The Future Simple
We use the future simple to talk about things that will happen in the coming time.
The words that indicate the future simple :
Tomorrow / next week /next month /next year /tonight /soon
How to conjugate a verb in the future simple: will + verb ( stem form ) ‘ll + verb ( stem form )
Examples :
- I will visit you tomorrow. She’ll arrive tonight. The pupils will have an exam soon.
Negative Form : will not + verb ( stem form ) won’t + verb ( stem form )
Examples :
- He will not travel tomorrow. I won’t go with you next time.
Exercise : Give the right form of the verb.
1- My friends ( to come )……………….and visit me tonight. 2- They ( not to be )………………..happy tomorrow. 3- My son ( not to do ) ………………….his homework every night.
4- Amina ( not to be ) ……………..always serious at work. 5- I ( to read )………….a funny story last night.
6- My children ( not to study)………………….yesterday. 7- This actor always ( to please ) …………me
8- Both Thomas Edison and Louis Pasteur ( to be )………scientists. 9- This ( not to be ) …………the moment of joking. 10- He ( to be )……………..fine soon.
Exercise : Put the verb in the correct form.
Paul and Peter ( to be )………intimate friends.They ( to like )…………..each other very much.They
( to meet )………….for the first time at university in 2001.They ( to study )……………in the same class and they ( to help )……………each other until they ( to finish )…………..their studies and ( to get )…………….
Their diplomas in 2005.They ( to start )………….work together as teachers at the same high school in 2006.
Three years ago, Paul ( to have )…………..an accident and ( to be )……….hospitalized .Peter ( not to save )
……………………any effort to stand by him in that trouble.At present,Paul ( to be )………..fine and his friend always ( to visit )……………him and ( to do )…………….all what he can to help him.Next month,paul and Peter ( to travel )………………………..to Paris.They ( to visit )……………………this beautiful town.They
( to see )…………………the Eiffel Tower and many other monuments,but they ( not to stay )……………….
For a long time there.