Future tense (HN4)

​Good morning
ladies and gents!

​dystopia

​Utopia

Reorder

Reorder the following.

• an imaginary place

• where life is

• extremely difficult

• and a lot of unfair or

• immoral things happen.

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Reorder

Reorder the following.

• Driverless cars are

• already a reality and

• are going to become

• commonplace in

• the next few years.

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Reorder the following.

• A few lucky people

• will be rich and

• the rest of us will be

• much poorer than we are now.

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Multiple Choice

Which verb form is used when there is some evidence now for the prediction?

• Will

• Be going to

• Both of them

• Won't

Match

Match the following

• Future perfect simple

• Future continuous

• Future perfect continuous

• Future continuous

Within twenty years, people will have stopped fighting over oil

With any luck, no one will be living in this way within a few decades.

By 2050, young people graduating today will have been trying, and failing, to get a permanent job..

we'll be fighting over water instead, as global heating is certain to lead to water shortages in ..

• Within twenty years, people will have stopped fighting over oil

• With any luck, no one will be living in this way within a few decades.

• By 2050, young people graduating today will have been trying, and failing, to get a permanent job..

• we'll be fighting over water instead, as global heating is certain to lead to water shortages in ..

Match

Match the following.

• an activity in progress at a specific time in the future

• an activity which will be completed by a specific time in the future

• an activity which continues up to a specific point in the future

Future continuous

Future perfect simple

Future perfect continuous

I will be meeting the board tomorrow morning.

I will have been living here for 10 years by the end of January.

• Future continuous

• Future perfect simple

• Future perfect continuous

• I will be meeting the board tomorrow morning.

• I will have been living here for 10 years by the end of January.

Multiple Choice

I will have finished the report before the deadline.

Multiple Choice

By 2025, software ..........   to predict traffic jams before they even start.

• will be able

• will have been able

Multiple Choice

In a few years, tablets won't exist anymore. They .......   replaced by a projection from your watch.

• will be

• will have been

Multiple Choice

By the time today's young people retire, they ......

 

for seventy years or more.

• will be working

• will have been working

Multiple Choice

 I don't think we ........  passwords anymore because computers will be able to recognise our faces.

• will need

• are going to need

Multiple Choice

 In a few decades, everyone  ....... their own food on the roof of their house or apartment building.

• will be growing

• will have been growing

Multiple Choice

In fifty years, we .......  on Mars because we  ........ our own planet.

• are all going to live/will have been destroying

• will all be living/will have destroyed

Multiple Choice

My grandfather is 89 years old, but he's in great shape, so I'm sure he.............. (live) to be 100.

• is going to live

• will live

• both of them

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Many experts expect that technology ........(improve) living conditions for people in the developing world, but there's no evidence of that.

• is going to improve

• will improve

• both of them

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Look at these statistics – they are very optimistic. Without a doubt, crime figures .......... (continue) to decrease in the near future.

• are going to continue

• will continue

• both of them

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Some people fear that robots ...... (take) control of society soon, but I think that's unlikely.

• are going to take

• will take

• both of them

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Our new facial recognition software is already very popular in Europe. We...... (make) a fortune once we launch it in countries across the world.

• are going to make

• will make

• both of them

• None of them

Match

Match the followings.

• We'll be sleeping under the stars at this time next week.

• Sue and Fiona will have watched the entire first series by the end of today.

• Please don't complain. I'll be revising while you're relaxing on the beach!

• Unfortunately, we won't have arrived by the time the restaurant closes at 9 p.m. 

• By the time we reach the entrance, we'll have been waiting for three hours!

an activity in progress at a specific time in the future

an activity which will be completed by a specific time in the future

an activity in progress at a specific time in the future

an activity which will be completed by a specific time in the future

an activity which continues up to a specific point in the future

• an activity in progress at a specific time in the future

• an activity which will be completed by a specific time in the future

• an activity in progress at a specific time in the future

• an activity which will be completed by a specific time in the future

• an activity which continues up to a specific point in the future