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GRAMMAR BOOK

EXERCISE 12 Fill in the blanks with the Simple Future, Future Perfect or Simple Present forms
of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Don’t spend too much at the Grand Bazaar, or you ______________________ (regret) it when you
______________________ (run out) of money before the end of your holiday.

2. By the time the credit card statement ______________________ (arrive), I ______________________
(receive) my wages.

3. We ______________________ (find) Sheila either happy or very sad when we ______________________

(return) because she ______________________ (receive) her exam results by then.

4. The police think that the thieves ______________________ (somehow / manage) to send a message to

their accomplices and, by the time they ______________________ (reach) their hideout, their accomplices
______________________ (remove) all traces of their criminal activity.

5. About thirty years from now, the Pacific Ocean ______________________ (rise) to a level dangerous to the

very existence of some inhabited islands.

6. At last, I’ve found two tickets for the concert, but I ______________________ (pretend) that I couldn’t, when

my sister ______________________ (ask) me.

7. If I ______________________ (put) a quarter of my salary aside every month, by next June, I
______________________ (save) enough money to afford a holiday abroad.

8. By the time the government ______________________ (bring) down inflation, a lot of companies
_____________________ (already / go) out bankrupt.

9. We ______________________ (adapt) the computer program, if necessary, once we have seen how
suitable it is in its present form.

10. In about a year’s time, this system ______________________ (become) obsolete, so we should start
thinking about changing it before too long.

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