English Practice exercises - proficiency, future all uses: P6-02G

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This is regarded as a proficiency-level file, since it comprises exercises which can be completed successfully only by students with a knowledge of all forms and usages for expressing future time.
Assign the following to the correct sentence, 1-15. Three of them (as indicated) will be needed twice. The verb may be in the singular or plural and contractions may sometimes be desirable (e.g. ‘ll for will). In one or two cases, more than one answer may be acceptable. NOTE: In those sentences with a second verb in the future, this may NOT be in the same tense as the verb ‘spend’ in that sentence.
A. is /are about to spend
B. is / are to spend (use x 2)
C. is / are spending
D. is / are going to spend (use x 2)
E. will have spent
F. will be spending
G. spend(s)
H. is / are going to be spending
I. will spend (use x 2)
J. will have been spending
K. was / were about to spend
L. was / were going to spend
1. Look at that young guy – he ______________ (spend) all his money on the fruit machine, then he ___________ (have to) walk home!
2. [Looking at a menu outside a restaurant]
A ‘I’m sorry, Tony, it looks great, but I really can’t afford to spend so much.’
B ‘Look Cathy, don’t worry, if you like I ______________ (spend) the first £30, and if it costs a bit more, you can pay the rest.’
3. Charles Beaumont, the Minister of Education ________________ (spend) more time with his family. This is the reason being given for his resignation from the government.
4. Well, I ________________ (spend) £100 on the jacket when all at once it hit me: I couldn’t – I’d promised to give £120 to my sister Jackie to help with her wedding expenses.
5. So we fly out on the 9th, stay overnight at a hotel, then collect the rental car, drive up to Chamonix and _______________ (spend) 2 weeks at our holiday chalet.
6. It’s turning out to be an expensive month. At the rate things are going, by the time I reach the end of it, I ________________ (spend) three times as much as during a normal month.
7. We __________________ (spend) August with my sister and her family at their place in the south of France, but then her eldest got sick and she had to cancel.
8. A: ‘What are you up to this weekend?’
B: ‘If the weather holds, I _________________ (spend) the weekend in the garden – I’ve got loads of work to catch up on.’
9. [On a mobile phone]
A: ‘Where are you, darling?’
B: ‘I’m at the fish and chip shop – at the head of the queue to be exact. I _____________ (spend) my last £5 on a large cod and chips. Listen, I have to go – he’s asking me what I want. Bye.’
10. A: ‘Hi Tom, do you want to earn some money this evening? There’s a last-minute removal job come up, and I need a hand.’
B: ‘Oh, cheers, Simon, I’d love to do some earning, but as it happens, I ____________ (spend) tonight.’
A: ‘Meaning: you’ve promised to take Tracey out?’
B: ‘Afraid so, mate – sorry about that.’
A: ‘No worries, I’ll get it sorted. You have a good time, now.’
11. You’re the second person I know who’s had a big win on the lottery. I predict that, by the end of the first month, you __________________ (spend) so much, so often that you _______________ (be) sick and tired of spending money!
12. We ___________________ (spend) all day every day on the island for the whole summer, so we should have plenty of time to get some serious painting done – at least, that’s our intention.
13. According to the latest figures, the government _______________ (spend) £1.5 billion on this new initiative during the next fiscal year.
14. I __________________ (spend) some serious money on a good pair of shoes – I’m fed up with cheap rubbish footwear.
15. Next year, the Ministry of Defence ________________ (spend) significantly more on front-line equipment than in previous years.