align="justify"> 1. By Christmas they___ (sell) over five million greetings cards. 2. By this summer the city council ___ (spend) ВЈ 2 million on redecorating the old town. 3. By 2030 the climate in Europe ___ (become) much warmer. 4. By the end of this decade our town ___ (invest) $ 1 million in the tourist industry. 5. By the next Olympic Games many records in sport ___ (be) broken. 6. By the time scientists find a cure for AIDS, many thousands of people ___ (die).
Exercise 4. John is a promising young scientist. Use the cues and the Future Perfect to predict his achievements in the future. p align="justify"> 1. by 2020/publish eleven books
. by end of decade/discover a treatment that can cure all kinds of cancer
. by the time he's thirty-five/become a professor
. by end career/receive several honorary doctorates from famous universities
. by end of next year/finish writing his PhD
. by 2010/write a book about genetically transmitted diseases
. by next summer/be to fifteen conferences
. by 2015/do a lot of research on cancer
Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the Future Continuous., Work, write, watch, drive, put up, use
1. I won't be able to answer the phone in the afternoon. I____ a talk at a conference. 2. Why don't you drop by on Wednesday night? I____a tennis match and it will be more fun if somebody joins me. 3. I ___ to town in the afternoon. Would you like me to give you a lift? 4. ___you ____ your bike this afternoon? Could I borrow it for half an hour? 5. This time on Saturday I ____ my tent by the lake. 6. We shouldn't disturb them tonight. Tricia ____ her article and Nick ____ on his lecture. p align="justify"> Exercise 6. These are predictions about the future of a group оf classmates in 2020. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect. p align="justify"> 1. Megan (work) as a columnist in a fashion magazine. 2. Peter (write) at least a few popular cookery books. 3. Kylie (take) part in a few expeditions to the Arctic. 4. Jeremy (receive) two Oscars for best special effects in sci-fi films 5. Pet (write) best-selling horror stories. 6. Andre (look) after his children at home. p align="justify"> Exercise 7. Choosing future forms. Use each expression once in the pairs of sentences. p align="justify"> 1. 'I've got a headache.' 'Stay there. I get/'ll get you an aspirin.' p align="justify"> 2. I can't do my homework tonight. I'll see/'m going to see a movie. p align="justify"> 3. 'What are you going to give me for my birthday?' 'I don't know yet. I'll see/'m going to see'
4. So you're going to America for a year! What are you going to do/will you do when you get there? p align="justify"> 5. I'm sure you'll pass your exams, but what are you going to do/will you do if you fail them? p align="justify"> 6. I 'll come/ m coming with you if you like.
7. What are you doing/are you going to do about that leaking tap? You said you'd fix it ages ago! p align="justify">. What are you doing/are you going to do this weekend? p align="justify">. It 's raining /' s going to rain tomorrow, so now's the time to cut the grass. p align="justify">. Oh, no! It's raining/'s going to rain! That means we can't play tennis. p align="justify">. Look out! He'll crash/ s going to crash!
12. Don t lend Peter your car. He s a lousy driver. He ll crash/ s going to crash it.
Exercise 8. Complete the sentences with the verb in the Future Simple, Future Continuous, or Future Perfect. Use only these tenses. p align="justify"> make
1. 'Don't be late tonight.' 'OK. I_____ a big effort to be on time. 'p align="justify">. You'll know where the party is. We_____so much noise that you'll hear us from the other end of the street. p align="justify">. Ask me again tonight what I want for my birthday. I ____ up my mind by then. p align="justify"> have
. Come round about 8.00 tonight. We eat at 7.00, so I ___ supper by then. We can go straight out. p align="justify">. 'What would Jennie like to drink?' 'She ___ a glass of wine, I think.' p align="justify">. We need Harry's a...
