Take the following sentences in the passive voice and put them into the active voice..

1. The instructions have been changed. Someone ----has instructions.

2. She will have to be taught. Someone----her.

3. This car was manufactured in Japan by Toyota. Toyota ----this car in Japan.

4. Why aren't the exercises being finished on time? Why ----the exercises on time?

5. Last year 2,000 new units had been produced by the time we introduced the new design. We ---2,000 new units by the time we introduced the new design last year.

6. Casual clothes must not be worn. You ----casual clothes.

7. $400,000 in profit has been reported this year. The company ----$400,000 in profit this year.

8. The test will be given at five o'clock this afternoon. The school ----the test at five o'clock this afternoon.

9. Students are required to wear uniforms at all times. The school ----students to wear uniforms at all times.

10. This rumor must have been started by our competitors. Our competitors ----this rumor.

11. All work will have been completed by five o'clock this evening. You ----all work by five o'clock this evening.

12. We were told to wait here. Someone ----us to wait here.

13. Lunch was being served when we arrived. They ----lunch when we arrived.

14. Lectures are recorded and posted on the Internet. They ----lectures on the Internet.

15. Portuguese has always been spoken in this village. People in this village ----Portuguese..

UNIT VII

Future forms

English has several forms that can refer to the future. The difference between them is not about near or distant future, or about certainty. The speaker chooses a future form depending on when the decision was taken, and how the speaker sees the future event.

We use Future Simple (will) to speak about

a) decisions taken at the moment ofspeaking (on-the-spot decisions)

Since it's getting dark, I'll turn on the light.

b) hopes, fears, threats, offers, promises, warnings, predictions, requests, comments etc, esp. with: expect, hope, believe, I'm sure, I'm afraid, probably etc.

I'm afraid I'll be a little late.

c) actions or predictions which may (not) happen in the future

She'll probably buy the dress, (prediction)

d) actions which we cannot control and will inevitably happen

He will be ten next year.

e) things we are not sure about or haven't decided to do yet

She'll probably be promoted, (not sure yet)

We use “to be going to“ to speak about

a) actions intended to be performed in the near future

She's going to visit her parents tomorrow.

b) planned actions or intentions

Now that they've settled in their new house, they're going to have a party.

c) evidence that some­thing will definitely happen in the near future

Ann is going to have a baby.

Look at the dark clouds in the sky! It's going to rain.

d) things we are sure about or we have already decided to do in the near future

He's going to be promoted. (The boss has decided to do it.)

We use Future Continuous to speak about

a) actions in progress at a stated future time

He'll be sunbathing in Hawaii this time next week

b) actions which are the result of a routine (in­stead of Present Cont.)

I’ll be seeing John tomorrow. (We work in the same office so we'll definitely meet.)

c) when we ask politely about people's arrange­ments to see if they can do sth for us or because we want to offer to do sth for them

Will you be going to the supermarket? Can you buy me some tea?

We use Future Perfect to speak about actions, which will be finished before a stated future time

She will have come back by the end of July.

Note: by or not... until/till are used with Future Perfect. Until/till are normally used with Future Perfect only in negative sentences.

She will have finished by 8 o'clock. (Not: - until/till)

She won't have finished until 8 o'clock.

We use Future Perfect Continuous to speak about duration of an action up to a certain time in the future.

By the end of this year she will have been working here for two years.

We use Present Simple with future meaning to speak about timetables and programmes

The plane reaches London at 9.45.

We use Present Continuous to speak about fixed arrangement in the near future.

Sally is seeing her dentist this week. (Sally has fixed an appointment).

Time expressions used with:

Will/Be Going To/ tomorrow, tonight, next week/month, in two/three etc days, the day after tomorrow

Future Cont. soon, in a week/month etc

Future Perfect before, by, by then, by the time, until (is used only in negative sentences with this tense)

Fut. Perf. Cont. by ... for eg. By next year he will have been working here for two years.

EXERSICES

7.1. Read the situations and complete the sentences using will ('ll) or going to.

1. The phone rings and you answer. Somebody wants to speak to Jim.

CALLER: Hello. Can I speak to Jim, please?

YOU: Just a moment. --- him. (I/get)

2. It's a nice day. You've decided to sit in the garden. Before going outside, you tell your friend.

YOU: The weather's too nice to stay indoors. --- in the garden. (I/sit)

FRIEND: That's a good idea. I think --- you. (I/join)

3. Your friend is worried because she has lost an important letter.

YOU: Don't worry about the letter. I'm sure --- it. (you/find)

FRIEND: I hope so.

4. There was a job advertised in the paper recently. At first you were interested but then you decided not to apply.

FRIEND: Have you decided what to do about that job that was advertised?

YOU: Yes, --- for it. (I/not/apply)

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