1 Choose the correct answer.
1. I am going to take / will take the six o’clock train. I’ve already got a ticket.
2. Take an umbrella. I think it is going to rain / will rain today.
3. I’m angry with Alan – he won’t help / isn’t going to help clean the house.
4. My parents promised that they are going to lend / will lend me the money.
5. Jennifer is going to wear / will wear a pink dress for the wedding.
6. I don’t feel well. I think I will stay / am going to stay home today.
7. We’re collecting plastic bottles and newspapers. We take / are going to take
them to the recycling centre.
8. I’m thirsty. I will order / am ordering a drink.
9. Our school is cleaning / will clean up the park at the weekend.
10. It’s cool today. We probably aren’t going / won’t go swimming.
2 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Use be going to, will or the Present Simple with future meaning.
1.
A: What time …………………… your flight …………………… (leave)?
B: At 4.00 pm. I …………………… (take) a taxi to the airport. I hope it
…………………… (arrive) on time.
A: Yes, there’s a big festival in town today. The roads ……………… (be)
busy.
2.
A: My cousins …………………… (visit) us this summer.
B: Cool! They …………………… (love) it here!
3.
A: It …………………… (not rain) today.
B: Really? Then I …………………… (not need) my umbrella.
4.
A: …………………… Jake and Tom …………………… (sail) to France in
August?
B: Yes. They …………………… (set off) on 5th August.
3 Write sentences and questions with the words below. Use will, be going to or
the Present Simple.
1. What / he / do / after school today / ?
2. I / promise / I / write / from Kenya / .
3. My lesson / begin / in ten minutes / .
4. We / not go / climb / the mountain / tomorrow / .
5. Wait! I / open / the door / for you / .
6. you / think / it / rain / tomorrow / ?
7. what time / the tour / start / ?
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use suitable future tenses.
1. The bus to the volcano ……………………………. (leave) in 20 minutes.
2. Look at those waves! We …………………………. (have) a great time surfing.
3. When ……………… they …………………… (parachute) from the aeroplane?
4. Don’t worry. I’m sure he ……………………………. (return) home soon.
5. Where …………………… we …………………… (live) ten years from now?
6. She ……………………………. (not come) with us tomorrow because she’s
got other plans.
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