EXERCISE - FUTURE TENSES (WILL or BE GOING TO?)

 

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses in a future tense.  In some cases, the be going to form is preferable; in other cases, the will form is preferable; and occasionally both forms are possible.

 

1.

Tomorrow there                      rain with intermittent showers.

(be)

2.

I                         a party on Saturday night.

(have)

3.

My wife                         a baby!

(have)

4.

We                         now for station identification.

(pause)

5.

The scientist                         the rats in order to examine cancerous tissue.

(kill)

6.

The rats                          the scientist by gnawing at him with their sharp teeth.

(kill)

7.

Watch out!  That bomb                         !

(explode)

8.

-I'm thirsty.

-Just a moment.  I                      you a glass of water.

 

(bring)

9.

We                       to Hawaii on our honeymoon.

(go)

10.

Where is the toilet ... I think I                      .

(throw up)

11.

It seems awfully hot in here; I                       the window.

(open)

12.

The galaxy                          expanding in 12 billion years.

(stop)

13.

You                         the paint brushes in aisle 14.

(find)

14.

Bill Gates says he                        half of his money to charity.

(give)

15.

I think I                          my head.

(shave)

16.

At midnight tonight, we                       to escape through the secret tunnel.

(try)

17.

Don't call us, we                     you.

(call)

18.

Why don't you pet the dog?  He                         you.

(not bite)

19.

It's almost 9 o'clock.  I                          for him any longer.

(not wait)

20.

The students who don't study their grammar                          the course.

(not pass)

 

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by Eric Squire