A. Read the short extract from the interview and recognize any constructions expressing Future Actions.

Future Simple
Formation	will + V1 Youwill make a good impression on your employer. He will surf the Internet tomorrow.
Question form	will + subject + V1 Will youmake a good impression on your employer? Will he surf the Internet tomorrow?
Negative form	will + not (won’t) + V1 You won’t make a good impression on your employer. He won’t surf the Internet tomorrow.
Usage	future facts and predictions
Signal words	tomorrow
Present Progressive
Formation	be (am, are, is) + Ving I am going to my new workplace tonight. He is visiting a job interview.
Question form	be (am, are, is) + subject + Ving Am I going to my new workplace tonight? Is he visiting a job interview?
Negative form	be (am, are, is) + not + Ving I am not going to my new workplace tonight. He is not visiting a job interview.
Usage	personal arrangements and plans, particularly when the time and place are known
Present Simple
Formation	V1, V-s/-es (for 3d person singular) Job interview starts at 9 o’clock. Deadlines end July, 12.
Question form	do/does + subject + V1 Does job interview start at 9 o’clock? Do deadlines end July, 12?
Negative form	do + not (don’t)/does + not (doesn’t) + V1 Job interview doesn’t start at 9 o’clock. Deadlines don’t end July, 12.
Usage	schedules and timetables
to be going to = to be about to
Formation	be (am, are, is) + going to I am going to discuss my projects on Monday. They are going to leave the office soon.
Question form	be (am, are, is) + subject + going to Am I going to discuss my projects on Monday? Are they going to leave the office soon?
Negative form	be (am, are, is) + not + going to I am not going to discuss my projects on Monday. They are not going to leave the office soon.
Usage	things we plan to do, or have planned to do, predictions based on what we can see now

A. Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using either to be going to or will form of the future tense.

1) Sally: There is no paper left!

Betty: Oh, I (to get) some from the shop.

2) The population of Valencia (to reach) 2 million by the year 2010, the report says.

3) Boss: I told you to type this document today.

Employee: Sorry, Mr. Smith, I forgot. I (do) it after lunch.

4) Sally: Why don't we meet for coffee on Friday morning?

Willy: Sorry. I can't. I (to have) a job interview then.

5) "Tomorrow (to be) a bright and sunny day everywhere in Spain, except in Madrid," said the weatherwoman.

6) Look at that big black cloud. I think it (to rain).

7) Sally: What are your plans for the week-end?

Betty: Brad Snow, my employer phoned. I (to get ready) for our annual meeting.

8) Betty: Have you booked the flights yet?

Sally: Don't worry. It's all organized. I (to go) to the travel agent's tomorrow morning. You (to go) certainly to your business trip.

9) In the future people (to work) less.

10) If we miss the bus, we (to take) a taxi.

B. Put the verb into the most suitable form with future meaning, Present progressive or Present simple.

1) We (to have) a corporate party next Saturday. Would you like to come?

2) I (not to go) away for my holidays next month because I haven’t got enough money. They haven’t paid me holiday pay yet. (You/to go) away?

3) Our first job interview this afternoon (to start) exactly at 3:30.

4) George, is it true that you (to work) overtime next week?

5) My seasonal work (to start) May, 25 and (to end) October, 25.

6) What time the (next shift/to end)?

7) Ann, we (to go) to town. (You/to come) with us?

8) Don’t make any plans I (to surf) the Net tonight.

9) Our after-hours activities usually (to start) after 8 p.m.

10) I (to look for) a position of a banker.

C. Put the words into the correct order paying attention to the usage of tenses denoting future actions.

1) Doing/I/ course paper/am/ with/ in the evening/ my father.

2) Company /in our /seasonal overtime/ /starts/ May, 1.

3) Going/a new /vacancy/I am/to find/ my sister-in law/for.

4) You/to place/where/going/your/are/new/ job advertisement?

5) Arrive/your employer/does/when?

6) Colleagues/ for Madrid/are/my/in the next few days/leaving.

7) Become/next year/will/I/a good specialist.

8) With/Playing/our partners/volleyball match/are/tonight/we.

9) Is/to do/ironing/nobody/the/going.

10) Having/friends/we/for dinner/are /tonight.