Grammar: Action!

 Expressing the future

1Complete the sentences with the correct future forms. 

• 1a The taxi comesis coming at 9.30.

  b The bus comesis coming at 10.05.

• 2a Barcelona are going to winwill win. They're 3-0 up and there's only ten minutes left.

  b I think Barcelona are going to winwill win tomorrow's match.

• 3a I hope I'll see'm going to see you at the protest march on Wednesday.

  b I'll see'm going to see the latest James Bond film tomorrow.

• 4a I can't come to the cinema this afternoon – I 'm helpingmight help my dad fix the car.

  b I 'm helpingmight help you with your essay later – it depends if I have time.

• 5a I 'm travelling'm going to travel around South America in my gap year before university.

  b I 'm travelling'm going to travel to Edinburgh by plane – I've just got the tickets.

Expressing the future

2Complete Zoe’s post on her social networking page using the correct future form of the verbs in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

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Hi friends!

As some of you know already, a few of us ¹ (get) together next Sunday to talk about the recycling club we 

²

 

(start). The intention isn't to recycle rubbish, it ³ (be) for anything that you think you 

⁴

 

(not use) in the future but is too good to throw away – gadgets, furniture, tools, bikes, etc. We're going to set up a new page on this site which you can all link to, and hopefully it ⁵ (be) an easy way to post details of anything you don't need but think someone else might find a use for. We ⁶ (meet) in Giovanni's café at 10 a.m., but don't forget that the clocks are changing next Saturday night! The weather forecast says it 

⁷

 

(be) sunny and unusually warm, so I think we ⁸ (be able to) sit outside.

Zoe

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3Match the answers in exercise 2 to the ways of expressing the future below. 

a uncertain prediction , 

b hope 

c intention , 

d arrangement , 

e prediction based on evidence 

Expressing the future

4Complete the dialogue with the correct future form of the verbs in the box. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

MOVE
• be
• take
• close (×2)
• come
• explain
• can
• understand
• use

A¹ you  to the flashmob event we're organizing at the bank on Saturday? We're meeting there at 9 a.m.

BI might come. I'm not sure whether I ² free. What exactly are you going to do there?

AWe ³ books into the bank and sit around reading them.

BAnd what are you hoping that people ⁴ by that?

AWell, we ⁵ that it's because banks have taken so much of the public's money in recent years that a lot of libraries ⁶ soon. Our local library ⁷ next month, so the idea is that from now on we 

⁸

 

banks as libraries!

BThat's cool! I hope I ⁹ come.

5 CHALLENGE! Write a list of your plans, arrangements and predictions for the future. Use different future forms depending on how sure you are that these things will happen.   Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.