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1. I feel terrible. I think __________ for half an hour.
a) I'll lie down
b) I'm going to lie down
c) I'm lying down
d) I lie down

2. I don't feel very well. I think __________ sick.
a) I'll be
b) I'm going to be
c) I'm being
d) I be sick

3. The train __________ at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning so I'll have to get up really early.
a) will leave
b) is going to leave
c) is leaving
d) leaves

4. Please drive carefully. I'm worried __________ an accident.
a) you'll have
b) you have
c) you're having
d) you have

5. A: Want to play basketball this afternoon? B: No I can't. __________ my tutor about my

homework.

a) I'll meet
b) I would meet
c) I'm meeting
d) I meet

6. I can't wait for the Easter holidays. __________ round Europe. I got my tickets last week.
a) I'll travel
b) I would travel
c) I'm travelling
d) I travel

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ANSWERS:

1.

I feel terrible. I think __________ for half an hour.

a) I'll lie down – Correct. One use of 'will' is when we make a decision at the time of

speaking.

b) I'm going to lie down – 'Going to' suggests that the decision to lie down was made before

speaking. However, in this sentence, the phrase 'I think' suggests that the decision is being

made at the same time as speaking.

c) I'm lying down – The present continuous is used to express future plans. However, in the

sentence, the phrase 'I think' suggests that the decision is being made at the same time as

speaking.

d) I lie down – The present simple is used to express future schedules or timetables.

2. I don't feel very well. I think __________ sick.

a) I'll be – 'Will' is used for instant decisions or for predictions without evidence. This

sentence is a prediction with evidence, 'I don't feel very well', so a different form is

necessary.

b) I'm going to be – Correct. 'Going to' is used for predictions when there is some

evidence in the present. In this case, 'I don't feel very well' is evidence to suggest

being sick in the future.

c) I'm being – The present continuous is used for future plans.

d) I be sick – This phrase is grammatically incorrect.

3. The train __________ at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning so I'll have to get up really early.

a) will leave – This sentence describes a future schedule. 'Will' is not used for schedules.

b) is going to leave – This sentence describes a future schedule. 'Going to' is not used for

schedules.

c) is leaving – This sentence describes a future schedule. The present continuous is used for

future plans.

d) leaves – Correct. The present simple is used to describe a future schedule or timetable.

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4. Please drive carefully. I'm worried __________ an accident.

a) you'll have – Correct. One use of 'will' is for prediction without any evidence to

suggest it.

b) you'd have – This phrase uses the wrong tense.

c) you're having – Present continuous is used to express future plans.

d) you have – Present simple is used to describe future schedules or timetables.

5. A: Want to play basketball this afternoon? B: No I can't. __________ my tutor about my

homework.

a) I'll meet – 'Will' is used to describe instant decisions at the time of speaking. The meeting

with the tutor was planned before the time of speaking.

b) I would meet – 'Would + base verb' is not used like this to describe future plans.

c) I'm meeting – Correct. The meeting with the tutor was planned before the invitation

to play basketball. Present continuous is used to express plans.

d) I meet – Present simple is used to express future schedules.

6. I can't wait for the Easter holidays. __________ round Europe. I got my tickets last week.

a) I'll travel – The trip around Europe has been planned. 'Will' is not used to describe plans

but it is used to describe instant decisions made at the same time as speaking.

b) I would travel – 'Would + base verb' is not used like this to describe future plans.

c) I'm travelling – This is correct. Present continuous is used to express future plans.

d) I travel – Present simple is used for future timetables.

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