FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE – NEAR FUTURE TENSE

Future simple Near Future

Khẳng định S + will + V_inf. S + is/am/ are + going to + V_inf..

Phủ định S + will + not+ V_inf.  S + is/am/are + not + going to +

V_inf.

Nghi vấn Will + S + V_inf ?  Is/Am/ Are + S + going to + V_inf ?

Answer: Answer:
Yes, S + will. Yes, S + is/ am/ are.
No, S + won't. No, S + isn't/ am not/ aren't.

EXERCISE
I. Fill in the blanks with the words into brackets using “will/ be going to”

1. I have bought two tickets. My sister and I ____________ (see) a play tonight.
2. Marie thinks Tom _______________ (get) the job.
3. A: “I _____________(move) from my house tomorrow. I have packed everything”
B: “I _______________ (come) and help you.”
4. If I have enough money, I _____________ (buy) a new mobile phone.
5. I _____________ (be) there at six o'clock, I promise.
6. The meeting ____________ (take) place at 2 p.m.
7. If you eat all of that cake, you ________________ (feel) sick.
8. Lisa and Rose__________ (be) at home at 7 o'clock because their daughter is
staying alone at home.
9. Perhaps he ______________ (not / be) able to come tomorrow.
10. Because of the plane delay, the meeting ________(not / take) place at 10 o'clock.
11. My mother _________________ (be) 42 in February
12. - The phone is ringing and I’m in the shower!
- Don’t worry Mark, I _________________ (answer) for you
13. My parents _________________ (be) very proud, I have passed all the exams
14. I _________________ (take) the kids to the mountains this winter
15. Look at the clouds, it _________________ (rain); you should take an umbrella
16. There’s a knock at the door; that _________________ (be) the postman
17. She _________________ (meet) them at 6.00 pm
18. That _________________ (will be) the book you are looking for
19. Sally is a big girl now, we _________________ (buy) her a scooter
20. There _________________ (be) a gate.
21. I love Da Lat. I (probably / go)___________ there next month.
22. What (wear / you) ___________ at the party tonight?
23. I haven't made up my mind yet. But I think I (find)___________  something nice in
my brother's wardrobe.
24. I completely forget about this. Give me a second, I (do) ___________ it now.
25. Tonight, I (stay) ___________ home. I've bought a new book.
26. I feel tired. I (be) ___________ sick.
27. If you have any troubles, I (help)___________  you.
28. The weather forecast says it (not/ rain) ___________ next Monday.
29. I promise that I (come)___________  early.
30. Look at those clouds. It (rain) ___________ now.
31.Oh no! I think i ______________(sneeze)
32.I’ve got to go to dentist this morning. _________ you ________ with me? (come)
33.When ________ you ________ another party? (have)
34.Next month i __________ a DVD player (buy)
35.In the future, people _________ bigger heads. (have)
36.That glass is too near the edge. I think it ________(fall)
37.Look at that black cloud. I think it ________(rain)
38.“Tomorrow ___________ a bright and sunny day everywhere in Japan, except
Tokyo” – said the weatherwoman.
39.The population of China ______________(reach) 2.1 billion by the year 2050.
40.What are your plans for the weekend?
Minh phoned. We ______(go) on a picnic.

II. Fill in the blanks using the words in the following table to complete the
paragraph.
re going to feel are likely to lead to will have

will find is likely to become will develop

are predicted to work are likely to occur will be

will continue are going to happen will result

Thanks to modern technology, there have been enormous changes in the workplace
over the past 100 years.
So now let us consider the changes that (1)……………… in the next 100 years.
Unfortunately, I believe that not all changes (2)…………for the better. For example, 
more people (3)………… … from home and so they (4)………… more isolated from
their colleagues. On the other hand they (5)………… greater freedom to choose their
working hours.

A further possible change is that handwriting (6)…………… obsolete. We are already so

used to using a keyboard that today’s children are losing the ability to spell without the
aid of a word processor.

Without a doubt, even greater changes (7)…………… in technology used in the

workplace. Computers (8)……………… to grow even more powerful and this (9)
…………………… in an even faster pace of life than we have now. Let us hope that our
employers (10)……………… way to reduce the stress on worker’s this fast pace can
bring.

I also think these improvements in technology (11)……………… even more

globalization than now and companies (12)………………… very strong international
links.