near future
I was ... doing my homework when my friend phoned me.
A) on the point of B) about to C) off to
I was ON THE POINT OF doing my homework when my friend phoned me.
No, I don’t think it’s going to snow.
Do you think it’s going to snow?
I have to take maths because I ’ll / ’m going to study an engineering degree at college.
I have to take maths because I'M GOING TO study an engineering degree at college.
What do you do when the exam results are posted?
WRONG!
What WILL you do when the exam results are posted?
What's the question to this answer?
The show starts at 12.
What time does the show start?
When does the show start?
Is he OK? He looks like he's ... to burst into tears.
A) due B) about C) on the point
Is he OK? He looks like he's ABOUT to burst into tears.
Our plane touches down at 19.30.
When does your plane touch down?
We ’ll have / ’re having lunch in the Clarete today.
We 'RE HAVING lunch in the Clarete today.
How much rain falls here by the end of this year?
WRONG!!
How much rain WILL HAVE FALLEN here by the end of this year?
BAD LUCK!
BAD LUCK!
YOU LOSE THE POINTS!
Where are you .... this summer?
A) about to B) due to C) off to
Where are you OFF TO this summer?
Yes, I'll be watching the final tonight.
Will you be watching the final to night?
Can I borrow your phone? I'll/ 'm going to phone dad.
Can I borrow your phone? I'M GOING TO phone dad.
She’s feeling quite anxious about tonight. She thinks the show is being a disaster.
WRONG!!
She’s feeling quite anxious about tonight. She thinks the show WILL BE a disaster.
Right or wrong?
I'll have meet my friend for lunch tomorrow. It's been ages since I last saw him!
Wrong!!
I'M MEETING my friend for lunch tomorrow. It's been ages since I last saw him!
We are ... arrive at 6.15.
A) due to B) on the point C) about to
We ARE DUE TO arrive at 6.
We're staying in a rural house next weekend.
Where are you staying next weekend?
Hurry up! Our plane ’s going to take off / takes off in half an hour.
Hurry up! Our plane TAKES off in half an hour.
BONUS
BONUS
YOU GET THE POINTS!
Dad's plane arrives at 8.00.
It's 8.30 now, his plane will have touched / will touch down.
It's 8.30 now, his plane WILL HAVE TOUCHED down.
She's ... of giving up her project.
A) about to B)on the point C) due to
She's ON THE POINT OF giving up her project.
No, I won't have corrected your tests by Friday.
Will you have corrected the tests by Friday?
So this summer, you won’t have come/ won’t be coming with us to the coast?
So this summer, you WON'T BE COMING with us to the coast?
By this time tomorrow, I'll have corrected your tests.
RIGHT!!
By this time tomorrow, I'll have corrected your tests.
We are ... go on holiday next week.
A) about to B) on the point of C) due to
We are DUE TO go on holiday next week.