Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 7

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Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 7

Grammar Vocabulary
Future continuous and future perfect Travel phrasal verbs

1 Choose the correct option. 4 Complete the sentences with off, on or over.

The future continuous is formed by: will be / have + I want to go to the city centre. Can you tell me
-ing. We use it to talk about actions that will be when we get there so that I can get off the bus,
(1) happening / completed at a certain time in the please?
future. We often introduce time expressions with 1 My parents and I went to the airport to see
(2) for / at, in and this time. ______ my sister last night – it was quite sad.
The future perfect is formed by: will (3) have / be + 2 We’ve been waiting for the bus for twenty
(4) past simple / past participle. We use it to talk minutes now – I don’t think we’re ever going to
about actions that will be (5) completed / get ______ it!
happening by a certain time in the future. We often 3 Dad wants to set ______ early tomorrow
introduce time expressions with by. morning, so we’ll have to get up at 5 a.m.
4 It’s a long drive to Aberdeen, so we’re going to
stop ______ for the night at a friend’s house in
2 Are these sentences in the future continuous
(FC) or the future perfect (FP)? Newcastle.
5 What time does your flight to Orlando take
At this time next summer, I will be travelling
around Spain! FC ______ tomorrow afternoon?
1 Will the students have started writing their
exams by this time next month? __ Weather nouns
2 By this time next week, we won’t have finished
5 Choose the odd one out.
decorating the house. __
3 What will Chloe be doing at this time next year? blizzard hailstorm mist
__ 1 breeze shower wind
4 The council won’t be building a new sports 2 hailstorm heatwave high temperatures
centre in June. __ 3 tornado hurricane drizzle
5 The Rodríguez family will have arrived in London 4 gale frost breeze
by 2 p.m. tomorrow. __ 5 sleet frost heatwave
6 blizzard drizzle shower
Future tenses
Functional language
3 Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.
We use will future for promises. T 6 Tick () the sentences that compare or contrast
something.
1 We use will future for timetables. __
2 We use will future for spontaneous decisions. __ There’s never been a better way to travel! 
3 We use be going to for spontaneous decisions. 1 They are designing virtual reality face visors …
__ how very interesting! 
4 We use be going to for future intentions. __ 2 There are not as many cars in the town centre
5 We use the present simple for fixed future plans. now. 
__ 3 In the summer months, the temperatures get
6 We use the present continuous for fixed future higher and higher. 
plans. __ 4 You’re going to go to university next year …
7 We use the present continuous for timetables. what exciting news! 
__ 5 You’ll not only learn a new language, but you’ll
also meet lots of new people. 
6 You didn’t get the job … how very disappointing
for you! 

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