Future Tenses – Free Exercise

Exercise

Choose between will future, going to future, simple present and present progressive to complete the sentences. You may only use each tense once.

Part 1

  1. The train at 11:20.time set by a train schedule → simple present
  2. Wait! I you.spontaneous decision made at the moment of speaking → will
  3. As we want to get better marks in English, we harder in the future.planned intention for the future → going to
  4. Josh to the cinema with his friends tonight, they’ve already got tickets.set appointment in the near future → present progressive

Part 2

  1. That car is driving much too fast, it an accident. prediction based on evidence → going to
  2. My flight at midnight. timetabled event in the future → simple present
  3. I can’t make your party on Friday night, I . fixed arrangement in the future → present progressive
  4. Mark has promised that he with the cooking, but I don’t believe him. promise → will

Part 3

  1. I haven’t thought about how to get to the airport, I guess I a taxi. spontaneous decision made at the moment of speaking → will
  2. Look at the time, you your train. prediction based on evidence → going to
  3. I can’t attend the meeting, I a doctor’s appointment. future obligation with have → simple present
  4. Shall we book tickets to that festival next summer? They’ve confirmed that Chappell Roan and I don’t want to miss it! fixed future arrangement → present progressive