GRAMMAR: Future Tense

 

Activities to practise in class (oral or written):

1. The present simple or the present continuous? Choose the correct form.

- Tomorrow the sun rises | is rising at 6.44 and it sets | is setting at 18.33.

- I don't do anything | am not doing anything tonight. I want to relax.

- What time do you meet | are you meeting John on Sunday?

- This year the school ends | is ending on 28 June.

- After the reconstruction the supermarket opens | is opening on Monday again.

- I can't help you. I see | am seeing the doctor this afternoon.

- We've already booked our holiday. We go | are going to Rome in May.

- Could you meet us at the airport tomorrow morning? The plane lands | is landing at 10.15.

- The piano concert doesn't start | is not starting at 8 o'clock. It is cancelled.

- Do you have | Are you having your birthday party this week or next week? I forgot.

2. Correct the mistakes.

1. Mike and Fred is leaving tomorrow morning.

Mike and Fred .................................... tomorrow morning.

2. Look, the concert is beginning at 6 o'clock.

Look, the concert ......................... at 6 o'clock.

3. Do you do anything tonight?

................................ anything tonight?

4. Excuse me, what time the ship lands?

Excuse me, what time ...............................................?

5. I see my doctor this afternoon.

I ............................. my doctor this afternoon.

6. Where do you go on your holiday next summer?

Where ..................................... on your holiday next summer?

7. The train is not leaving at 10.15. It is arriving at 10.15.

The train ................................ at 10.15. It .............................. at 10.15.

8. Do you give Jill anything for her birthday this year?

............................................... Jill anything for her birthday this year?

9. This winter term classes are ending on 8 March.

This winter term classes ............................. on 8 March.