The present continuous, the future 43 exercise 1fill in the blanks with the words you hear to complete the conversation between a 59yearold man a and the manager of a retirement home b. Grammar test present continuous for future arrangements. Exercise 1 trip to new york city and other arrangements. Predictions we use will to talk about something we think that will happen i think he ll win the election. A second function employs this structure to refer to plans or to future events. Present continuous and be going to exercise be going to for personal plans im going to study arabic in september present continuous for plans with other people arrangements, appointments im seeing an old friend on wednesday 1 fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets using either the be going to or the present continuous. I wish i could visit you, but i manage a very important project. Will gerunds and infinitives have possession have to however indefinite pronouns. Say if the present continuous expresses a an activity happening now or b a planned future arrangement. Two gap filling exercises using the correct form of future present continuous for future arrangements going to form will.
Future going towillpresent continuousenglish learn english. Present continuous and be going to exercise autoenglish. The worksheet covers typical incorrect sentences with future simple, going to, future perfect, future continuous, and present continuous tenses. English exercise future going towillpresent continuous created by anonyme with the. Ss have to find out which people are going out together tonight. Present simple for habits and things that are generally true. The present continuous has a function related to a synchronic present. Future plans going to, present continuous for future.
We can substitute the going to future with the present progressive when using an expression of time. Grammar test present continuous for future arrangements do the test then write down your score. Be going to and present continuous macmillan education. Difference between present continuous and be going to. Unit 1 for 8th grade present perfect vs past simple unit 2 present perfect vs past simple. Present simple and continuous with a future meaning exercise present simple for timetables the flight leaves at 11 am.
Download printable version pdf have you heard the news. Present continuous vs future simple tests englishteststore. The students begin by completing sentences on the worksheet with verbs in brackets with will, be going to or using the present continuous. Here is an engaging future tense activity to help students practice the future forms. The objective of this set of exercises is to help you identify and express yourself in terms of future with it. Future plans going to, present continuous for future learn english with kt. Present continuous for plans with other people arrangements, appointments. Choose the correct for of the verbs in parentheses to fill in the blanks. English esl future continuous worksheets most downloaded. Present continuous for future arrangements eltbase. They are mostly the mistakes that my students do during my lessons and usually occur when students want to form future tenses. So, for example, if we say that something is happening or going to happen, it is usually already decided or planned we are going to get new windows we are getting new windows as you can see, both sentences express nearly the same idea.
Will, going to, simple present and present continuous. Both going to and present continuous are used to talk about future actions and events that have some present reality. Consider extending this exercise by having your learners compare their answers by. We are watch ing a tennis match at 2 oclock we are going to watch a tennis match at 2 oclock. Put each verb in brackets into the future simple or the future continuous. Future simple vs going to future learn english tenses lesson 6. Future tenses common mistakes worksheet photocopiables. Twitter share english exercise future going towillpresent continuous created by anonyme with the test builder. Practice the present continuous with scenes from tv shows. Download printable version pdf please use short forms e. Read the questions below and decide which answer best fits each space. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. We also can use be going to to make predictions about the future, which are based on observa tions in the present.
English esl future will going to present continuous. I give a speech at my friends wedding on friday at seven. Well, first, i to meet karen at the train station at 4. English grammar lesson online for advanced level students or teachers a view on the different ways to express future. In many cases, we can use both present progressive and be going to to talk about the future. Activities to revise the future with will, be going to, present simple and present continuous. Complete with a future will, be going to, present continuous. Future tenses exerciseswill,be going to and present continuous. Present progressive and be going to english grammar. Future going to or present continuous interactive worksheet. Use going to future or present continuous for future. Be going to and present continuous esl activities, games. We use them to talk about our intentions and plans.
Future forms will, be going to, present continuous. Present continuous for future multiple choice test 1. This worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with unit 3. Type in the verbs in the future progressive at this time tomorrow, we fly to new york. Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect exercises future perfect continuous. Write the will form or the present continuous for future form of the verbs in brackets. There is only little difference between the two sentences. Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect exercises future perfect continuous home. Students english file students site preintermediate third edition grammar file 3 lesson b going to, present continuous 1 grammar. Divide the students into groups of four and give each student a copy of the worksheet. Making plans easy english conversation practice esl.
This mind map is an overview of the verbs used in the future tense. Put the verbs into the correct form will, going to, simple present or present progressive. Present continuous tense used to express actions in the future and the going to form. You do not use the present continuous for predictions, only be going to. Present continuous for arrangements im playing tennis on thursday evening 1 fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets using either the present simple or present continuous. The four basic future tenses present simple, present continuous, be going to and will are all shown on one page. Lesson b going to, present continuous 1 english file. Present simple and continuous with a future meaning exercise. He will be a good doctor we use be going to to talk about something that is very near to happen or that we see is going to happen there is present evidence. To talk about something that will definitely happen in the future because it is inevitable, we.