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the Future Continuous:Kudjo’s dreams about next summer
1 This time in June I /not breathe/ bad city air, I /enjoy/fresh air in the country.
2 By the beginning of the summer we /leave/ the city for the country.
3 All summer days I /kid/ around, /go/ home and /leave/ home whenever I want.
4 I /chase/ cockerels and bulls from morning to evening.
5 I /swim/ in ponds, lakes and bogs.
6 By the end of the summer I /catch/ all the frogs in our pool.
7 I /protect/ our huge territory from cat trespassers.
8 I /become/ bigger and stronger, my claws and fangs /become/ sharper by the end of the summer.
9 I /eat/ grilled meat and fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
10 By the end of my summer vacation I /find/ all the toys that I hid last summer.
11 I /become/ friends with all the horses in the village by the time I leave for the city.
EXERCISE 5
Put the verb in brackets in the correct future form and say if you believe it or not:
The future as Kudjo sees it:
1 In twenty five years’ time people and their dogs /travel/ to other planets on a holiday.
2 By the end of this century robots /replace/ people but won’t have replaced dogs.
3 In seventy years’ time dogs /control/ all animals.
4 By the end of the century cats /become/ dogs’ pets.
5 In five years’ time dogs /eat/ only raw meat and fish as much as they wish while people /eat/ dried food.
6 In forty years’ time all people /speak/ the Doggish language.
7 By the beginning of the next century dogs /become/ the presidents of all countries.
8 By next year dogs /start/ getting some pocket money for toys and treats.
9 By 2050 dogs /have/ robot servants.
10 In ten years’ time there will be no zoos and all animals /live/ in the wild.
11 By 3000 the planet Earth /turn/ into the planet of Dogs.
EXERCISE 6
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of Continuous and Perfect Tenses and guess the last word of the sentence:
1 Next weekend Kudjo /spend/ as usual: he /sleep/, /read/,/walk/ and *****.
2 Now he /lie/ with his eyes open, /think/ of eating something yummy or /do/ something *****.
3 Kudjo /do/ that jigsaw puzzle for two hours when I /trip/ over that picture and *****.
4 Kudjo /try/ to understand the neighbour’s cat but he couldn’t get her *****.
5 He /play/ with his new toy since the morning and /wake/ up *****.