1. Complete with FUTURE simple or FUTURE continuous 1. Sit down and fasten your seat belt We………………………..in a few minutes. (take off)
2. When to the bank to draw some money? (you go)
3. Do you think you here in five years' time? (still work)
4. They from Dover, not Folkestone. (sail)
5. The President the Prime Minister before flying back home. (meet)
6. So you're stopping off in Dubai on your way to Beijing. How long there? (you stay)
7. We to London next Monday morning. (drive)
8. By this time next year. I my memoirs. (write)
9. In five years time a permanent space station the moon. (circle)
10. I don't think I him tonight. (see)
To answer this question, we need to use the future continuous tense because we are referring to an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
2. When are you going to the bank to draw some money?
In this case, we use the future simple tense because we are referring to a future action that will happen at a specific time.
3. Do you think you will still be working here in five years' time?
Here, we use the future continuous tense because we are talking about an ongoing action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
4. They will sail from Dover, not Folkestone.
For this answer, we use the future simple tense because we are talking about a future action that will happen at a specific time.
5. The President will meet the Prime Minister before flying back home.
To answer this question, we use the future simple tense because we are referring to a future action that will happen at an unspecified time.
6. So you're stopping off in Dubai on your way to Beijing. How long will you stay there?
In this case, we use the future simple tense because we are talking about a future action that will happen at a specific time.
7. We will be driving to London next Monday morning.
To answer this question, we use the future continuous tense because we are referring to an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
8. By this time next year, I will have written my memoirs.
Here, we use the future perfect tense because we are talking about a completed action that will happen before a specific time in the future.
9. In five years' time, there will be a permanent space station circling the moon.
To answer this question, we use the future simple tense because we are talking about a future action that will happen at a specific time.
10. I don't think I will see him tonight.
For this answer, we use the future simple tense because we are talking about a future action that is uncertain or unlikely to happen.