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PART A
All of the following sentences should be completed using the Simple Future forms "will" and "be going to". You must use the words in the parentheses to fill in the blanks. Hint: pay attention to word order. If you are confused, go to the Simple Future Page.
EXAMPLE:
A) I promise that I 'll
do my homework everyday.
REASON
a promise _____
B) Next week, I am going to fly to Denver
to visit a friend.
REASON
a plan
1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I (write)____________________
a letter to my friends back home in Texas.
REASON_____________________
2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need
to wake up!
B: I (get)___________________
you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
REASON_____________________
3. A: I can't hear the television!
B: I (turn)_______________________it
up so you can hear it.
REASON_____________________
4. We are so excited about our trip next
month to France. We (visit)_____________________ Paris, Nice and Grenoble.
REASON______________________
5. Sarah (come)________________________
to the party. Oliver (be)_____________________ there as well.
REASON______________________
6. A: It is so hot in here!
B: I (turn)_________________________
the air conditioning on.
REASON______________________
7. I think he (be)______________________
the next president of the United States.
REASON______________________
8. After I graduate, I (attend)_______________________
medical school and become a doctor.
REASON______________________
9. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone
about our hotel room. I am afraid it is simply too small for four people.
B: That man at the
service counter (help)_____________________ you.
REASON______________________
10. As soon as the weather clears up, we
(walk)_____________________ down to the beach and go swimming.
REASON______________________
All of the following sentences should be completed using the Simple Present or the Simple Future forms "will" and "be going to". You must use the words in the parentheses to fill in the blanks. Hint: remember that you cannot use future forms in time clauses or clauses with conditional words. If you are confused, go to the Simple Future Page.
EXAMPLES
A) If you drink too much
at the party, I 'll drive you home.
B) After he gets home, I
am going to make dinner.
1. Today after I (get)__________________ out of class, I (go)______________________ to a movie with some friends.
2. When you (arrive)___________________ in Stockholm, call my friend Gustav. He (show)_____________________ you around the city and help you get situated.
3. A: Do you know what you want to do after
you (graduate)______________________?
B: After I (receive)_____________________
my Master's from Georgetown University, I (go)__________________ to graduate
school at UCSD in San Diego. I (plan)_____________________ to complete
a Ph.D. in cognitive science.
4. If it (snow)____________________ this weekend, we (go)______________________ skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. Your father (plan)____________________ to pick you up after school today at 3:00 o'clock. He (meet)___________________ you across the street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and he cannot be there, I (pick)___________________ you up instead.
6. If the people of the world (stop, not)_______________________ cutting down huge stretches of rain forest, we (experience)_______________________ huge changes in the environment during the twenty-first century.
7. If Vera (keep)_____________________ drinking, she (lose, eventually)______________________ her job.
8. I promise you that I (tell, not)_____________________ your secret to anybody. Even if somebody (ask)____________________ me about what happened that day, I (reveal, not)______________________ the truth to a single person.
9. She (make)_____________________ some major changes in her life. She (quit)____________________ her job and go back to school. After she (finish)_______________________ studying, she (get)___________________ a better paying job and buy a house. She is going to improve her life!
10. Tom (call)______________________ when
he (arrive)______________________ in Madrid. He (stay)______________________
with you for two or three days until his new apartment (be)___________________
available.