Verb Tense Exercise 7 Answers
 

PART A

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
    B: I (write) am going to write a letter to my friends back home in Texas.
    REASON plan

2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
    B: I (get) 'll get you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
    REASON voluntary action

3. A: I can't hear the television!
    B: I (turn) 'll turn it up so you can hear it.
    REASON voluntary action

4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit) are going to visit Paris, Nice and Grenoble.
    REASON plan

5. Sarah (come) is going to come / 'll come to the party. Oliver (be) is going to be / 'll be there as well.
    REASON prediction

6. A: It is so hot in here!
    B: I (turn) 'll turn the air conditioning on.
    REASON voluntary action

7. I think he (be) is going to be / 'll be the next president of the United States.
    REASON prediction

8. After I graduate, I (attend) am going to attend medical school and become a doctor.
    REASON plan

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) will help you.
    REASON voluntary action

10. As soon as the weather clears up, we (walk) are going to walk down to the beach and go swimming.
    REASON plan


PART B

1. Today after I (get) get  (time clause) out of class, I (go) am going to go to a movie with some friends.

2. When you (arrive) arrive  (time clause) in Stockholm, call my friend Gustav. He (show) 'll show you around the city and help you get situated.

3. A: Do you know what you want to do after you (graduate) graduate (time clause)?
    B: After I (receive) receive  (time clause) my Master's from Georgetown University, I (go) am going to go to graduate school at UCSD in San Diego. I (plan) plan (definition of "plan" includes future) to complete a Ph.D. in cognitive science.

4. If it (snow) snows (time clause) this weekend, we (go) are going to go skiing near Lake Tahoe.

5. Your father (plan) plans  (definition of "plan" includes future) to pick you up after school today at 3:00 o'clock. He (meet) is going to meet you across the street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and he cannot be there, I (pick) 'll pick you up instead.

6. If the people of the world (stop, not) do not stop (time clause) cutting down huge stretches of rain forest, we (experience) are going to experience/ will experience huge changes in the environment during the twenty-first century.

7. If Vera (keep) keeps (time clause) drinking, she (lose, eventually) is eventually going to lose / 'll eventually lose her job.

8. I promise you that I (tell, not) won't tell your secret to anybody. Even if somebody (ask) asks  (time clause) me about what happened that day, I (reveal, not) won't reveal the truth to a single person.

9. She (make) is going to make some major changes in her life. She (quit) is going to quit her job and go back to school. After she (finish) finishes  (time clause) studying, she (get) is going to get a better paying job and buy a house. She is going to improve her life!

10. Tom (call) is going to call when he (arrive) arrives (time clause) in Madrid. He (stay) is going to stay with you for two or three days until his new apartment (be) is  (time clause) available.
 

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