Chapter 11-Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Vocabulary Worksheets
by Rachel Spack Koch
Beginning Level
Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

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Chapter 11Expressing Future Time, Part 2
1. May, might and will

2. Future time with will
3. Vocabulary review
4. Predicitions
6. Reading: Job OpeningAssistant Tour Guide
7. Reading: Job OpeningLegal Assistant
8. Reading: A Job Problem
9. Future time
10. Vocabulary review: Opposites
12. Whats the right meaning?
15. Scrambled letters
16. Crossword
Answer Key
Word List
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2
Worksheet 1. May, might and will

Check the meaning of each sentence -- sure or unsure.
1. We might go surfing next weekend.
O sure
O unsure
2. We may go out tonight.
O sure
O unsure
3. Sandy will work late tonight.
O sure
O unsure
4. Grandma will be 90 years old on May 16.
O sure
O unsure
5. Our teacher may give us a surprise quiz.
O sure
O unsure
6. Maybe it will snow tonight.
O sure
O unsure
7. Sam and Jim wont join us tonight.
O sure
O unsure
8. Julia may get a promotion.
O sure
O unsure
9. Ill see you tomorrow.
O sure
O unsure
10. It will be a great party, for sure.
O sure
O unsure
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Worksheet 2. Future time with will

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word from the word pool and write it in
the blank space.
announce
check
fall
fasten
get
give
land
serve
stand
1. When the taxi arrives, well _______________________________ in and

go to the airport.
2. After we arrive at the airport, well ___________________________ in at
the airline ticket counter.
3. After they check our passports, theyll ____________________________
us our boarding passes.
4. Before we go to our gate, well _______________________________ in a
long line to go through security.
5. When they _______________________________ the flight, well get on
the plane.
6. Before the plane takes off, well _____________________________ our
seat belts.
7. The flight attendant will _______________________________ snacks
and drinks.
8. If I dont _______________________________ asleep, Ill
work on my laptop.
9. We will _______________________________ in Sao Paulo
after we fly for seven hours,
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Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review

Circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in
bold.
1. The president is going to announce the new plan on TV tonight.
a. tell the people about something officially
b. cancel
2. Will you join us for dinner on Saturday?
a. go somewhere to be with someone
b. enjoy
3. After you arrive at a hotel, you check in.
a. go to the desk and inform them of your arrival.
b. pay
4. When you get in your car, fasten your seat belt right
away.
a. do something quickly
b. close two pieces of something together
5. The plane is going to take off on time.
a. leave the land
b. arrive safely on land
6. The plane will land a half-hour late.
a. leave the land
b. arrive safely on land
7. They dont serve meals on planes any more.
a. cook
b. give
8. This movie is very boring. Im going to fall asleep.
a. sleep for a long time
b. begin to sleep
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Worksheet 4. Predictions
Here are six predictions made by famous people. Read the predictions. Then circle
True if the prediction came True and False if the prediction turned out to be false.
1. "I think there will be a world market for five computers,
more or less." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
2. "It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman
will become Prime Minister."
--Margaret Thatcher, 1974.
3.
"No one will ever build a bigger plane."

--A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin-
True / False
True / False
True / False
engine plane that holds ten people, 1933.

4. "Television may be possible technically, but
commercially and financially it is impossible."
True / False
--Lee DeForest, inventor, 1926

5. "Drill for oil? Will you drill into the ground to try and
find oil? You're crazy." --Workers whom Edwin L. Drake
True / False
tried to hire for his project to drill for oil in 1859.

6. "We don't like their sound, and guitar
music is on the way out."
-Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles,1962
True / False
crazy = strange and not sensible

drill = make a hole in something with a special tool
hire = pay someone to do a job
more or less = almost, about, not exactly
on the way out = not going to be popular any more
reject = refuse, say no to
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Check the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase that is given.
1. world market
O a large department store
O markets all over the world
2. more or less
O approximately
O a large amount
3. twin-engine plane
O a plane with ten engines
O a plane with two engines
4. flight
O an insect
O a trip of an airplane
5. financial
O about money
O about science
6. drill (noun)
O a machine
O a liquid
7. crazy
O terrific
O very strange and not sensible
8.
9.
10.
hire
O find
O pay someone to work
reject
O accept
O say no to
on the way out

O becoming popular
O becoming unpopular
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Worksheet 6. Reading: Job Opening Assistant Tour Guide

Read the job ad. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word from the word
pool and write it in the blank space.
friendly
hiring
firing
join
outdoors
strength
strong
wild
Job Opening: Assistant Tour Guide

Do you want adventure? If you do, _________________
the High Adventure Travel Company. We are
______________________ people now to be assistant
tour guides on safaris in Africa next year.
If you like to be ______________________ and you know something about
______________________ animals, this job may be perfect for you.
For this job, you will need ______________________ and endurance. Its
also very important to have a ______________________ and outgoing
personality.
For more information, call 555-3456 or see our website: www.Adtravco.com
safari = a trip to see or hunt wild animals, especially in Africa

endurance = ability to do something painful or difficult for a long time
outgoing = warm and sociable
personality = the way a person always acts and thinks
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Worksheet 7. Reading Job Opening: Legal Assistant

Read the ad. Then do the Worksheet on the next page.
Job Opening: Legal Assistant

Lewison and Clarke, an important law firm, is looking
for
an assistant to two top lawyers.
The position requires experience in the field of
criminal law. The person will need to organize the law
office, to deal with clients, and to have excellent computer skills.
Before the firm considers your application, you will need to have three
Recent references. Lewison and Clarke will hire a top person and will pay a
Top salary. If you wish to apply for this position, call Anna McCoy at 5559889.
experience = something that you know because you did it for a long time
consider= think about
recent= happened or started only a short time ago
references= letters about you from employers before now
Worksheet 7, page 2
Complete the sentences. Write the correct word in the blank space.
application
lawyer
apply
organize
assistant
position
client
crime
require
skill
deal
top
1.
A __________________________ works in a law firm.
2.
The person who helps me in my office is my ____________________.
3.
A high salary is a ______________________ salary.
4.
A job is a __________________________.
5.
Another word for need is _______________________.
6.
Criminal law is about _______________________.
7.
If you put something in good order, you _______________________ it.
8.
When you do the necessary things for customers - when you listen to
them, talk to them, help them - you _____________________ with
them.
9.
A person who gets professional services or advice from you is your

___________________________ .
10.
If you do something well, you have a _________________________ in it.
11.
When you want a company to hire you, you _______________________

to the company. The company gives you a paper with
questions, and
you answer these questions. This paper
is an ___________________.
Worksheet 8. Reading: A Job Problem

Read the email from Kim to Dan. Then do the Worksheet on the next page.
A Job Problem
Hey, Dan! I may get a promotion at work. I may become department
head! That sounds good, but there is a problem.
Carol -- my coworker and very good friend -- told me something in
confidence a couple of months ago: the current department head is going
to retire, and she wants his job.
Well, the vice-president of the company offered ME the job last Friday. He
didnt say anything to Carol or to anyone else. He wants me as department
head. It was a big surprise to me. Carol does not know about this!
If I tell Carol about the offer, she might be angry.
If I dont tell Carol about the offer, she will be angry for sure.
If I accept this job, Carol will be very upset,
If I dont accept the job, I will be very upset.
If I dont accept the job, the vice-president wont ask Carol anyway.
What will I do? What is the right thing to do?
Worksheet 8, page 2
Complete the sentences. Circle the correct completions.
1. If you get a promotion at work, you get a more important (class / job).
2. A department head is the (assistant / leader) of a department.
3. When you say that something sounds good, it means that something
(is certainly good / is probably good).
4. Someone tells you something in confidence. That means that it is (false / a
secret).
5. Current means something that (always happens / is happening now).
6. In business, someone makes you (an offer / a job) when they want to do
business with you. They are going to give you something that you want.
7. When you (accept / reject) an offer, you say, Yes to it.
8. A person retires when he (is sick / isnt going to work any more).
9. A vice-president is the next step (above / below) the president of a
company.
10. When something happens and you didnt expect it, its a (crime /
surprise)
11. A person who is upset is (happy / unhappy) about something.
12. He wont ask Carol anyway means that he wont ask Carol (in any case /
soon).
Worksheet 9. Future time

Here are messages from some fortune cookies. Which messages do you like? Circle
Yes if you like the message. Circle No if you dont like the message.
1. You will be successful in your career.
2. You are going on a long trip.
3. You will be old before you get married.

4. You will be lucky in love.
Yes / No
Yes / No
Yes / No
Yes / No
5. After you are married for two years, you will have your first child.
6. Your brother-in-law might live with you.
Yes / No
Yes / No
7. If you work hard, youll succeed. If you are lazy, youll fail.
Yes / No
8. If you invest your money wisely, you will be rich. Yes / No
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Worksheet 10. Vocabulary review: Opposites

Complete the sentences in Column A with words that are opposites. Write the letter
of the correct word in Column B in the blank space in Column A.
Column A
Column B
1.
The opposite of lucky is ____.
a. bottom
2.
The opposite of upset is ____.
b. unfriendly
3.
The opposite of accept is ___.
c. fire
4.
The opposite of top is ____.
d. boss
5.
The opposite of hire is ____.
e. indoors
6.
The opposite of more or less is ____.
f. unlucky
7.
The opposite of outgoing is ____.
g. reject
8.
The opposite of succeed is ____.
h. happy
9.
The opposite of assistant is ____.
i. exactly
10.
The opposite of outdoors is ____.
j. fail
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Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the sentence that is given. Write
the letter in the blank space.
1. Mark is successful in his work. _______
a. Mark is busy.
b. Mark gets what he wants and has respect.
c. Mark often travels.
2. The actor died in 2006 after a long career. _______
a. The actor died after a long illness.
b. The actor died after many years of study.
c. The actor died after many years of work in his profession.
3. Were going to take a short trip to Bermuda. _______
a. Were going to travel on business.
b. Were going to be there for a few days.
c. Were going to spend the spring in Bermuda.
4. Were lucky with the weather this weekend. _______
a. The weather is good.
b. The weather is bad.
c. We are not sure about the weather.
5. I love my mother-in-law. She is really nice. _______
a. I love my mother.
b. I love the mother of my husband / wife.
c. I love the sister of my mother.
6. Sal might get fired because he is lazy at work.
_______
a. Sal may lose his job.
b. Sal will lose his job for sure.
c. Sal doesnt feel well.
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Worksheet 11, page 2

7. If you invest $100 in a bank at 5% interest per year, at the end of the
year you will have some money. _______
a. You will have $105
b. You will have $150
c. You will have $95
8. Louis acted very wisely. _______
a. Louis acted badly.
b. Louis acted stupidly.
c. Louis acted in an intelligent way.
9. One hundred years from now, we will be in a different century. ______
a. We will be in the 21st century.
b. We might be in the 22nd century.
c. We will be in the 22nd century.
9. By then, people might live to be 120 years old.
a. People can live
b. People will live a long time.
c. People may live a long time.
_______
11. We are planning to sail around the world in our sailboat. That little
thing? You must be crazy! _______
a. Your idea is not wise.
b. Youre lucky.
c. Im sure youll succeed.
12. A: How about dinner and a movie tonight? Sounds good to me! ______
a. I like the idea.
b. Please repeat. I didnt hear you.
c. Please turn on the TV.
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Worksheet 12. Whats the right meaning?

The second sentence in each item has an error in meaning. Find the error in the
word or phrase and cross it out. Write the correction above the error.
You may use these words as corrections:
current
deal
exactly
fail
fired
hired
outgoing
retire
wise
1. When you multiply 325 by 10, you get more or less 3250.
1. Jeffrey never studies, and he sleeps in class. He is going to succeed in

his physics course.
2. Im really happy! The company fired me, and I will get a top salary!
3. Dick Harris is 64 years old. He is going to begin his career next year.
4. Im really upset. My company hired me!

5. Marys very friendly to everyone. Shes shy.
6. Jack isnt good with customers. He doesnt eat well with them. He
doesnt understand them and he doesnt know how to act with them.
7. Sam changes his phone number very often. His earlier phone number
is 345-6789.
8. My grandfather always knows the right thing to do. He is very athletic.
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Complete the conversations. Write the letter of the correct word or phrase in the
blank space.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
anyway
check in
more or less
a big promotion
the current ones
will be a surprise
1. A: Is Norman going to meet you at the airport?

B: No! He doesnt know that Im coming. It _______!
2. A: How old is our teacher?
B: Oh, I guess about 50, _______.
3. A: What movie should we rent tonight?
B: An old one, I like old movies much more than _______.
4. A: What time is the flight?
B: Its at 2:00 P.M., but you have to be at the airport at noon to _______.
5. A: Ann didnt get the promotion, right?
B: Right. But she says that she didnt want the job _______.
6. A: Fred is sure happy today! How come?
B: He just got _______.
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Complete the sentences. Check all possible completions.
1. I want to make some holes in this piece of wood.
Ill use a _______________.
pencil
light
spoon
drill
2. My professor has original ideas. Some people think he is really _______.
crazy
outgoing
wise
more or less
3. Bertha is applying for _______.
a job
a position
an airline ticket a place in a college
4. We like the customer. Well be able to do business. Well make _______.
a deal an offer
a good job
dinner
5. The business is new. It isnt making money yet. It might _______.
succeed fail
accept
reject
6. The company is going to hire a new _______.
lawyer mayor
assistant
department head
7. Sue knows about finance and money. In that field, she has a lot of _____.
skills
success
surprise
experience
8. I had my job interview today. I dont know the result yet! Maybe they
will _______.
hire me fire me
accept me
reject me
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Worksheet 15. Scrambled letters

Unscramble the letters to make words. Write the words in the blank spaces.
Flying
ckhke
tge
ni
____check______ _____in__________
no
kate
teg
_______________ ________________
ffo
_______________ ________________
fof
_______________ ________________
Jobs
eparmetndt
lightf
deha
ttadeatn
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
rout
gudie
_______________ ________________
cive
resipte nd
_______________ ________________
Expressions in Business
lorwd
dael
pot
arketm
t h i w
s a r a l y
_______________ ________________
_______________ ________________
_______________ ________________
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Worksheet 16. Crossword

Complete the crossword puzzle. Use the clues to figure out the words. Write the
correct words across and down. Write one letter in each space.
1
8
9
10
11
www.CrosswordWeaver.com
ACROSS
2 Intelligent
6 Opposite of fail
7 An ability
9 A more important job in a
company
10 Another word for may
11 Opposite of more or less
DOWN
1 Requires
3 Opposite of reject
4 With an outgoing personality
5 Lions and tigers are _______
animals.
8 Police fight _______.
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Answer Key
Worksheet 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
j. weather forecaster
a. fortune teller
e. newscaster
i. student
d. airline captain
b. customer in a store
c. doctor
h. sports announcer
g. scientist
f. politician
Worksheet 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
pilot
another
predicts
announces
astronomer
informal
losing
stronger
was
pay
Worksheet 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
on / off
in / out of
on / off
in / out of
Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
catch
bite
drop
hurt
blow
run
rise
hit
get on
get off
1
Worksheet 5
Sentences that dont make sense.
1. A person bites water.
2. A bird blows its food.
3. A mouse catches a cat.
4. The children got on the car.
5. Sarah dropped the house.
6. The sun rises every night.
Worksheet 6
--newscaster / out
--up / do
--make / instead
--on
--coworkers / complain
--deadlines / waste / gossip
Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
last day
spend uselessly
people who work in your company
say that you are unhappy about something
talks about the secret things of somebody else
in place of
enters
stop
Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
False
True
True
False
True
False
True
False
False
True
2
Worksheet 9
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
supported in an election
leader of a town or city
leader of the state
member of the Senate from a state
a person who wants to be president in the future
all of
activities that are against the law
destroy or throw away
Worksheet 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
e. get rid of
f. how come
a. certainly dont
d. for sure
c. deadline
g. instead
h. the whole piece
Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
against
for
of
off
in
of
off
up
how
For
Worksheet 12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
f. someone who works with you

h. you must finish something before this time
i. a sickness like a bad cold
e. an informal word for people
a. a person who tells you about your future
j. a person who talks about the private lives of others
b. a person who tells the news on TV
c. people who love sports
g. a person who tells the news about sports on TV
d. a person who talks about the weather on TV
3
Worksheet 13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
j. use your teeth to cut or chew something

g. talk about your unhappiness
f. stop holding something so that it falls
h. move onto something quickly and with force
d. injure or cause pain
a. become better
e. move or lift something to a higher level
b. go up
c. have or use something with other people
i. use time or money in a foolish way
Worksheet 14
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
trumpet player
pilot
coworker
part
deadline
raise
politician
home
instead
rise
Worksheet 15
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
instead
left
against
improve
complain
rises
foreign
get off
get in
how come
4
Worksheet 16
Across:
2.
6.
7.
9.
10.
11.
smart
succeed
skill
promotion
might
exactly
Down:
1.
3.
4.
5.
8.
needs
accept
friendly
wild
crime
N
E
C R A Z Y
E
F
C
D
R
S U C C E E D
S K I L
C
E
E
R
P R OMO T I O N
M I GH T
D
M
E X A C T L Y
E
Y
W
I
L
D
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Word List
about
accept
airplane
all
announce
any more
anyway
application
apply
approximately
arrival
arrive
assistant
athletic
becoming
begin
below
big
boss
bottom
business
career
check
check in
client
close
college
crazy
crime
current
deal with
department head
desk
drill
earlier
eat
engine
exactly
experience
expression
fail
fasten
fire
flight attendant
flying
friendly
get
get off
get on
give
go
good
happen
happy
hire
his
in any c ase
indoors
inform
job
join
land
lawyer
leader
leave
less
machine
market
me
might
money
more
need
now
offer
officially
ones
organize
outdoors
outgoing
over
pay
peop le
piece
place
plane
position
probably
promotion
reject
require
retire
safely
say
secret
sensible
serve
shy
skill
sleep
someone
something
somewhere
stand
strange
strength
succeed
success
sure
surprise
take off
tell
them
to be
together
top
top salary
tour guide
trip
two
unfriendly
unhappy
unlucky
unpopular
unsure
very
vice president
wild
will
wise
with
work
world
world market
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Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

Chapter 11Expressing Future Time, Part 2

1. May, might and will

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 1. May, might and will

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 2. Future time with will

1. When the taxi arrives, well _______________________________ in and

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

"No one will ever build a bigger plane."

engine plane that holds ten people, 1933.

--Lee DeForest, inventor, 1926

tried to hire for his project to drill for oil in 1859.

crazy = strange and not sensible

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 5. Vocabulary review

O markets all over the world

O a plane with two engines

O very strange and not sensible

O pay someone to work

on the way out

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 6. Reading: Job Opening Assistant Tour Guide

Job Opening: Assistant Tour Guide

safari = a trip to see or hunt wild animals, especially in Africa

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 7. Reading Job Opening: Legal Assistant

Job Opening: Legal Assistant

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

A __________________________ works in a law firm.

The person who helps me in my office is my ____________________.

A high salary is a ______________________ salary.

Another word for need is _______________________.

Criminal law is about _______________________.

If you put something in good order, you _______________________ it.

A person who gets professional services or advice from you is your

If you do something well, you have a _________________________ in it.

When you want a company to hire you, you _______________________

you answer these questions. This paper

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 8. Reading: A Job Problem

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 9. Future time

1. You will be successful in your career.

2. You are going on a long trip.

3. You will be old before you get married.

8. If you invest your money wisely, you will be rich. Yes / No

Chapter 11: Expressing Future Time, Part 2

Worksheet 10. Vocabulary review: Opposites

The opposite of lucky is ____.

The opposite of upset is ____.

The opposite of accept is ___.

The opposite of top is ____.

The opposite of hire is ____.

The opposite of more or less is ____.

The opposite of outgoing is ____.

The opposite of succeed is ____.

The opposite of assistant is ____.