| Reference Book | Collins Revised English Grammar and Composition Class 7 |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 9 |
| Chapter Name | Expressing the Future |
Let’s get started (Page 58)
Complete this passage on what you will be doing in the future.
Right now, I am ten years old. Ten years from now, I will be twenty years old. I will be a student at a reputed college. I will be studying Science. I will stay in a hostel. In fifteen years, I will be thirty five years old. I will be living in America. I will be working in a Multinational company. In twenty years, I will be fifty five years old.
Underline the correct options to complete the sentences. (Page 59)
1) Are you going to / will you answer the phone for me, please? I’m working.
2) I hope Sachin will / is going to visit us soon.
3) I shall / I‘m going to help you with that in ten minutes.
4) As decided, we will /are going to watch a film tonight.
5) Watch out! That vase will/ is going to fall on you!
6) Please take an umbrella. It looks like it will /is going to rain.
7) If you want, I will / am going to bring a cake for the get-together.
8) Shyam and Ritesh will /are going to collect all the newspaper and recycle them.
B) Read these sentences and write if they refer to present or future actions. (Page 60)
1) The film starts at 8 p.m. tonight. (Future)
2) Tara is having lunch with me in the afternoon. (Future)
3) Our school re-opens after vacations next week. (Future)
4) We are visiting our cousins next week. (Future)
5) The mall closes at 6 p.m. today. (Future)
6) We are having dinner. (Present)
7) I begin my music classes soon. (Future)
8) I visit my friends on weekends. (Present)
C) Fill in the blanks using the future continuous tense of the given verbs. (Page 61)
1) I have severe toothache.I will be visiting the dentist. (Visit)
2) Dina will be coming for the birthday party. (come)
3) We will be spending our holidays in Delhi this year. (spend)
4) We will be getting lots of mangoes from Mumbai. (get)
5) By this next week, I will be working in Singapore. (work)
6) Will you be attending the concert this year? (attend)
7) The Ghosh family will be flying to Kerala this summer. (fly)
8) Will Tandra be staying with you in April? (Stay)
D) Complete the sentences using the future perfect form of the given verbs. (Page 61)
1) Tarun and Aditi will have arrived by this time tomorrow. (arrive)
2) I will have completed my homework by tomorrow. (complete)
3) Daniel will have lodged a complaint against his landlord by this evening (lodge)
4) Sunita’s mother will have packed her lunch before she leaves for work. (pack)
5) The old man will have fed the puppy by noon. (feed)
6) The parrot will have learnt a new song by this next week. (learn)
E) Fill in the blanks using the future perfect continuous form of the given verbs. (Page 61, 62)
1) By next June , we will have been working on the project for three months. (work)
2) I will have been cleaning the house for two hours when it strikes ten. (clean)
3) The class will have been continuing on over one hour by the time the bell rings. (go)
4) Come August, we will have been living in Mumbai for five years. (live)
5) By the time I attend the next school reunion, I will have been working for nearly five years. (work)
6) By 2017, Sarojini will have been performing as a professional singer for a decade. (perform)
7) They will have been staying abroad for two years by this next year. (stay)
8) By today, it will have been raining for three days continuously. (rain)
Lets us write
Vinita is writing a letter to her brother, Sameer. Complete the letter with the stated form of the given verbs. (Page 62)
10, Shaheed Captain Bhan Marg
Delhi – 110092
18 July 2020
Dear Sameer,
How have you been (you be, present perfect)? Will you come (you come, simple future) home next month? I am writing (write, present continuous) to you for some advice. I am thinking (think, present continuous) of taking up a summer job as an intern with an NGO. I will be applying (apply, future continuous) to Help Age India. Do you know (you know, simple present ) of any others that I can (can, simple present) apply to? I will also look (also look, simple future) at other options for summer employment.
By this time next year, I will have been volunteering (volunteer, future perfect continuous) at NGOs for two years. I will have gained (gain, future perfect) useful experience, but I want (want, simple present) to do move.
Since you have done (do, present perfect) such work, please send (send, simple present) me some suggestions.
With love,
Vinita
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