Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

FUTURE SIMPLE vs FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Future Continuous
Future Simple
• a future action in progress 
I’ll be working on Monday.
• a future fact 
I will work on Monday.
• a planned future action 
I can’t see him at 1 о ‘clock this af-
ternoon. I’ll be having lunch.
• a sudden decision 
1. - I’ll be free in an hour. 
2. - Fine. We’ll have lunch together.
• with sense verbs to express an ac-
tion, e.g. to see (= to meet)
I’ll be seeing her tomorrow at the 
annual conference.
• with sense verbs and other verbs 
not used in a continuous tense 
Don’t buy this coat. You’ll look funny 
in it.
Exercise 27. Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in 
brackets. Use Future Simple or Future Continuous.
Example: I (see) them tomorrow, and I _________ (tell) them the news.
I’ll be seeing them tomorrow, and I’ll tell them the news.
1. I can’t come to the party at the weekend. I __________ (visit) my friends 
in Oxford.
2. Mr. Harter is going to stay in the office tomorrow, so at 7 pm he still 
_______________ (work).
3. She__________ (visit) our office next week. I ___________(ask) her then.
4. I _____________ (see) the sales manager at the marketing meeting on Fri-
day, and I’m sure she______________ (give) me the exact figures then.
5. This time next week, we (lie) on the beach.
6. What_______________ you (do) early on Monday night?
7. ______________ you (work) all tomorrow evening?
8. They_____________ (come) round for dinner tomorrow evening. 
I _____________ (show) them the photographs then.
9. We ___________ (not/hear) from him for a month — he _____________
(be) in Panama.

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10. — How can I get in touch with you while you’re out of town?
—I _____________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. You can reach me there.
11. Sue ______________(graduate) in June. After that, she ____________
(begin) work at an elec tronics firm.
12. Fred ____________ (be) at the meeting tomorrow. I __________ (talk) 
with him.
13. At this time next year, I (do) exactly what I am doing now. I ___________ 
(attend) classes and (study) hard.
14. —Where’s Brenda?
— Don’t you know? She’s in hospital. 
— Oh, I ______________(visit) her there tomorrow.
15. —I’m afraid we have no sugar left. 
— Don’t worry, I (go) and ____________ get some.
16. You look tired. Sit down. I (make) you a cup of coffee.
17. Don’t worry about me, Mum. I (write) to you every day from the States.
18. ________________ you (learn) Japanese next year?
19. Look! That plane is approaching the airport. It ___________(land) soon.