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EXERCISE–A
1.Today after I (get)…. out of class, I (go) …………. to a movie with some friends.
2.When you (arrive) …………. in Stockholm, call my friend Gustav. He (show)……… you around the
city and help you get situated.
3.A: Do you know what you want to do after you (graduate) ………….?
B: After I (receive) ………………. my Master’s from Georgetown University, I (go) …………….. to graduate
school at UCSD in San Diego. I (plan)………. to complete a Ph.D. in cognitive science.
4.If it (snow) …………… this weekend, we (go) ………………. skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5.Your father (plan) ………….. to pick you up after school today at 3:00 o’clock. He (meet)……………..
you across the street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and he cannot be there, I
(pick)…………. you up instead.
6.If the people of the world (stop, not) ………….. cutting down huge stretches of the rain forest, we (experience)……………
huge changes in the environment during the twenty-first century.
7.If Vera (keep) …………. drinking, she (lose, eventually) ……………….. her job.
8.I promise you that I (tell, not) ………………… your secret to anybody. Even if somebody
(ask)…………. me about what happened that day, I (reveal, not)…….. the truth to a single person.
9.She (make) ………………. some major changes in her life. She (quit)…………………….. her job and go
back to school. After she (finish) ……………… studying, she (get)………… a better paying job and buy a
house. She is going to improve her life!
10.Tom (call) ………………. when he (arrive) …………. in Madrid. He (stay)……….. with you for two or
three days until his new apartment (be) ………….. available.
EXERCISE-B
1.Michael: After you (leave) ……. work, will you please drop by the grocery store and pick up some milk.
Marie: No problem, I (pick) …………… up the groceries and be home by 6 o’clock.
Michael: Great. You will probably get home before I (do) ………..
2.Ari: By the time we (get) …………. to the movie theater, the tickets are going to be sold out.
Sarah: Don’t worry. I told Jane we might be arriving just before the movie (start) …………….. She (buy)
…………….. our tickets and meet us in the lobby.
Ari: That place is huge! We (find, never) ……….. her in that crowded lobby.
Sarah: Calm down, we (meet) …………… each other near the entrance.
3.Terry: If the weather (be) ……………. good tomorrow, we will go to the beach.
Jennifer: I have a better idea. If it (be) ………. nice out, we’ll go to the beach; and if it (rain)………..,
we’ll see a movie.
Terry: I guess we will have to wait until we (get) …….. up in the morning to find out what we are going
to do.
4.Max: What are you going to do tomorrow after work?
Sean: I (meet) ……………. some friends at the cafe across the street. Would you like to come along?
Max: No thanks! My brother is coming to town and I (pick) ……………him up from the airport at 7
o’clock.
Sean: We (be, probably) …………… at the cafe until 9 o’clock. Why don’t you join us after you (pick)
………….. him up.
Max: Sounds good. We (see) ……………. you around 8 o’clock.
5.Lucy: I (call) …………… you as soon as I arrive in Dublin.
Dwain: If I am not there when you (call) ………….., make sure to leave a message.
Lucy: I will. And please don’t forget to water my plants and feed the cat.
Dwain: I promise I (take) …………… care of everything while you are in Ireland.
