Mixed Future Tenses Exercise | PDF - Free Printable

Let's solve this Future Tenses Exercise step by step. The goal is to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses, using appropriate future tenses (e.g., Simple Future, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous, etc.).

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✔ Rules Recap:

- Simple Future: *will + base verb* or *be going to + base verb*
- Future Continuous: *will be + present participle*
- Future Perfect: *will have + past participle*
- Future Perfect Continuous: *will have been + present participle*
- Present Simple for scheduled events (e.g., timetables)
- Present Continuous for planned future events
- "When" / "After" / "Before" clauses: Use Present Simple for future time.

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Now let’s go through each sentence:

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1. The train ________ (to arrive) at 12:30.
→ Scheduled event → arrives
✔ arrives

2. We ________ (to have) dinner at a seaside restaurant on Sunday.
→ Planned future event → are having (present continuous)
✔ are having

3. It ________ (to snow) in Brighton tomorrow evening.
→ Prediction → will snow
✔ will snow

4. On Friday at 8 o'clock I ________ (to meet) my friend.
→ Specific future time → am meeting (present continuous for plans)
✔ am meeting

5. Paul ________ (to fly) to London on Monday morning.
→ Scheduled plan → is flying
✔ is flying

6. Wait! I ________ (to drive) you to the station.
→ Immediate offer → will drive
✔ will drive

7. The English lesson ________ (to start) at 8:45.
→ Timetable → starts
✔ starts

8. Are you still writing your essay? If you ________ (to finish) by 4pm, we can go for a walk.
→ Conditional future → finish (present simple in conditional)
✔ finish

9. I ________ (to see) my mother in April.
→ Future plan → am seeing or will see (both acceptable; but "am seeing" implies planned)
✔ am seeing (more natural)

10. Look at the clouds – it ________ (to rain) in a few minutes.
→ Prediction based on evidence → is going to rain
✔ is going to rain

11. When they ________ (to get) married in March, they ________ (to be) together for six years.
→ First blank: future event → get
Second: future perfect → will have been
✔ get, will have been

12. You're carrying too much. I ________ (to open) the door for you.
→ Offer → will open
✔ will open

13. Do you think the teacher ________ (to mark) our homework by Monday morning?
→ Future completion → will have marked (future perfect)
✔ will have marked

14. When I ________ (to see) you tomorrow, I ________ (show) you my new book.
→ Future event → see (present simple), will show
✔ see, will show

15. After you ________ (to take) a nap, you ________ (to feel) a lot better.
→ Future action → take (present simple), will feel
✔ take, will feel

16. I'm sorry but you need to stay in the office until you ________ (to finish) your work.
→ Time clause → finish (present simple)
✔ finish

17. I ________ (to buy) the cigarettes from the corner shop when it ________ (to open).
→ Future action after another → will buy, opens
✔ will buy, opens

18. I ________ (to let) you know the second the builders ________ (to finish) decorating.
→ Immediate future → will let, finish
✔ will let, finish

19. Before we ________ (to start) our lesson, we ________ (to have) a review.
→ Future sequence → start, will have
✔ start, will have

20. We ________ (to wait) in the shelter until the bus ________ (to come).
→ Future waiting → will wait, comes
✔ will wait, comes

21. I'm very sorry Dr. Jones ________ (not be) back in the clinic until 2pm.
→ Future state → won't be
✔ won't be

22. This summer, I ________ (to live) in Brighton for four years.
→ Duration up to that point → will have lived (future perfect)
✔ will have lived

23. I don't think you ________ (to have) any problems when you land in Boston.
→ Prediction → will have
✔ will have

24. The baby should be due soon, next week she ________ (to be) pregnant for nine months.
→ Completion by a future time → will have been (future perfect)
✔ will have been

25. By the time we get home, they ________ (to play) football for 30 minutes.
→ Action will be ongoing → will have been playing (future perfect continuous)
✔ will have been playing

26. In three years I ________ (to live) in a different country.
→ Future state → will be living (future continuous)
✔ will be living

27. When you ________ (to get) off the train, I ________ (to wait) for you by the ticket machine.
→ Future event → get, will be waiting
✔ get, will be waiting

28. _______ (to take) your children with you to France?
→ Question about future plan → Will you take
✔ Will you take

29. This time next week I ________ (ski) in Switzerland!
→ Future activity at specific time → will be skiing (future continuous)
✔ will be skiing

30. Now I ________ (to check) my answers.
→ Present action → am checking
✔ am checking

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✔ Final Answers:

1. arrives
2. are having
3. will snow
4. am meeting
5. is flying
6. will drive
7. starts
8. finish
9. am seeing
10. is going to rain
11. get, will have been
12. will open
13. will have marked
14. see, will show
15. take, will feel
16. finish
17. will buy, opens
18. will let, finish
19. start, will have
20. will wait, comes
21. won't be
22. will have lived
23. will have
24. will have been
25. will have been playing
26. will be living
27. get, will be waiting
28. Will you take
29. will be skiing
30. am checking

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📝 Summary of Key Tense Usage:

- Present Simple: Scheduled events (trains, classes).
- Present Continuous: Fixed future plans.
- Will + base verb: Predictions, spontaneous decisions, offers.
- Be going to: Predictions based on evidence.
- Future Perfect: Actions completed before a future time.
- Future Continuous: Ongoing actions in the future.
- Future Perfect Continuous: Duration up to a future point.

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