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Názov: Pracovný list č. 5 (Future Tenses)
Predmet: Anglický jazyk
Dátum: 21.09.2014
Autor: Mgr. Zdenka Nemcová
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FUTURE TENSES (pracovný list č. 5)
1. Present Continuous vs. Going to
This is Ben´s diary for the next week:
He is playing tennis on Monday afteroon. = He is going to play tennis.
He is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning. = He is going to go to the dentist.
He is having dinner with Kate on Friday evening. = He is going to have dinner.
In all these examples, Ben has already decided and arranged to do these things.
2. Presnet Simple
My English class is on Monday at 9 o ´clock.
My train leaves at 11:30, so I need to be at the station by 11:15.
What time does the film begin this evening?
We use the present simple when we talk about timetables, programmes, etc. (for
public transport, cinemas, theatres, etc.)
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3. Going to (do)
Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain.
I feel terrible. I think I am going to be sick.
Look at that woman! She is going to have a baby.
Something is going to happen in the future. We can see it and predict on that basis.
4. Will – Future Simple
Oh, I have left the door open. I will go and shut it.
That bag looks heavy. I will help you with it.
Did you phone Lucy? Oh, no, I forgot. I will phone her now.
We decide to do something at the time of speaking.
Probably
I expect
I´m sure
I think
I wonder
I´ll probably be home late tonight.
I haven´t seen Carol today. I expect she´ll phone this evening.
Don´t worry about the exam. I´m sure you´ll pass it.
Do you think Sara will like the present we bought her?
I wonder what will happen.
To express our opinious, attitudes and hopes. (In my opinion, I hope, I don´t think,
maybe, etc.)
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5. Exercises: Use the present continuous, going to or will.
1. You have made an appointment with the dentist for Friday morning.
FRIEND: Shall we meet on Friday morning?
YOU:
I can´t on Friday. _________________________________(I/go)
2. You and some friends are planning a holiday in the UK. You have decided to hire
a car, but you haven´t arranged this yet.
FRIEND: How do you plan to travel round Britain? By train?
YOU:
No, ___________________________________________(we/hire)
3. You have already arranged to have lunch with Sue tomorrow.
FRIEND: Are you free at lunch tomorrow?
YOU:
No, ___________________________________________(have lunch)
6. Complete the sentences with appropriate tense.
1. I´m too tired to walk home. I think ______________ a taxi.
2. Would you like tea or coffee? ___________________ coffee, please.
3. Are you coming with us? No, I think ______________ here.
4. I _______________ (go) to the cinema this evening.
5. ________________ (the film/begin) at 3.30 or 4.30?
6. The art exhibition ____________________ (finish) on 3. May.
7. I ______________ (leave) now. I have come to say goodbay.
8. Sue ______________ (come) to see us tomorrow. She ___________ (travel) by
train and her train ________________ (arrive) at 10.15.
9. I _____________ (not/use) the car this evening, so you can have it.
10. I´m bored with this programme. What time ________________ (it/end)?
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7. Future Continuous Tense
Half an hour from now
Half an hour from now, the theatre will be full. Everyone will be watching the play.
This time nex week I will be on holiday. I´ll be lying on the beach or swimming.
Don´t phone me between 7 and 8. We´ll be having dinner.
I will be doing something at the exact time.
8. Future Perfect Tense
Three hours from now.
Three hours from now, the theatre will be empty. The play will have finished.
Everybody will have gone home.
Sally always leaves for work at 8.30 in the morning. She won´t be at home at 9
o´clock – she´ll have gone to work.
We are late. The film will already have started by the time we get to the cinema.
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We use future perfect to say that something will already be completed before
a time in the future.
9. Put the verb into the correct form.
1. Phone me after 8 o´clock. ______________________ (we/finish) dinner by then.
2. Tomorrow afternoon we´re going to play tennis from 3 o´clock until 4.30. So at
4 o´clock, _____________________________ (we/play) tennis.
3. Ben is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like
this, _________________ (he/spend) all his money before the end of his
holiday.
4. Do you think ________________ (you/still/do) the same job in ten years´ time?
5. If you need to contact me, __________________ (I/stay) at the Lion Hotel until
Friday.
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Sources:
 BILÍKOVÁ, A., KONDELOVÁ, S., YES!, Enigma Publishing, s.r.o., ISBN 978-80-8133015-5, 2013
 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH, Complite First Certificate – Student´s Book, ISBN 978-0-52169826-9, 2008
 MURPHY,R., English Grammar In Use, ISBN 0-521-53762-2, third edition, Cambridge
University Press, 2006
 HARRIS, M., MOWER, D., SIKORZYNSKA, A., New Opportunities – Intermediate,
Pearson-Longman, ISBN 978-0-582-85415-4, Third edition, 2007
 Google (obrázky), www.google.sk
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