KEY TO THE REVISION TESTS

REVISION 1
1 1. are going 4. are you talking
2. weighs 5. arrives
3. drink 6. dont smell
2 1. are learning 5. doesnt look
2. Do understand 6. are sitting
3. do water 7. dont believe
4. is waiting 8. do want
3 1. The children arent making noise at the moment.
2. Jane plays the guitar.
3. Im not seeing him today.
4. Do these books belong to you?
5. What do you think about this course?
4 1. saw, recognised
2. were playing, was cleaning
3. asked, didnt answer
4. didnt have, called, was watching
5 1. As I was walking to school, I met Diane.
2. We didnt stop studying at midnight. / We were still studying at midnight.
3. I was watching TV while I was speaking on the phone.
4. We were driving slowly while it was raining.
6 1. seems 7. needs
2. fell 8. is using
3. think 9. Do want
4. did happen 10. gave
5. was washing 11. was waiting
6. slipped
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REVISION 2
1 1. havent flown 4. have you taken
2. didnt take 5. met
3. came 6. hasnt called
2 1. rushed 4. Have ever been
2. met 5. didnt tell
3. has only had 6. did pay
3 1. No, theyve never been to London.
2. No, I havent finished my dinner yet.
3. No, Ive already seen this film.
4. Yes, I had / ate Indian food last year.
4 1. had dreamed 5. jumped
2. got 6. landed
3. knew 7. didnt seem
4. had asked 8. had broken
5 1. realised, had forgotten 3. Did read, were
2. travelled, had eaten 4. joined, had finished
6 1. By the time we woke up, the rain had stopped /
it had stopped raining.
2. The film has just started.
3. The summer sales started three days ago.
4. He bought / got the electric guitar last month.
5. Evelyn didnt give me the book until she had finished reading it.
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REVISION 3
1 1. are going / are going to 6. will help
2. will give 7. are going to slip
3. Are going to study / 8. will arrive / is arriving
Are studying
4. am not doing
5. are looking for / are going to look for
2 1. Mary and Phil are going to get married /
are getting married next spring.
2. The phone is ringing. Ill answer it.
3. I think it will snow tomorrow.
4. I am going to see / am seeing my friends tonight.
5. I wouldnt buy him that sweater. He wont like it.
3 1. Look at the clear sky! It isnt going to rain today.
2. Who will win the elections this year?
3. She is going to have a baby in two months.
4. Are you going to invite Kate to dinner?
5. When is Tom going to be back from holiday?
4 1. will still be doing 3. will be doing
2. will have found 4. will have saved
5 1. By the time we get to the station, the train will
have left.
2. This time next week, we will be doing lots of exams.
3. For the next few months, Frank will be working
in Paris.
4. When she retires this year, Mrs Mackay will have taught for 25 years.
6 1. am flying / am going to fly
2. will be sitting
3. am going to buy
4. will have been
5. will be
6. will fall asleep
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FUTURE TENSES EXERCISES

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Future Simple or be going to.
not eat help wait watch snow
1. We might be able to ski next weekend. I think that it ................................ all week.
2. Dont rush - we ................................ for you outside the restaurant.
3. Linda ................................ that. She hates fish.
4. After I finish my homework, I ................................ a film on TV.
5. Your book has to be here somewhere. I ................................ you look for it.

2 Write a suitable sentence to follow each sentence below. Use the words in brackets and the Future Simple,
be going to or Present Continuous.
1. Oh, no! You put three spoons of sugar in my tea. (be too sweet)
..................................................................................................................................
2. Linda wants to work next summer. (look for a job next month)
..................................................................................................................................
3. Im very tired. (go to bed soon)
..................................................................................................................................
4. You should get this CD for David. (love)
..................................................................................................................................
5. The train is on schedule. (arrive in an hour)
..................................................................................................................................

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Future Perfect or Future Continuous.
work celebrate travel finish visit return be not see
1. For the next month, we ................................ around eastern Europe.
By the end of our trip, we ................................ six countries.
2. I cant phone you early this evening, because I ................................ on my history project.
But lets plan to talk at around 11. By then, I ................................ it.
3. On 6th April, my parents ................................ married for 20 years.
Thats why my sister and I ................................ with them that night.
4. I cant wait until Friday, when my best friend ................................ from her studies in Japan.
Its hard to believe that we ................................ each other for a year!

4 Complete the sentences logically, using the words in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to, the
Present Continuous, the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous. For one sentence, there may be more
than one correct answer.
1. This is their fourth ride on the roller-coaster today. (ride on it five times)
The next time they go on it, ............................................................................................... .
2. Keith and his brothers are busy this weekend. (go to a music festival)
They .................................................................................................................................. .
3. This mystery story is full of suspense. (end)
How .................................................................................................................................. ?
4. All the clothes for the fashion show must be ready by 1st March. (work non-stop)
Until then, the designer ..................................................................................................... .
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5 Complete the passage with the verbs below. Use the Future Simple, be going to, the Present Continuous,
the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous. There may be more than one correct answer.
come have look forward make organise get together send see write
During the weekend of 18th-20th July, our entire family 1. ................................ at a huge family reunion at my
grandmothers home in the country. By tomorrow, my grandmother 2. ................................ invitations out to
everyone, and in the next few weeks everyone 3. ................................ arrangements to come. I am excited,
since I 4. ................................ relatives Ive never met before. Some of them 5. ................................
from as far away as Australia! Im especially eager to meet a cousin my age who lives in New York.
I 6. ................................ to her soon and let her know that we 7. ................................ to meeting her
soon. By the time theyre all here, we 8. ................................ everything! But theres one thing we already know:
we 9. ................................ a great time.

6 Complete the passage with the verbs below. Use the Future Simple, be going to, the Future Perfect
or the Future Continuous.
fulfil learn experience earn do open plan travel
Do you think you know what you 1. .................................. five years from now? Perhaps you 2. ..................................
around the world. Or maybe by then you 3. .................................. a university degree. Perhaps you are sure that in the
next few years you 4. .................................. a shop or other business. Or perhaps five years from now you
5. .................................. a family. One thing is certain over these next five years, you 6. .................................. many
new challenges. By the time you are 21 or 22 years old, you 7. .................................. a great deal more about yourself
and the world than you know now. Do you think you 8. .................................. all your dreams?
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EXERCISES KEY
1 1. will snow 4. am going to watch
2. will wait 5. will help
3. wont eat

2 1. It will be too sweet.

2. She is going to look for a job next month.
3. Im going to bed soon. / Im going to go to bed soon.
4. Hell love it.
5. It will arrive in an hour.

3 1. will be travelling, will have visited

2. will be working, will have finished
3. will have been, will be celebrating
4. will be returning, wont have seen

4 1. they will have ridden on it five times

2. are going to a music festival / are going to go to a music festival
3. will it end
4. will be working non-stop

5 1. will be getting together

2. will have sent
3. will have made / will be making
4. will be seeing / am going to see
5. will be coming / are going to come
6. am going to write
7. are looking forward
8. will have organised
9. will have

6 1. will be doing 5. will be planning

2. will be travelling 6. will experience
3. will have earned 7. will have learned
4. are going to open 8. will fulfil