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be: future The bus will be full.

l/you/he/she/it/we/they will be
U will l/you/she etc be?
D l/you/he etc will not be

Contractions: I'll, you'll etc; won't (= will not)
It will be cold this evening. I'll be at home all day tomorrow.
Where will we be ten years from now? The exam won't be difficult.

^ Look at the table and complete the text. Tomorrow's temperatures

Tomorrow very hot in Cairo. Cairo 35°
It ........................hot in ........................ Rio 30°
........................warm n ........................ Paris 23°
i
........................cold n ........................ London 3°
i
........................very cold in ....................... Moscow -18°

^ Change these sentences to affirmative (Q ) or negative (H) •
► The bus will not be full. ......................

► She'll be late.
1 I'll be sorry....................................................................................

2 It will not be hot..........................................................................
3 We won't be at home...................................................................
4 The shops will be closed..............................................................
5 He'll be in Scotland.......................................................................
6 Lisa will be at school....................................................................

To make future questions with be, we put will before the subject.
STATEMENT Q: We will be late. Her brother will be here at 10.00. The bus will be full.
QUESTION H : Will we be late? When will her brother be here? Will the bus be full?

^ Make questions with will... be ...?
► you/ athome/thisevening . . j??.

► when / lunch / ready ..XY.1^ . ^ . L.L. .!■>« ........................

1 when/your father/in England ........................................................... .
2 Ann/atthe party/with John ...............................................................
3 everybody /here /at 8.00 .....................................................................
4 the train / late/again ...........................................................................
5 when/Joe and Mary / in the office ......................................................
6 the weather/good/tomorrow ...........................................................

7 where/you/on Tuesday .....................................................................

Q Complete the sentences.

1 {your age) This year I am ................................................... In 2000 I ..................
Last year I .................................. Next year ................................... In 20..... I
I
2 (o friend's age) This year he/she................................................... In 2000 ............
Last year.................................... Next year...................................... In 20.........

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full BE AND HAVE 5
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.