Future Tenses MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise

We use be going to + verb for plans and intentions. With I the form is am going: I am going to start a new life tomorrow. Not is going, because is goes with he, she or it.

Next year shows the future, so we use will + base verb: will go. Not will be go, because after will we need the base form (go), not be go.

At this time tomorrow describes an action that will be in progress at a moment in the future, so we use the future continuous: will be + -ing (will be having). Not will have, because that shows a single future action, not one in progress.

We use will to predict a future reaction. The mother hasn't seen the hair yet, so the speaker predicts: Your mother won't like it. Not didn't like, because she hasn't seen it yet.

The future continuous (shall/will be + -ing) shows an action that will already be in progress when something else happens. When you arrive late tomorrow, my sleeping will already have started: I shall be sleeping. Shall with I and we is formal British English. Not will sleep, which would mean that I start sleeping because you come late.

Be quick or … is followed by a future result, so we use shall/will + verb: we shall be late. Not will not be late, because the sentence warns about a bad result if we are slow.

We use the present continuous for future plans and arrangements: What are you doing next Sunday? Not were / doing, because next Sunday is in the future, not the past.

After I think we often use shall/will for a decision or opinion about the future: I think I shall buy … (shall with I is formal British English). Not am buying, because the clue I think shows a new decision, not a fixed arrangement.

We use the present continuous for fixed future arrangements, often with a time word like tomorrow: We are leaving for Niagara tomorrow. Not shall be left, because that is passive and means someone will leave us.

The main verb I'll ask is in the future, so the reported question keeps the future form: what he will have for lunch. Not would have, because we only change will to would after a past verb such as I asked.

Tomorrow shows the future, so we use will + base verb: Who will go for a walk tomorrow?

At this time tomorrow shows an action in progress at a future moment, so we use the future continuous: will be taking. Not will take, which shows a simple future action, not one in progress at that time.

We use the present continuous for a fixed future arrangement: My boss is receiving some VIPs tomorrow. Not will be received, because that is passive and means the boss will be received by someone.

The main verb Ask is in the present, so the indirect question keeps the future form: when the engineers will finish. Not would, because we only use would after a past verb such as I asked.

We use be going to for plans: He is going to learn French next year. Not are going, because are goes with you, we and they, not he.

Next week shows the future, so we use will + base verb: All the children will go on an excursion next week. Not has gone or goes, because children is plural and the action is in the future.

To ask about an action in progress at a future time (at 6 tomorrow), we use the future continuous: Will you be sleeping at 6 tomorrow? Not will / sleep, which would mean "Will you go to sleep at 6?"

By that time (by 6) shows an action that will be finished before a future moment, so we use the future perfect: will have had. Not had had, because that is the past perfect and refers to the past.

This time tomorrow shows an action in progress at a future moment, so we use the future continuous: shall be + -ing (we shall probably be fishing). Adverbs like probably go between shall and be.

To ask about an action in progress at a particular future time (at 6 tomorrow), we use the future continuous: What will you be doing at 6 tomorrow? Not will / have done, because that shows an action finished before 6.

By the end of the first term shows that the action will be finished before a future time, so we use the future perfect: shall/will have + past participle (shall have read). Not shall read, because that does not show that the reading will be complete by then.

At 6 tomorrow is a point in the future, and we ask what action will be in progress then, so we use the future continuous: What will you be doing at 6 tomorrow? Not did / do, because that is the past.

At 7 in the evening next Sunday is a point in the future, and the action will be in progress then, so we use the future continuous: He will be waiting for you. Not was waiting, because next Sunday is in the future.