Future Simple and methods of expressing Future Simple

The Future Simple Tense

1. What Ann and other persons will do or won’t do?

2. Complete the situations in the negative.

3. Make up questions to the following sentences.

4. Write what our life in the future (12 sentences).

1. People will live in cities.

2. Every home will have a video phone.

3. Robots will do much work in the office.

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Present Continuous to express the future action

1. Translate into Russian.

2. What are these people doing tonight?

1. Kate – to meet Jack. Kate is meeting Jack tonight.

2. Sam – to watch a football match on TV. ________________________________________

3. Jane – to go to the sports centre. ________________________________________

4. Tom and Sue – to have dinner at the restaurant. _____________________________________

5. Mr and Mrs smith – to stay at home. _____________________________________________

6. Susan – to drive to her country house. ____________________________________________

7. They – to have a party at John’s hours. ____________________________________________

8. Jane – to meet her parents at the airport. ___________________________________________

9. The businessmen – to go to the conference. ________________________________________

10. Susan – to go to Brighton. _____________________________________________________

3. Ask your friend about his plans for the nearest future.

1. to have business talks. – Are you having business talks tonight?

                                          When are you having business talks tonight?

2. to go to the cinema. – Are _________________________________?

                                      What film ____________________________?

3. to meet Mr Bell. – Are ___________________________________?

                                 When _________________________________?

4. to work at the plant. – Are ________________________________?

                                       When _______________________________?

5. to prepare a report. – Are _________________________________?

                                     What report ___________________________?

Present Simple to express the future action

1. Use the verb in the Present Simple Tense.

1. The party ___starts_________ (to start) at 5 p.m.

2. The plane ________________ (to arrive) at 7 a.m.

3. The conference ____________ (to open) at 5 p.m.

4. The train _______________ (to leave) at 3 p.m.

5. The talks ________________ (to begin) at 10 a.m.

6. The programme ___________ (to start) at 11 a.m.

Requests – Will you…

1. Ask your friend.

1. to put your luggage on the scales. – Will you put your luggage on the scales?

2. to show the latest furniture catalogues. - ________________________________

3. to pick Mr Bell up at the airport - ________________________________

4. to buy some good cartoons - ________________________________

5. to reserve 2 tickets for a plane to St. Petersburg - ________________________________

6. to translate the e-mail letter to the British company - ________________________________

7. to answer an urgent message - ________________________________

Shall we…

1. Use “shall we…”

1. It is a nice day. - Shall we go the country?

2. It’s hot in the room./to open the window

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3. The terms of the contract are attractive./to accept the terms

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4. The model is of high quality./ to place an order with the company ____________________________________________________________________________

5. The businessmen of ITT are coming to Moscow tomorrow./to meet them at the airport.

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6. It’s 1 o’clock./ to go our for lunch. _______________________________________________

7. The Crimea is a wonderful place./to spend a holiday there.

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