The Future Tense - Grammar gym
The Simple Future tense
About Shall/Will
We
use shall or will to show futurity.
We
use shall for the first person,
singular or plural.
Examples: We shall
move to France soon.
I shall meet you at the bus-stop to-morrow.
We
use will for the second or third
person, singular or plural.
Examples: You will
know the result very soon.
They will come again next Monday.
The plane will arrive in five minutes.
Don't
say: I shall finish the report after twenty minutes.
I shall finish the report twenty minutes later.
Say: I
shall finish the report in twenty minutes.
Don't
say: They will start a new plan recently.
Say: They
will start a new plan shortly.
EXERCISE 46 Complete the following sentences with verbs
in the SIMPLE FUTURE tense. Use 'shall' for the
first person, 'will' for the
second or third person.
1. We
..... (meet) again at Mr. Lee's
office next Monday.
2, We
..... (have) a picnic next week.
3. Mr.
Lee ..... (be) back in a moment.
4. I
..... (give) you an answer in two days, Henry.
5. The
students ..... (have) a test shortly.
6. John
and Betty ..... (come) to our party this evening.
7. My
father ..... (leave) Hong Kong for Singapore next Friday.
8. Susan
..... (go) shopping with her mother this afternoon.
9, The
teachers ..... (have) a meeting to-morrow.
10. Joe ..... (be) fourteen on his next birthday.
Answers EXERCISE 46 (Page 51)
1. shall meet
2. shall have 3. will
be 4. shall give 5. will have 6. will come 7. will leave 8. will go 9. will have 10. will be
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