Future Simple · Exercises
C2Proficient practice
on the point of, formal notices and subtle future choices.
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- Practice10 exercises at your own pace
- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- C2 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at C2
- Negatives: won’t
- Questions: Will you…?
- will or going to?
- When I get home, I’ll… (time clauses)
- be about to / be due to / on the point of
- Formal will and the passive: will be held
- Assumptions: That’ll be the postman
- Timelines: what the tense means
Need a refresher? Learn the future simple: rules, tables and audio examples.
Sample exercises
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Write the verb in the correct form.
When Emma gets home tonight, she _____ (have) a shower.
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When Emma gets home tonight, she will have a shower.
After when (and when, as soon as, before, after, until, if) use the present simple for the future — not will. The main clause has will.
Write the verb in the correct form.
Once Sam hears the results, he _____ (let) you know.
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Once Sam hears the results, he will let you know.
After once (and when, as soon as, before, after, until, if) use the present simple for the future — not will. The main clause has will.
Choose the correct form.
The report _____ (due to / come) out in May.
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The report is due to come out in May.
be due to + base verb = expected or scheduled (often formal).
Write the verb with will.
My flatmates _____ (have) a shower before they go to bed.
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My flatmates will have a shower before they go to bed.
After before, use the present simple for the future — not will: “before he calls”, not “before he will call”. The other part of the sentence has will (or won’t).
Complete the guess.
It’s Monday morning, so Adam _____ (be) at work.
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It’s Monday morning, so Adam will be at work.
will (’ll) can show a confident guess about now: That’ll be the postman. = I’m sure it’s the postman.
Find the word that is wrong.
Ben willn’t spearhead the new campaign in the summer.
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Ben won’t spearhead the new campaign in the summer.
Negative: won’t (will not) + base verb.