Phrasal verbs with "off"
to cancel
I think it ___ (rain) tomorrow.
will rain
They will have prepared all the necessary documents before / after the meeting starts.
before
By 7 p.m., she will be cooking / will have cooked dinner.
will have cooked
Add "off" if necessary: The guests __________ (nod) before dessert if you keep telling that boring story.
will nodd off
If you're going to the store, could you ... me off at Mary's house on the way?
At 10 p.m., they ___ (do) their homework.
will be doing
By next Friday, she __________ (pass) her driving test.
At 5 p.m., we will be taking / will have taken the guests to their hotel.
will be taking
Add "off" if necessary: How many employees __________ (be / lay) by the end of the quarter, and who __________ (still / work) in the department?
will have been laid off / will still be working
to not walk on
keep off
This time tomorrow, I ___ (lie) on the beach.
will be lying
I hope I will have finished the report by the time the boss __________ (get) back.
gets
By the time you __________ (get) back, I __________ (return).
get / will have returned
Add "off" if necessary: What time __________ the alarm __________ (go)? I hope it __________ (not / go) off while we’re sleeping.
will the alarm go off / won't go off
Some day I hope to ... off my student loans.
pay
She won't be cooking when the guests ___ .
arrive
By 2026, scientists __________ (develop) a vaccine for that disease.
will have developed
What __________ you __________ (do) at 9 p.m. tonight, and __________ you __________ (finish) your homework by then?
will you be doing / will you have finished
Add "off" if necessary: By the time the plane ______________ (take), the captain __________ already __________ (tell) us to turn our phones off.
takes off, will have already told.
to dismiss from a job
lay off
What __________ she __________ (do) at 10 a.m. tomorrow when the interview __________ (start)?
will she be doing / starts
What __________ they __________ by the end of the year?
will they have achieved
__________ they __________ (complete) the report before the boss arrives, or __________ they still __________ (work) on it this time tomorrow?
Will they have completed / will they still be working
They __________ (not / shave) their beards before the interview; they __________ (show) them ______ proudly during the whole time!
won't have shaved / will be showing them off