1. WILL
Predictions
Promises
Offers / requests
Decisions taken at the
moment of speaking
BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE
Conclusions (based on
something you can observe)
Plans and arrangements (
things that will happen almost
for sure)
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of future.
1. I think it ________________________ (rain) tomorrow.
2. We ________________________ (have) dinner in a very expensive
restaurant tonight; we’ve already made the reservation.
3. You look so tired. I ________________________ (finish) that report
for you.
4. Look at those clouds! I’m sure ________________________ (rain) soon.
5. I ________________________ (visit) my friends tonight at 8 o’clock.
6. There’s no need for you to take a taxi. I ________________________
(drive) you to the airport.
7. The phone is ringing. I ________________________ (answer) it.
8. In fifty years time, it ________________________ (be) possible to
travel to Mars.
9. ________________________ (you/send) me an e-mail with all the
information I need?
10. Bill and Vivian ________________________ (not travel) abroad this
year, because they can’t afford it.
11. I believe she ________________________ (regret) her decision.
12. I’ve already decided: I ________________________ (spend) my summer
holidays in Greece.
13. We ________________ (do) a summer course: we _________________
(study) Russian. We have already enrolled!
14. Next week my boss ________________________ (fly) to Germany to
attend a business meeting.
15. I’m so sorry I broke the vase… I ________________________ (buy) you
a new one immediately.
16. I promise I ________________________ (think) about you all the time
while I’m away.
17. I think Janet ________________________ (be) a great teacher.