Mastering Future Tenses Quiz

Which sentence correctly uses the future simple tense to express a spontaneous decision?

• I am going to buy a new car.

• I will buy a new car.

• I am buying a new car.

• I will be buying a new car.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'I will buy a new car.' because it uses the future simple tense to indicate a spontaneous decision. The other options either express intention or ongoing action, not a spontaneous choice.

Identify the sentence that uses the future continuous tense to describe an ongoing action at a specific future time.

• She will have finished her homework by 8 PM.

• She will finish her homework by 8 PM.

• She will be finishing her homework at 8 PM.

• She is going to finish her homework at 8 PM.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She will be finishing her homework at 8 PM.' This sentence uses the future continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action (finishing homework) at a specific future time (8 PM).

Which sentence is in the future perfect tense, indicating an action completed before a certain future time?

• By next year, I will have graduated.

• By next year, I will graduate.

• By next year, I am graduating.

• By next year, I am going to graduate.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, "By next year, I will have graduated," is in the future perfect tense, indicating that the action of graduating will be completed before the specified future time of next year.

Choose the sentence that uses the present continuous tense to express a planned future event.

• I will visit my grandparents next weekend.

• I am visiting my grandparents next weekend.

• I visit my grandparents next weekend.

• I am going to visit my grandparents next weekend.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'I am visiting my grandparents next weekend.' This sentence uses the present continuous tense to indicate a planned future event, unlike the other options which do not.

Which sentence correctly uses "going to" for a future prediction based on present evidence?

• They are going to the concert tonight.

• They will go to the concert tonight.

• They are going to go to the concert tonight.

• Look at those clouds; it is going to rain.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Look at those clouds; it is going to rain.' because it uses 'going to' to predict rain based on the present evidence of clouds, while the other options do not indicate a prediction based on current signs.

Identify the sentence that uses the future simple tense to express a promise.

• We are going to start the meeting at 10 AM.

• We will start the meeting at 10 AM.

• We are starting the meeting at 10 AM.

• We will be starting the meeting at 10 AM.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'We will start the meeting at 10 AM.' uses the future simple tense with 'will' to express a promise about a future action, making it the correct choice.

Which sentence is in the future continuous tense, indicating an action that will be in progress at a specific future time?

• I will have completed the project by Friday.

• I will complete the project by Friday.

• I will be completing the project on Friday.

• I am going to complete the project by Friday.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'I will be completing the project on Friday,' is in the future continuous tense, indicating that the action of completing the project will be ongoing at that specific future time.

Choose the sentence that uses the future perfect tense to describe an action completed before another future event.

• By the time you arrive, we will have left.

• By the time you arrive, we will leave.

• By the time you arrive, we are leaving.

• By the time you arrive, we are going to leave.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'By the time you arrive, we will have left,' uses the future perfect tense, indicating that the action of leaving will be completed before the future event of your arrival.

Which sentence uses the present continuous tense for a future arrangement?

• She will attend the conference next week.

• She is attending the conference next week.

• She attends the conference next week.

• She is going to attend the conference next week.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She is attending the conference next week.' because it uses the present continuous tense to indicate a planned future arrangement.

Identify the sentence that uses "going to" for a future intention.

• I will start a new hobby next month.

• I am starting a new hobby next month.

• I am going to start a new hobby next month.

• I will be starting a new hobby next month.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is "I am going to start a new hobby next month." This sentence uses "going to" to express a future intention, indicating a plan or decision made prior to the moment of speaking.