I. Choose the correct answer.
1. I__________ my friends for dinner after work tomorrow.
A. meet B. will meet C. am meeting D. will be meeting
2. Hurry up! The conference__________ in twenty minutes.
A. begins B. will be begun C. will begin D. will be beginning
3. In 30 years’ time we__________ in flying cars.
A. are travelling B. will be travelling
C. are going to travel D. will be travelled
4. __________ longer in the future thanks to medical tech?
A. Will people live B. Do people live
C. Will people be living D. Are people living
5. Let’s meet at ten o’clock tomorrow. - Sorry, I________ at ten o’clock.
A. am working B. am going to work C. will work D. will be working
6. Good Lord! The engine has stopped. I hope the plane________ down!
A. doesn’t go B. won’t go C. won’t be gone D. won’t be going
7. I’ll show them my photos when they__________ round for dinner tomorrow evening.
A. come B. comes C. are Corning D. will come
8. I’ll come over at 8 o’clock tonight. What__________ then?
A. will you do B. are you doing C. do you do D. will you be doing
9. I haven’t made any plans for Easter. I__________ at home.
A. am staying B. am going to stay
C. will probably stay D. will be staying
10. We__________ a picnic next weekend. Would you like to come?
A. have B. are going to have C. will have D. will be having
11. John wants to speak with you. -Please tell him that I__________ him as soon as I’m free.
A. will call B. am calling C. call D. am going to call
12. It__________ when we reach the mountains. Don’t forget to take your anorak jacket.
A. is snowing B. snows C. will snow D. will be snowing
13. There has been a change to schedule and your flight now__________ at 18.40.
A. takes off B. will take off C. is taking off D. will be taken off
14. We______ a press conference about our new discovery on Tuesday.
A. hold B. will hold C. are holding D. will be holding
15. At this time tomorrow I____ to Canada, so I won’t be able to call you.
A. am flying B. am going to fly C. will fly D. will be flying
III. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Just a decade ago, cell phones___________ (primarily/ use) for calling people.
2. While I__________ (write) the email, the Computer suddenly went off.
3. I didn’t go to the movies with my friends as I___ (see) the film already.
4. You can visit me around 7 o’clock tomorrow evening. I______ (not do)
anything important.
5. If _______ (know) sign language, I’d be able to communicate with her.
6. In the future people ___ (communicate) brain-to-brain using telepathy.
7. I wish my phone _______ (have) a better camera so that I could take good pictures.
8. Could you meet me at the bus station? My bus________ (arrive) at six.
9. We intend _________ (go) to Australia next year to visit our daughter.
10. There’s no point ___________ (wait) for her to change her mind.
IV. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. There has been communication________ between my son and myself. (fail)
2. Don’t pay any___________ to what they say. (attend)
3. Being able to communicate___________ is the most important of all life skills. (effect)
4. All that___________ can be conveyed in a simple diagram. (inform)
5. _________with others online can be fun, as long as your teen knows how to stay safe. (chat)
6. Most schools nowadays encourage___________ teaching methods. (interact)
7. I was asked for the first and fifth___________ of my six-character password. (digital)
8. If you want to live a better life, make your life more___________. (mean)
9. Smiling and frowning are examples of facial___________. (express)
10. Video conferencing___________ people in various places to have a meeting. (able)
VI. Choose the correct answer.
1. John would rather ____ free tomorrow.
a. is b. was c. be d. will be
2. I would rather he ____ her to his birthday party last Sunday.
a. have invited b. had invited c. invited d. would invite
3. We’d better take an umbrella with us because it looks as if it ____.
a. is going to rain b. would rain c. is raininff d. rained
4. It’s time we all ____ now.
a. had gone b. go c. should go d. went
5. It’s high time you ____ the tea ready.
a. have got b. got c. get d. had got
6. I don’t like Nick. He talks as if he ____ everything.
a. knew b. had known c. knows d. will know
7. I’d rather you ____ me now.
a. had paid b. is paying c. paid d. pay
8. You’re very selfish. It’s high time you ____ that you’re not the most important person in the world.
a. realize b. had realized c. have realized d. realized
9. When I told them my plan, they looked at me as if I ____ mad.
a. was b. am c. had been d. will be
10. Jack spent his money as if he ____ a lottery.
a. won b. had won c. has won d. wins
11. Peter would rather ____ on a mattress than on the floor.
a. to sleep b. sleeping c. sleep d. have slept
12. The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room ____ around and around.
a. were spinning b. will spin c. spins d. is spinning
13. It’s time for everybody ____ to bed.
a. go b. to go c. goes d. went
14. Did you go to the concert last night? ~ Yes, but I’d rather ____ to the concert.
a. not go b. haven’t gone c. not have gone d. not had gone
15. It was so quiet that it seemed as if the earth ____.
a. had stopped b. would stop c. stopped d. had been stopped
VI. Choose the correct answer.
1. John would rather ____ free tomorrow.
a. is b. was c. be d. will be
2. I would rather he ____ her to his birthday party last Sunday.
a. have invited b. had invited c. invited d. would invite
3. We’d better take an umbrella with us because it looks as if it ____.
a. is ffoiner to rain b. would rain c. is raininff d. rained
4. It’s time we all ____ now.
a. had gone b. go c. should go d. went
5. It’s high time you ____ the tea ready.
a. have got b. got c. get d. had got
6. I don’t like Nick. He talks as if he ____ everything.
a. knew b. had known c. knows d. will know
7. I’d rather you ____ me now.
a. had paid b. is paying c. paid d. pay
8. You’re very selfish. It’s high time you ____ that you’re not the most important person in the world.
a. realize b. had realized c. have realized d. realized
9. When I told them my plan, they looked at me as if I ____ mad.
a. was b. am c. had been d. will be
10. Jack spent his money as if he ____ a lottery.
a. won b. had won c. has won d. wins
11. Peter would rather ____ on a mattress than on the floor.
a. to sleep b. sleeping c. sleep d. have slept
12. The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room ____ around and around.
a. were spinning b. will spin c. spins d. is spinning
13. It’s time for everybody ____ to bed.
a. go b. to go c. goes d. went
14. Did you go to the concert last night? ~ Yes, but I’d rather ____ to the concert.
a. not go b. haven’t gone c. not have gone d. not had gone
15. It was so quiet that it seemed as if the earth ____.
a. had stopped b. would stop c. stopped d. had been stopped