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araveg
Spain

HELP
 
      Dear friends,

Could you please have a look at theses exercises about future.
Thanks in advance

1-                                          Mary  says that she (not to come) �IS NOT COMING�������. If Peter is driving.

Peter(not to drive)�ISNOT DRIVING because he has broken his arm

2-Nrs Smith: Your cold is worse, Ann. Go back to bed and I �WILL CALL  .the school to tell them you are ill

 

3-Typist: Are you in a hurry for this letter, Mr Jones?. Because I (type) WILL HAVE �TO HAVE TYPED���������Mr White�s letters at 4 o�clock and if yours could wait

Mr Jones: I�d like it a little earlier that 4 if it�s possible

Typist: All right. I �WILL TYPE �..it for you now

4-                                          Why are you rolling the carpets? �ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT����. The celling? (you/paint)

No, I WILL TAKE . Them to the cleaner�s (take)

5-                                                  I hope that they (REPAIR )�WILL HAVE  REPAIRED���������..this road by the time we come back next summer

6-                                                  I wonder how Jack is getting on with the new secretary

Oh, Jack (not to work) WON�T BE WORKING���������������� here after this week. He�s being transferred.

 

13 Jun 2014      





yanogator
United States

Most of these are correct. In #3, "at 4:00" doesn �t work at all, so there isn �t a way to form the verb.
 
On #4, the response is "No, I �m going to take them to the cleaner �s", since it is already planned, not being decided at the moment.
 
Bruce

13 Jun 2014     



ironik
Australia

I agree, most of them are grammatically correct.
on #3, though:

3-Typist: Are you in a hurry for this letter, Mr Jones?. Because I (type) WILL HAVE TYPED���������Mr White�s letters at 4 o�clock and if yours could wait (I think this should be by 4 o �clock because of perfect tense)

Mr Jones: I�d like it a little earlier that 4 if it�s possible (there �s a typo I guess, it should have been than)

14 Jun 2014     



ironik
Australia

oh, and on 4, celling should be ceiling :) (spelling nazi :D )

14 Jun 2014     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

...And no 1 �won �t come � works just as well.

14 Jun 2014     



FrauSue
France

On number 3, you could say "I will be typing ... at 4 o �clock" to suggest you could type her letter at the same time. You could also say "I �m going to type ... at 4 o � clock" as it is a plan for the near future.

For me, number 1 isn �t wrong as you have it, but I prefer "will not come" / "won �t come" because of the "if".

14 Jun 2014