning.

5. By the time my parents get back home I will have cleaned/ will clean the house from top to bottom.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. – Do you think we ____ (finish) the report today?
 - Definitely, if we work hard we ____ (finish) it by three o'clock.
2. – What ____ (you/plan) to do this summer?
 - I _____ (spend) a few weeks with my cousins. I have already arranged it with them.
3. – Excuse me, what time _____ (the bus/ arrive)?
 - It _____ (arrive) at 11 o'clock.
4. - _____ (Jerry/come) to the theatre with us next week?
 - I don't know, but I _____ (see) him at football practice tomorrow. I ____ (ask) him then.
5. – Are you excited about your trip?
 - Yes. This time tomorrow I ____ (sit) on the plane.

4. Choose the correct tense.
a) Next Monday, Amanda 1) will be starting/ is starting work. She 2) is going to work / will work for a large company in the city centre. By the end of next week, she 3) will be finishing/ will have finished her training.

b) This year we 1) are planning/ will plan to spend Christmas in England. We 2) are staying/ will be staying with Diana at her house in the Yorkshire dales. Andrew and I 3)are looking/look forward and the children are excited. They are hoping it 4) snow/will snow so that they can go sledging with their father. And their mother 5) is going to show /will show them the city.
Test Yourself (Present, Past, Future)

1. Write the correct form of the verbs, choosing from all the tenses which you know.

Mark Pringle is (be) two years older than his cousin Nick. After he left school, he _______ (get) a job with a music magazine. For the last two years he _______ (work) as a general reporter. “I _______ (like) the work”, he says. “Next year, I ________ (probably go) to New York to work as the American correspondent”.

Like Nick, Mark _______ (go) to a public school – Charterhouse – and he ________ (not like) it, either. “I ________ (be) very pleased when I ________ (leave) two years ago. If I have any children, I ________ (not send) them to a public school, I _______ (send) them to a state school”.

Mark didn’t go to University. “I ________ (not get) very good grades in my “A” Levels,” he says, but that’s O.K., because I _______ (not need) good “A” Level grades to do this job”.

At the moment, he ________ (study) Spanish and Portuguese. “A lot of good music _______ (come) from South America, and after New York, I ________ (want) to go and live there for a few years”.

2. Write the correct form of the verbs.

I’m going to have a very unusual holiday this year. I’m going to photograph elephants in Africa. If you want to do the same, you’d better book your ticket soon. There ______(not be) any wild elephants in twenty years’ time. They’ll all be dead, except maybe for a few in nature reserves.

An elephant is a walking bank as far as hunters are concerned. The reason is the price of ivory, which _____(be) $5 a kilogram in the 1960s but _____(be) $ 50 a kilogram now. As the price went up, the killings started. Elephant populations in eastern Africa _____(start) falling and now the total African population is declining fast.

The largest estimate says that there ______(be) about 800,000 African elephants. In ten years’ time, this figure will be halved if hunting continues as it is now. Another ten years, and the wild elephant______(exist) no longer.

Sixteen of the thirty-five African countries which have elephants are going to restrict trade in elephant products and some of these are going to start special nature reserves, where elephants are protected. But it may be too late. If the hunting continues on its present scale, the elephant will soon be a thing of the past.

Modal Verbs

CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO

Can I use your phone? Joe can’t swim.   Could you help me? I am able to run very fast.

1. Choose the correct answer.

Can you play/ to play the guitar?

1. Could you pass/ to pass the orange juice?

2. Bill can swim/ to swim.

3. Can she speak/ to speak Chinese?

4. Robert can’t play/ to play the piano.

5. Could I speak/ to speak to you for a moment, please?

2. Fill in can, can’t or could.

 _______ I go camping with my friends at the weekend? - Can I go camping with my friends at the weekends?

  1. - It’s raining, so we _______ go out tonight.

      - Well, we’ll stay in then.

      - But I want to do something nice. I’m bored.

      - We ______ play chess.

  2. - Excuse me?

      - Yes.

      - ______ you tell me the time, please?

      - Yes, it’s almost two o’clock.

  3. - What skills do you have?

      - Well, I _______ use computers and I _______ speak two foreign  

         languages.

  4. - I’m going to the shops. I won’t be long.

      - Alright.

      - Do you want anything?

      - Yes. ______you get me a magazine?

  5. - It’s hot in here. ______you open the window, please?

      - Of course.

  6. - My mum always said that I was a clever child.

      - What do you mean?

      - Well, I ______ read and write when I was four years old.

  7. - If you are not feeling well, you ______ stay at home.

  8. - ______you call Greg and tell him I’ll be late?

  9. - Sir, I need to leave work early if that’s possible.

      - You ______ leave early if you finish all your work first.

10. - What shall we buy Mum for her birthday?

       - We ______ get a big box of chocolates.

3. Fill in the form of be able to.

Sam ______ enjoy some peace and quiet.– Sam is able to enjoy some peace and quiet.                       

 1. People _______ eat a lot of food and not get fat.

2. Susan and Berth _______ do lots of sports.

3. It is a very tricky question, but Paul _______ answer it.

4. Although it is difficult, the children ________ build a tree house.

5. Everybody here _______ remember these thing clearly.

MAY/MIGHT

May I go out? – Yes you may.   I may change my job.  Take an umbrella. It might rain                                                 

4.Translate the following sentences.                            

1. May I have your name, please, sir?

2. You may open your books now.

3. May I use the phone, please, Mrs. Roberts?

4. John may ask questions after the lesson.

5. Mother may cook something special tonight. It’s my birthday.

5. A teacher is telling her class what to do. Complete the text with may and the verbs from the box.

     do    leave  not leave   take    talk          not talk      use      use

Please work in groups. You may talk in your group, but please talk quietly. You 1______to another group, and you 2______the room. You 3 ______ your dictionaries. If you want to use other books, you 4______ them from the shelf; but only one person 5 ______ the group at a time. Each group 6 ______ the computer for twenty minutes; I will tell you when it is your turn. If you finish before the time is up, you 7 ______ other work, but please work quietly.

6. Make the sentences with may.