Future Simple · Exercises
B2Upper intermediate practice
When / as soon as + present, evidence and formal will.
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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
- B2 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 B2
- Negatives: won’t
- Questions: Will you…?
- Short answers
- Predictions: I think it’ll…
- Offers, promises and instant decisions
- going to: plans and evidence
- will or going to?
- When I get home, I’ll… (time clauses)
- Shall I…? / Shall we…?
- be about to / be due to / on the point of
- Formal will and the passive: will be held
- 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 with will.
Jack _____ (buy) bread before the shop closes.
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Jack will buy bread before the shop closes.
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).
Find the word that is wrong.
Priya are going to sign the contract first thing tomorrow.
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Priya is going to sign the contract first thing tomorrow.
going to: am / is / are + going to + base verb. Here: is going to.
Choose the correct form.
My uncle _____ (about to / pick) up the kids from school.
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My uncle is about to pick up the kids from school.
be about to + base verb = very soon, any moment now.
Write the verb with will.
Grace _____ (tidy) the house before the guests arrive.
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Grace will tidy the house before the guests arrive.
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).
Write the verb with going to.
We _____ (give) a presentation the day after tomorrow.
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We are going to give a presentation the day after tomorrow.
going to: am / is / are + going to + base verb. Here: are going to.
Which sentence matches the timeline?
(Timeline: At a time in the future)
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They will study for an exam.
“will study” is the future simple (will + base form): at a time in the future.