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FUTURE TENSES EXERCISE 1 (ESL)

level: Intermediate/Advanced

Fill in each blank space with the correct future verb tense (simple future, future continuous, or future perfect). If more than one answer can be technically "correct", choose the most natural-sounding one as per the context of the sentence.

1. By the time I'm 60, I ________ (lose) all my hair.
  will have lost
  will lose
  will be losing

2. I won't be able to talk to you in 15 minutes because I ________ (do) my homework.
  will do
  will have done
  will be doing

3. By the time I get home, my wife ________ (eat) the whole cake.
  will have eaten
  will eat
  will be eating

4. I ________ (talk) to my son about his poor test results.
  will have talked
  will talk
  will be talking

5. This time tomorrow, I ________ (swim) in the ocean.
  will be swimming
  will swim
  will have swam

6. I ________ (see) you at 7.
  will have seen
  will see
  will be seeing

7. By the time the guests arrive, I ________ (clean) the dining room.
  will have cleaned
  will clean
  will be cleaning

8. I decided that I ________ (become) a doctor.
  will be becoming
  will become
  will have become

9. I ________ (travel) for the next month.
  will travel
  will have traveled
  will be traveling

10. I'm really tired today. I ________ (do) my exercises tomorrow.
  will do
  will have done
  will be doing

11. If I keep losing weight at the current pace, by next Thursday I ________ (lose) five pounds.
  will lose
  will have lost
  will be losing

12. I won't be able to give you a ride because I ________ (help) my grandmother water her plants for the next two hours.
  will have helped
  will help
  will be helping

13. By the time we get to Canada, we ________ (drive) for 10 hours.
  will have driven
  will be driving
  will drive

14. This time next week, we ________ (relax) on a beach in Mexico.
  will have relaxed
  will relax
  will be relaxing

15. We hope that he ________ (lose) the election.
  will lose
  will have lost
  will be losing

16. If I keep eating these donuts, I ________ (eat) all of them by the time my wife gets home.
  will eat
  will have eaten
  will be eating

17. P1: Can you do a quick translation for me tomorrow? P2: Not really, I ________ (do) my taxes all day.
  will be doing
  will do
  will have done

18. P1: Have you been to every country in Europe? P2: Not yet. But once I visit Portugal, I ________ (visit) all of them.
  will be visiting
  will have visited
  will visit

19. I hope I ________ (pass) my exam.
  will pass
  will have passed
  will be passing

20. My brother tells me that my parents ________ (play) tennis for the next hour.
  will play
  will have played
  will be playing

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GRAMMAR REVIEW: Future tenses

Here's a quick breakdown of the differences between simple future, future continuous, and future perfect tenses.

1. Simple Future
Form: will + base verb
Use: For decisions, promises, or actions that will happen in the future.
Example: I will call you later.

2. Future Continuous
Form: will be + present participle (verb+ing)
Use: For actions that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future.
Example: This time tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris.

3. Future Perfect
Form: will have + past participle
Use: For actions that will be completed before a certain future time.
Example: By next week, she will have finished the project.

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