Lengua Extranjera para Uso Profesional

Olaya Fernández Prieto

UNIT 3. GRAMMAR: FUTURE TENSES. EXERCISES.

1. Circle the correct future form to complete the sentences.

1 I ’ll / ’m going to help you make sandwiches for everybody if you like.
2 Look at how dark it’s getting. We won’t / aren’t going to find the right path back to the
campsite.
3 Paula and I will / are going to take part in a live broadcast on CTV. We’ve already
received our tickets to the event.
4 I don’t know why, but I think Real Madrid will / are going to win the Champions’
League this season.
5 I think I ’ll / ’m going to go and have a lie down.

2. Complete the sentences with WILL or BE GOING TO and the verb in brackets.
1. Have you finished your tea? Pass me your cup and I __________ (pour) you some
more.
2. Don’t worry, we ______________(phone) you as soon as we reach the campsite.
3. If it’s already half past six, we ____________ (miss) the start of the film.
4. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a jacket with you. I ____________ (lend) you
mine.
5. Max has worked hard, so I’m sure he _____________ (do) well in the exam.
6. I’ve decided that next week I ___________ (paint) my room a different colour.

3. Choose the correct verb forms.

1. This time tomorrow, I ’ll have taken / ’ll be taking my driving test so I won’t be
available.
2. Good luck with the interview! I’ll be thinking / ’ll have thought of you.
3. I’ll have gone / ’ll be going into town next week – that’s when my course starts.
4. The meeting should be a quick one so we’ll have finished / ‘ll be finishing by 3.00.
5. I’m sure we’ll have solved / ’ll be solving all our problems by the end of the week.

4. Complete the sentences with future continuous or future perfect and the verb
in brackets.
1. Do you think we __________ (solve) how to make clean energy by 2040?
2. The interview won’t take long – I’m sure I ____________ (finish) by 4.30.
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3. This time on Tuesday, you___________ (do) all your exams!

4. I____________ (have) my English lesson at 7.30. It starts at 7.00
5. I___________ (go) out more often when we’ve found a new babysitter.

WORD FORMATION
1. Write the correct noun form of the words in brackets to complete these
sentences.
1 Gracefully and without __________ (CONSCIOUS) or _________ (CURIOUS) as to
how they got there.
2 As a culture we are practically swimming for _________(ENTERTAIN).
3 Their ________ (ATTEND) spans increased, allowing them to hold longer and more
complex __________ (CONVERSE).
4 The ___________ (EVIDENT) strongly suggests that she is no isolated case.

2. Use the suffix in the box to create nouns from the following words. The same
suffix is required for all four words in each group.

-ity -ness -ion -ation -ment -ence -ance

Object React Predict Convert

1
Enjoy Treat Govern Argue
2
Original Popular Major Able
3
Appear Perform Annoy Tolerate
4
Sad Weak Careless Lonely
5
Inform Resign Present Explain
6
Differ Exist Depend Obey
7

3. Use the word given in capitals to form nouns that fits in the gap.
1 Carla could not hide her _________ (AMUSE) at the sight of her father’s first ever
laptop. He had quite a ______________ (COLLECT) of what he called ‘technological
antiques’ and this was his favourite. It had plenty of __________ (SIMILAR) to her own
model, but it was the weight and __________(THICK) of it that caused her to smile.
2 One of the many _________ (ACTIVE) during our Science Week this year is a trip to
the Technological Museum. A single _________ (PAY) of $15 should be made by
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Friday 7 October. Please also sign the attached form giving _________(PERMIT) for
your child to attend.
3 Aunt Gwen’s __________ (GENEROUS) at Christmas was unquestionable but it had
to be said that most of her present buying ________ (DECIDE) were not the best.
Prepared for ____________ (DISAPPOINT), Paul unwrapped her gift and was amazed
to find a top-of-the-range smartphone.
4 I am writing to express my __________ (SATISFY) with the speakers I recently
ordered from you. There are a number of __________ (DIFFERENT) between the
__________ (DESCRIBE) of the product on your website and the speakers I received.
Judging from some of the most negative Internet reviews I have read, this is not an
isolated _________ (OCCUR).