I. Choose the most suitable tense.
1. Why (are you going to buy/ will you buy) a new mountain bike?
2. Don’t phone between 8.00 and 9.00. I’ll study/ I’ll be studying then.
3. Look out! That tree (will fall/ is going to fall)!
4. Let me know as soon as Louise (will get/ gets) here.
5. Great news! Jean and Chris (will come/ are coming) to stay with us.
6. According to this timetable, the bus (is going to arrive/ arrives) at 6.00.
7. I have a feeling that something strange (is going to happen/ is happening) in a minute.
8. The doctor says I (will have/ am going to have) a baby!
9. Can you call me at 7.00, because (I’ll leave/ I’m leaving) tomorrow.
10. If you arrive late at the sale, the best things (will go/ will have gone).
II. Give the correct form of the verbs:
1. I can’t see you on Thursday afternoon. I (visit) our Birmingham branch.
2. George (not be) back until six. Can I take a message?
3. What (you/ buy) with the money you won in the lottery?
4. I don’t think you (have) any problems at the airport.
5. (You/ take) your dog with you to Scotland?
6. Can you answer the phone for me? I (lie down) for a while.
7. All the hotels are full. Where (we/ spend) the night?
8. You’d better not come in July. My mother (stay) with me then.
9. What time (your plane/ leave) ?
10. Leave the car here. May be the police (not/ notice) it.
III. Give the correct form of the verbs:
1. By the time we reach the home, the rain (stop).
2. This time next week I (lie) on the beach in Spain.
3. In ten years’ time I (work) for a different company.
4. If we don’t get there by 6, Jack (leave).
5. In July they (be married) for ten years.
6. In the year 2500 a lot of people (live) on the moon.
7. When you get to the station, I (wait) for you outside.
8. Don’t worry! The plane (land) in a moment.
9. By the time you come home, I (finish) the decorating.
10. Come round between eight and nine. We (watch) the match on television then.
V. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense. All sentences refer to future time.
1. When I (see) you tomorrow, I (tell) you my news.
2. As soon as we (get) there, we (phone) for a taxi.
3. I (go) to the library before I (do) the shopping.
4. We (wait) here until the rain (stop).
5. I (get) some money from the bank when it (open).
6. After you (take) the medicine, you (feel) better.
7. You have to stay until you (finish) your work.
8. I (let) you work the minute I (hear) the results.
9. Before we (paint) the wall, we (have) a cup of tea.
10. We (climb) over the wall as soon as it (get) dark.
Hi, everybody. As you all know, I (1)___have been traveling___(travel) around Africa for the last
few months studying tribal life. At the moment, I (2)____am staying___(stay) with the
Hadza, a hunter-gatherer tribe. They (3)____have been living___(live) here in Tanzania for
centuries. Very little (4)___has changed___(change) in all that time. Today
(5)____would be____(be) my first day. The sun (6)____had just come up____(just/come up)
and in an hour or two, I (7) ____joined___(join) the rest of the tribe to look for food. I
(8)____have not felt____(not/feel) this excited in a long time.