1 Underline all correct options.

1 Don’t call me between two and four. We will be discussing/are going to discuss/will discuss the
project budget.

2 When you see/will see/will be seeing Jim, tell him to ring me.

3 Scientists say that the satellite is falling/is going to fall/will fall to Earth some time this
afternoon.

4 The council are closing/are going to close/will close the old library.

5 What are you going to do/are you doing/will you do now that you’ve finished the course?

6 Professor Hodge will have given/will be giving/is giving the first presentation of the day.

7 We’ll join/will be joining/will have joined you in half an hour.

8 By the time you get home, we will clean/will have been cleaning/will have cleaned the house from
top to bottom.

9 We leave/will be leaving/are leaving for Madrid at 7pm.

10 Next month she will have been knowing/will have known/will know Mark for twenty years.


2 Complete the sentences with the following verbs.

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1) I can’t see you on Monday. We …………………………… to Moscow.

2) This chair looks really wobbly. I think you ……………………

3) Tomorrow afternoon they ……………………………. his birthday.

4) This summer he ……………………….. Spanish in Mexico whilst working as a life guard.

5) I ………………….. you a lift. You don’t have to call a taxi.

6) We ……………………………… the project by the time the CEO arrives.

7) Can we meet at five outside the station? Okay, I …………………. you there.

8) Tom ………………………. early before he reaches 65. He mentioned it at the meeting recently.

9) I’m not feeling very well. I think I …………………………. sick!

10) I read in the paper that they ………………….. the price of gas again.