English Practice exercises: proficiency level - future: P6-01G

 

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Proficiency grammar practice exercise - future multiple tenses gap-fill

Fill the gaps in the text by putting the verb in brackets into one of the tenses shown in the table. This is a proficiency-level exercise as it requires a sound knowledge of all future tenses.

 

Tense name	example
present	His train gets in at 17.45
Present continuous	I’m seeing the doctor after college
‘going to’	I’m going to buy that blue pullover
Future simple	I won’t be in Hastings on Friday -
Future continuous	I’ll be working all afternoon
Future perfect simple	By this time tomorrow, we’ll be on holiday
Future perfect continuous	In half an hour, I’ll have been working for 12 hours

 

A trip to Florida

Tomorrow I (1) ____________ (leave) for my holiday. I (2)____________ (take) the 14.20 flight from Gatwick for Orlando, Florida. When I (3)____________ (be) in Florida, I (4)_____________ (do) lots of sightseeing. Of course, I’ve arranged to visit Disney World. I (5)_____________ (be) there on Friday – three days from now.

So, by 15.00 hours tomorrow, I (6) _______________ (fly) over the Atlantic. The plane (7) _______________ (cruise) at about 40,000 feet. All the passengers (8) ____ ______________ (watch) the in-flight film, or perhaps we (9) _____________ (eat). The flight takes exactly six hours, so by 19.30 (that’s 7.30 in the evening) we (10)  _______ _____________ (travel) for more than five hours and I think maybe we (11) ________ ____________ be able to see America already. By 20.30, we (12) ________________ (arrive).

Apart from Disneyland, I have decided that I (13) ________________ (visit) a famous Florida dolphinarium and see the trained dolphins. And I have a cousin in Miami, so I (14) _______________ (spend) the weekend with him and his family. He’s promised that we (15) _______________ visit the famous Everglades, where I assume I (16) _______________ (see) crocodiles – or is it alligators? Finally, on the day before my return, I (17) ______________ (have) lunch with the famous American crime writer, Elmore Leonard, though how this is possible is a story in itself!     

In all, I (18) _______________ (stay) for ten days. So by this time next week, I (19) ________________ (spend) at least a thousand pounds! I (20) _____________ return with several rolls of film for developing because I (21) _______________ (take) photos everywhere I go, and I (22)_________________ (not use) my digital camera.