Supply the required future tense instead of the infinitives in brackets

1. I hope you (not forget) all this by tomorrow. 2. I think she (cook) dinner by the time Mother (co­me) home. 3. He (be) a pensioner for ten years by next spring. 4. I hope they (tell) her the news by the time we (come). 5. Ask him when he (finish) packing. 6. What... you (do) when I (call) on you at 5 tomor­row? 7. He (search) every corner of your room before he (leave). 8. The plane (approach) Moscow at this time tomorrow. 9. By the time you (get) home we (prepare) everything for the party. 10. They (come) to see us next Sunday. 11. By the end of the year we (be) through with our experimental work. 12. The doctor (examine) his last patient at this time tomorrow.

6. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase referring to future time. a) By this time next year, the government will have resigned.

b) Wait for me here until............................................................................... back.

c) We are on................................................................................ clinching the deal.

d) No one can predict what Carol is................................................................. next.

e) This time next week I.................................................................... on the beach!

f) Are................................. on Wednesday evening? I've got tickets for the match.

g) I've lost the key! How..................................................................... get in now?

h) I won't be long. I........................ just.................................................... my hair.

i) We only posted the invitations yesterday so you.................. received yours yet.

j) Goodbye for now. I..................................... in touch with you later in the week.

7. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. a) I don't suppose you have heard the news. You won't have heard the news.

b) The Prime Minister expects a victory for his party.

The Prime Minister believes that................................................

a) A new manager will take Mr Brown's place in the new year. Mr Brown is................................................................................

c) I've been in this company for three years, come the end of the month. By the end of the month I...........................................................

e) Why don't you come to see us during lunch?

Why don't you come to see us when we....................................

f) What exactly do you intend to do?

What exactly are you..................................................................

g) The arrival of the train has been delayed, I'm afraid.

The train will...............................................................................

h) Let's leave at the end of the next lecture.

As soon as....................................................................................

i) There will be a team members' meeting tomorrow.

The team members......................................................................

j) This book will take me two years to write.

In two years' time........................................................................

8. Choose the most appropriate word or phrase underlined.

a) I'll be back after a few minutes/in a few minutes. b) I'm sure that everything will be all right at the end/in the end.

c) Please call me the moment/exactly when you hear any news.

d) I should be back by the time/at the time the film begins.

e) I'm sure Fiona will be here before long/after a while.

f) I can't leave on Tuesday. I won't be ready until then/by then.

g ) By twenty four hours/this time tomorrow I'll be in Bangkok.

h) Diana will be retiring soon/already.

i) There will be no official announcements forthwith/from now on.

j) Bye for now. I'll see you in two weeks' time/two weeks later.

9. Decide whether the pairs of sentences a) and b) could be equally acceptable in the context given, or whether one is more appropriate.

a) You can't leave early,

A) we're having a meeting. B) we're going to have a meeting (both acceptable, but A more appropriate)

b) We've run out of fuel.

A) What are we doing now? B) What are we going to do now

c) Oh dear, I've broken the vase.

A) What will your mother say? B) What is your mother going to say?

d) According to the weather forecast,

A) it'll rain tomorrow. B) it's going to rain tomorrow.

e) I'd like to call round and see you.

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