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Context listening
nYou are going to hear a man called Tom having four conversations. Before you listen, look at the pictures. What do you think Tom's job is?
O DEListen and check if you were right
As you listen, match the conversations with the pictures. (^1 2 3 )
n DE Listen again and write the verbs.
Present tenses for future; will; future continuous
Conversation 1 (^) Conversation 3 (^1) Tom's plane Ixaves (^) at 11.05. (^7) I probably back in time. 2 It (^) at Amsterdam airport at 13.40. 8 I think I (^) a meal in town. (^3) The conference at 9.30.
on Wednesday (^9) I breakfast in my room.
Conversation 2 4 I (^) badminton in a few minutes with Paul. 5 I (^) to a conference in Amsterdam tomorrow morning. 6 I my eyes tested on Saturday afternoon.
Conversation 4 10 In a hundred years' time, the world a very different place. 11 There much oil available for energy. 12 People (^) much longer.
4 Look at your answers to Exercise 3 and answer these questions.
1 Which sentences are about events fixed by a timetable? What tense is used? (^2) Which sentences are about actions being decided or still not certain? What tense is used? 3 Which sentences are about arrangements people have made? What tense is used?
4 Which sentences are about general predictions about the future?
What tense is used?
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Grammar
In English, several different tenses are used to talk about the future: the present simple (> see Unit 1), the present continuous (> see Unit 1), will/shall,^ the future continuous and^ going to (>^ see Unit 6^ forgoing to).
nPresent simple We use the present simple for scheduled events with a future meaning: for timetables (planes, buses, etc. leaving and arriving): My plane arrives at Amsterdam airport at 13.40. The London train leaves in half an hour from platform 2. for programmes (when a conference, a course, a football match, a film, etc. begins and ends): The conference starts on Wednesday at 9.30. The match ends at about five o'clock. for people if their plans are fixed by a timetable The students have their written English exam on Monday and the oral on Tuesday. Jo starts her drama course in two weeks' time.
nPresent continuous
We use the present continuous: for plans which have already been arranged: People are travelling from all over the world. What are you doing tomorrow evening? I'm flying to a conference in Amsterdam. (= already arranged) I'm having my eyes tested on Saturday afternoon (=^ I have an appointment)
fl will^ future
- will + verb They'll^ arrive^ soon.
will not + verb They^ won't arrive^ today.
? will ... + verb? Will they arrive soon?
In formal English, shall is occasionally used with l/we instead of will. (> For the use of shall with offers and suggestions, see Unit 13, B3-4.) We use will: for decisions made at the moment of speaking No, actually, Ill have breakfast in my room. (he changes his mind) Thanks for telling me. 111 ring the office now. These plates aren't clean. 111 put them in the dishwasher for anything which is uncertain, especially with probably, maybe, I think, I expect and I hope: I probably won't be back in time. I think I'll get a meal in town. expect you" be tired after the match. We hope you'll visit us again soon.
To Mark Subject Trip Hi Mark,
VVhy don't you come with us to Yorkshire? It's all arranged. Jo (1)^ comes/is^ coming^ to my house at six so we can go to the station together. The train (2)^ doesn't leave / isn't leaving^ until 6.45 but we don't want to be late. It 131 stops/is stopping a lot on the way so it (4) doesn't arrive / isn't arriving until three in the afternoon. We 151 stay/are staying in a youth hostel and we (6)^ spend/ are spending five days there. We can catch a bus some of the way from the station but it (7) doesn't go / isn't going all the way so we have to walk the last two miles from the village. We (8) have /are having breakfast and our evening meal at the youth hostel. It's in a beautiful spot with lots to see. On the way back we need to set off early as there's only one bus and it (9) leaves/is leaving at 8.30. The train back is faster so it^ (10)^ arrives/is arriving^ just after lunch. Let us know if you can come. Leo
Grammar exercises
Choose the most suitable form of the verbs.
n Complete these dialogues. Use the present continuous or the will future form of the verbs.
(^1) Tim: Where are you going? Julie: To the cinema. Tim: Wait for me. I think I 'LL come (come) with you. 2 From next week all enquiries should be sent to Mary because Frances (leave) on Friday. 3 Rachel: I (give)Sophie a CD for her birthday. What (you / give) her? Fiona: I (probably get) her a new purse. She keeps losing money from her old one. 4 John: I need to finish packing today because we (move) tomorrow and there's still lots to do. Peter: Don't worry. I (come) round tonight and help you. 5 James: Never walk under a ladder or you (have) ten years' bad luck. Kay: Rubbish! (^6) Details of the president's visit are now confirmed. He (stay) at the Castle Hotel for two days. 7 Assistant: We have milk chocolate, plain chocolate, with nuts, with fruit. Man: Er ... what a lot of choice!! (have)^ a bar of milk chocolate, please. 8 Sarah: (you / do)anything special next Saturday? Lee Yes, lam. My cousin (arrive) from Italy so I (drive) to the airport in the afternoon to meet him. (^9) Carol: Have you finished that book I lent you? Sam: Oh, sorry. I forgot all about it. I (get)^ it now.
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PI 0 Complete the following sentences by Cambridge First candidates. Use the present simple,
present continuous, will future or future continuous form of the verbs.
1 Theresa special bus to the conference centre, which leaves (^) (leave) (^) the hotel at Sam. (^2) We're going to Miami! This time tomorrow we (^) (sit) on a boat fishing. (^3) I think I (^) (apply) for a job when I have finished university. (^4) I'm worried about the meeting because we (speak) English for the whole two hours. 5 My friends (^) (have) dinner at my house tonight and I haven't started cooking yet! (^6) You should meet me at 7 o'clock, the concert (start) at 7:30. 7 I can't meet you on Saturday because a cousin of mine (^) (come) from Bologna. (^8) I have just bought a new bicycle, so maybe I (lose) some weight.
4 Look at the pictures and fill in the gaps with suitable verbs in the present continuous, will future or
future continuous.
1 I expect my parents
2 Sam (^) the doctor tomorrow morning at ten o'clock so he can't meet us then. 3 My grandfather eighty on his next birthday. (^4) I think I a teacher when I grow up. 5 At midday tomorrow 1 (^) over the Atlantic. 6 This time next week we (^) in Austria. 7 We to Ireland by ferry this summer.
(^8) Maybe my father me the money I need.
wilt gWe (^) me books again for my birthday.
