Please check your answers to the exercises below once you've finished. If you have any further questions, please let me know.
UNIT 10- Present simple and present continuous for the future
10.1
1. get (fixed event; will get is also possible)
2. will look after (less routine arrangement)
3. rains (with 'in case')
4. will give out (less routine arrangement)
5. goes (fixed event; 'will go' is also possible)
6. starts (fixed event; ' will start' is also possible)
7. stops (with 'provided')
8. will miss (prediction)
10. lend (with 'unless')
11. plays (fixed event; will play' is also possible)
12. will accept (prediction)
13. want (with 'supposing')
14. read (with 'by the time')
10.2
1.c (prediction perhaps based on opinion, experience or present evidence). 'will leave' and 'is going to leave' have a similar meaning here.
2. a (planned future event.) ' I'm going to buy' suggests an intention without a definite arrangement; I'm buying suggests a definite arrangement- perhaps the speaker has bought the car and is simply picking it up next week
3. b/c (offer; decision made at moment of speaking)
4. a (planned future event). 'I'm going to drive' suggests a personal intention; 'I'm driving' suggests a more definite arrangement- perhaps the speaker has been told to go there by their employer
5. c (permanent future situation). ' will cut' and 'is going to cut' have a similar meaning here.
6. b/c (promise; decision made at time of speaking)
7.a (planned future event). As the present continuous for the future suggests a definite arrangement, using 'I am serving lunch' in this context suggests ' ...and I am not changing what I plan to do', perhaps showing some irritation or annoyance.
8. c (no control over predicted event). 'will starve' and 'are going to starve' have a similar meaning here. However as, 'will' is often used to talk about future facts, it may express more certainty in this context.
10.3
1/ 1. is joining
2. will like/are going to like
3. is coming/comes
4.will give
2/ 1. is/are sacking
2. close
3.are building
4. will see
UNIT 11- Future continuous and future perfect (continuous)
11.1
1. a. will be leaving (will leave also possible) b. will leave
2. a. Will you be working (will you work is also possible)
3. a. won't be using ('won't use' is also possible) b. won't use
4. a. will give b. will be giving (will give is also possible)
5. a. won't move b. will be moving (will move is also possible)
11.2
2. If the company is making a profit by the end of the year then we will have achieved the objective we set ourselves when we took over.
3. In two years' time Morneau will have been acting for 50 years, and shows no sign of retiring from the theatre. (will have acted is also possible)
4. I am confident that I will have finished the report before the end of the week.
5. This book on Proust is really difficult. On Saturday I will have been reading it for a month, and I'm still only half way.
6. Whether I've finished the report or not, by 9 o'clock, I will have been working for 12 hours without a break and I'm going home (will have worked is also possible0
7. As delegates who arrived early will have been discovering, there have been some late changes to the conference programme. (will have discovered is also possible)
11.3
1.will have closed
2. will be enjoying
3. will be leaving
4. will be arriving
5. will have been
6. will have been planning
7. won't be spending
8. will be keeping
9. will all be going
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