English Practice exercises - advanced future use: P5-02G

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Complete the verbs in brackets, using one of the forms in the advanced use table in R5-02G. Refer also to the explanation file E5-02G if needed.

Examples:

0. The Sporting Club manager, Dieter Klein, __________________ (manage) Real Pamplona next season. 

The Sporting Club manager, Dieter Klein, _____ is to manage ______ Real Pamplona next season.

00. The UN Secretary-General, Ingmar Petersen, __________ (arrive) in Israel today on the 11.30 flight from New York. He ___________ (have) lunch with the P.M at 12.30 and then ____________ (address) the Knesset at 2.00pm.   

The UN Secretary-General, Ingmar Petersen, ___arrives___ (arrive) in Israel today on the 11.30 flight from New York. He __has ____(have) lunch with the P.M at 12.30 and then ____addresses____ (address) the Knesset at 2.00pm.

Now try these:

1. ‘Oh look, I recognise that mountain with the sharp summit. We _______________  (go) into the big tunnel I told you about.’

 

2. A: ‘Wow, you must have spent a fortune on this room!’

B: ‘Too right! And it’s not finished yet! By the time we’ve added a carpet and curtains, I suppose we _____________ (spend) in excess of five grand.’ (= £5,000+)

A: ‘Well congratulations, it’s lovely. I am surprised about one thing, though. _________________ (you / replace) the old floorboards?’

B: ‘You’re right. But we just couldn’t find new ones we liked at a price we could afford.’

 

3. A: ‘Do you have the details for tomorrow yet?’

B: ‘Yes. The plane ___________ (get) in at 4.30 in the afternoon. After clearing customs we ___________ (have) a half-hour ride to the hotel, time to get unpacked, shower and change, then we _____________ (sit down) to dinner at 7.00.’

 

4. The Court of Appeal _____________ (give) its ruling  today on the extradition of the notorious ‘bomb preacher’ to Egypt.

5. [Watching a football match] ‘Hurry up, come and watch quick, they ________________ (start) the penalty shoot-out!’

 

6. The government _______________ (increase) car tax again in the next budget.

 

7. A: ‘I thought you _______________ (buy) a Jaguar, not a Mercedes!’

B: ‘Well, as a matter of fact, I was actually in the Jaguar showroom, we’d chosen a model and I _________________ (complete) the paperwork, when I got a call on my mobile. It was Dave, asking if I’d bought the car yet. I said “Almost, I _________________ (sign) the papers,” He said “look, I’ve been talking to a friend who lives right next to the Mercedes dealership – he says there’s an amazing offer on at the moment.” So I apologised to the guy, said I’d had a call from school that my daughter had fallen sick and needed to go home urgently …. and now I’m the proud owner of ….. well, as you see.’

 

8. A: ‘What time ____________________ (the match / begin )?’

B: ‘The kick-off __________ (be) at 3 o’clock this afternoon.’

A: ‘O.K, ‘I’ll pick you up at twelve.’

B: ‘Fine. See you later.’

 

9. A:  ‘Are you ready to retire, then?’

B: ‘Sure. By the end of this year, I __________________ (do) 27 years in this job – I think that’s enough for anybody!’

 

10. A: ‘_____________ (we / break) for coffee at 10.45?’

B: ‘I’m not sure, I haven’t seen the programme either.’

 

11. A: ‘Do you realise, by next year the Eden Project ___________________ (be) in existence for 10 years?’

B: ‘I take it you don’t mean Adam and Eve?’

A: ‘Too right, I don’t. I mean the giant glass domes with plants in Corwall.’

B: ‘Oh, the place that  ____________________ (we / visit) years ago when I got flu and we had to cancel our holiday?’

A: ‘That’s the place.’