English for Phones - Elementary English Course

1. You are riding your bicycle. You are not very good, and you can feel that the bicycle will fall over very soon. You say -

'I will fall!'

'I am falling soon!'

'I am going to fall.'

2. You are going to the shops. Your friend says 'Don't forget the butter!' You say -

'I will remember.'

'I am going to remember.'

'I am remembering.'

3. Your friend asks if you are going to the football match at six o'clock, or if you will still be doing your homework. You say -

'I am going to finish my homework by six.'

'I will have finished my homework by six.'

'I will be finishing my homework by six.'

4. You are doing your homework as fast as you can. Your sister asks you 'Why are you in such a hurry?' You say -

'The football starts at six.'

'The football will have started at six.'

'The football will be going to start at six.'

5. You are looking at the menu in a restaurant. Your friend is having mutton. You decided what you want to eat even before you went into the restaurant, so you say -

'I will be having the fish.'

I will have fish.'

'I am going to have fish.'

6. Someone asks you if you have seen George lately. You have arranged to see him for lunch tomorrow, so you say -

'Actually, I'll have seen him for lunch tomorrow.'

'Actually I have lunch with him tomorrow.'

'Actually, I'm seeing him for lunch tomorrow.'

7. Your friend says he wants to visit you at seven o'clock on Saturday morning. You tell him -

'At that time I will sleep.'

'At that time I will be sleeping.'

'At that time I am going to sleep.'

8. Your friend is coming to see you. She always arrives late, so you tell your brother -

'I think she arrives late.'

'I think she is arriving late.'

'I think she will arrive late.'

9. Your friend is coming to see you. She telephones you to say that her car won't start. You tell your brother -

'She says she arrives late.'

'She says she is going to be late.'

'She says she will have arrived late.'

1. I have arranged to play tennis with Harry tomorrow playing

Harry and tomorrow.

2. I am sure that everything will be all right. to

I am sure that everything all right.

3. I will do some work in the garden this evening will be

This evening I the garden.

4. I will finish this course in November finished

By December this course.

5. Will Susie be at the party? Is

be at the party?


	The future

The future