1.3.1: Practice with Future Time

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Exercise 1: Prediction with Evidence

Read the situations and say what is going to happen:

Ex. There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It’s going to rain

a) You haven't studied for this exam. You ____________.

b) John is running on a wet floor. He____________.

c) The match is almost over, and we have scored another goal. We ____________.

d) They're watching Titanic, and their eyes are red. They ____________.

e) Rebecca has thrown a chair at the window. The window ____________.

Exercise 2: Fill-in-the-Blank

Put the verb into the more suitable form, present continuous, present simple or ‘going to’. If more than one answer is possible, write all possible answers.

a) Tonight I ________________(cook) a special meal with my family.

b) The sky is clear, but it might rain later. We ________________(bring) our umbrellas, just in case.

c) What ________________(you--do) on Saturday?

d) It's 5 AM, and David is still awake. He ________________(feel) tired tomorrow.

e) It's getting cold! I ________________(you--close) the window, please?

f) I'm exhausted! I ________________(sleep) as soon as I get home.

g) My children ________________(play) the violin in a school concert on Friday. I'm so excited!

h) Sorry, Anna can't come to your party. She ________________(meet) me for dinner on Saturday.

Exercise 3 from We Love Teaching English is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

Exercise 3 :Future Time Clauses

Combine the following sentences to form complex sentences with the conjunctions given. Each new sentence will contain a future time clause. Remember to use simple present in the time clause.

Example: John will retire. He will enjoy more leisure time. ________________(when)

When John retires, he will enjoy more leisure time.

a robot pet toy

They will save enough money. They will go on vacation. ________________(after)
They will retire. They will not be lonely. ________________(when)
They will enjoy many conveniences in daily retirement living. There will be more inventions. ________________(when)
For example, robot pets will keep them company. Robot pets will be available. ________________(as soon as)
Those pets will make the seniors^[8] happy. They will “adopt” the robot pets. ________________(when)
The robot pets will even be by their bedside. The seniors will be sleeping. ________________(while)

Exercise 4: Will or Be Going To

Will” and “am/is/are going to” can both be used to make predictions about future. Make predictions about conditions 15 years from now using the statements. Explain why you feel that way. Mark your choices with “yes” or “no” and then share your thoughts with your partner.

Begin your sentences like this: Fifteen years in the future,

Grey and Black Tunnel Overlooking a Cloudy White and Blue Sky

There will be no more war in the world.
Every country is going to have free elections.
Everyone in the U.S. is going to have affordable health insurance.
The number of homeless people in Chicago is going to be reduced in half.
Harper College will have on-campus housing.
College tuition is going to be free for everyone.
I will enjoy whatever hobby I do not have time for right now.
I am going to have the kind of family I have always wanted (personality of my spouse, number of my children …)
I will run into my professor in another country.
There is going to be a cure for the common cold.

Exercise 5: Fill-in-the-Blank

The following paragraph is about AI technology in the future. Fill in the appropriate tenses with the given verbs. The first one is an example.

Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Change Our Lives

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already transformed a lot of areas of our lives. It will continue _(continue) to impact this world for years to come. Cyber security experts (1)____________________(know) how to prevent cyber-attacks because AI (2) ____________________________(automatically, sort) data into high-risk and low-risk information. The technology (3) __________________(also, help) with national security effectively when AI-enabled sensors (4) ___________________(provide) information in threat detection. In future agriculture, farming(5) ________________(be) much more efficient because AI (6) ________________(be) able to inform the farmers of the best time to pick crops. In medicine, computer-aided interpretation of medical images and remote diagnosis (7)________________(aid) the doctors in timely treating patients in places where medical care is not readily available. In the area of workforce safety and health, employees (8) ________________(get) relief from overwork and musculoskeletal injuries, etc. whenever AI (9)____________________(perform) the tasks. Even the job market (10) ______________________(benefit) from using such technology when AI-powered engines (11)___________________(simplify) the complexity of job hunting and (12)___________________(match) the most relevant positions. Education is another area. Future educational devices (13)________________(meet) the exact needs of each student and (14)________________(give) immediate feedback while AI (15)___________________(operate). The possibilities of AI technology are endless and (16) _____________________(surely, bring) revolutions to the ways we work, study, and live.

Adapted from https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_of_artificial_intelligence#Education. Last accessed on September 22, 2021.

Exercise 6: Error Correction

Correct the six more verb errors in the following paragraph about future online learning (not including the example). The first one is an example.

Online Learning: A Growing Trend

will become

Online learning ~~will be become~~ more popular in colleges in the next few years. In-person classes will still be dominant on college campuses, but there are

going be more and more virtual learning opportunities. While many students probably did not experience this mode of education in the past, they will be

grow increasingly accustomed^[9] to remote learning. It is possible that every student will has the experience of remote learning. When this will happen,

more students will able to complete their study more easily. It is estimated that in five years all college students going to take at least one course online.

Exercise 7: Writing Assignment

Choose two of the following topics to write a paragraph for each. Use appropriate tenses. Include at least two future time clauses in each paragraph.

What will _________ become in ten years?

education
job search
family
health care
traveling
social media …

What will your life be like in ten years? What will you do to achieve these accomplishments?

What will you do for a living?
What kind of family life will you have?
What hobbies will you enjoy?
What will your dream trip be like in the future?
What will you do to help your community? …

How will artificial intelligence ________________(or another technology) help the humanity in 2035?

Will it do all the housework chores for families?
Will it do all the homework assignments for students?
Will it replace the employees in companies?
Will it send people to the outer space?
Will it eliminate diseases?
Will it better preserve the environment?
Will it promote world peace?
Will it improve international cooperation? …

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