Other future references

1. Hope

This can be followed by either present or future tenses.

I hope it doesn't rain.

I hope it won't rain.

2. Other verbs followed by will.

Most verbs of thinking can be followed by will if there is future reference. These include: think, believe, expect, doubt.

I expect the train will be late.

I doubt whether United will win. 3. Just/just aboutto

Just can be used to describe something on the point of happening.

Hurry up! The train is just leaving/just about to leave. 4. Shall

The use of shall for first person in future reference is generally considered to be restricted in British English and possibly declining in use. See Units 11 and 12 for uses in expressing obligation. For some speakers, shall is used in formal speech and in written language.

Activities This section also includes time phrases used in expressing future time.

1. Choose the most appropriate words underlined. a) Jack is/is going to be sixty- five next month so he retires/will be retiring;

b) Quick, here comes a police car! What will we say/are we going to say about the broken window?

c) Helen and Andrew are due to separate/are on the point of separating.

d) Don't be so impatient! I'll just come/I'm just coming.

e) I have to be back at 3.30 so I'm leaving/I leave before lunch.

f) What do you think you'll be doing/you'll do in five years' time?

g) Come on, get a move on, or we'll miss/we'll have missed the plane!

h) Will you be working/Will you work the week after Christmas? I was thinking of visiting you.

i) By the time Jean gets back, it'll be/it will have been too late.

j) Don't phone after 11.00. I'll be/I'll have been asleep.

2. Put the verb in brackets into a suitable tense. a) In twenty four hours' time I’ ll be relaxing (I relax) on my yacht.

b) 'There's someone at the door.'

'That.................... (be) the postman.'

c) By the time you get back Harry.................... (leave).

d) It's only a short trip. I.................... (be) back in an hour.

e) What.................... (you do) this Saturday evening? Would you like to go out?

f) By the end of the week we................... (decide) what to do.

g) It.................... (not be) long before Doctor Smith is here.

h) I've pressed the red button. Now what.................... (I do)?

i) It's very hot in here. I think I.................... (faint).

j) What.................... (you give) Ann for her birthday? Have you decided yet?

3. Choose the most appropriate continuation for each sentence. a) Paula's flight is bound to be late although

A) it arrives at 6.00. B) it's due at 6.00. C) it's arriving at six.

b) It's no use phoning Bob at the office, he

A) will be leaving. B) is leaving. C) will have left.

c) Everyone says that this year City

A) are going to win the Cup. B) are winning the Cup. C) win the Cup.

d) I don't feel like visiting my relatives this year so

A) I won't go. B) I'm not going, C) I don't go.

e) According to the latest forecast, the tunnel

A) will be finished next year. B) will have been finished next year. C) is finishing next year.

f) You can borrow this calculator, I

A) am not going to need it. B) won't have been needing it. C) am not needing

g) I'm sorry dinner isn't ready yet, but it

A) is going to be ready in a minute. B) will have been ready in a minute,

C) will be ready in a minute.

h) Can you send me the results as soon as you

A) hear anything? B) are hearing anything? C) will have heard anything?

i) You can try asking Martin for help but

A) it won't do you any good. B) it's not doing you any good.

C) it won't be doing you any good.

j) Don't worry about the mistake you made, nobody

A) will notice. B) is noticing. C) will be noticing.

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