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Look carefully at the way future ideas are expressed in these sentences. Put the verbs into the correct future forms. Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. 1. By the year 2050, space travel (become) commonplace.
   

   1.   ?    will become
   2.   ?    will have become
   3.   ?    will be becoming
   4.   ?    becomes
   5.   ?    became

2. 2. Who knows where we (take) our holidays in a few years' time?
   

   1.   ?    take
   2.   ?    will take
   3.   ?    are going to take
   4.   ?    will be taking
   5.   ?    will have been taking

3. 3. (passengers in a rocket/suffer) from travel sickness?
   

   1.   ?    Will passengers in a rocket suffer
   2.   ?    Passengers in a rocket will suffer
   3.   ?    Will be passengers in a rocket suffering
   4.   ?    Will have passengers in a rocket been suffered
   5.   ?    Will passengers in a rocket suffered

4. 4. You can't become an astronaut until you (get) a space school diploma.
   

   1.   ?    are getting
   2.   ?    have got
   3.   ?    are going to get
   4.   ?    will get
   5.   ?    will have got

5. 5. Many countries are unlikely (have) enough money to compete in the space race.
   

   1.   ?    will have
   2.   ?    having
   3.   ?    to have
   4.   ?    will have had
   5.   ?    will having

6. 6. I (finish) this book about the first moon landing by tomorrow, and then you can borrow it.
   

   1.   ?    will finish
   2.   ?    will be finishing
   3.   ?    will not finish
   4.   ?    will have finished
   5.   ?    will not have finished

7. 7. When Roy and Jenny (graduate), they (hope) to get jobs with NASA.
   

   1.   ?    graduate, hope
   2.   ?    have graduated, will hope
   3.   ?    will graduate, hope
   4.   ?    are graduating, are hoping
   5.   ?    graduate, will hope

8. 8. Olga hopes she (lead) a space mission in the next few years.
   

   1.   ?    leads
   2.   ?    is going to lead
   3.   ?    will have been led
   4.   ?    will led
   5.   ?    will be leading

9. 9. The Americans (go/send) a camera deeper into space than ever before to see what pictures it (send) back.
   

   1.   ?    is going to send, sends
   2.   ?    are going to send, will send
   3.   ?    are going to send, sends
   4.   ?    are going to send, is sending
   5.   ?    went to send, will send

10. 10. Many science fiction ideas (bound/become) fact before the decade (be) over.
    
    

    1.   ?    have bounded to become, will be
    2.   ?    are bound to become, is
    3.   ?    are bound to become, will be
    4.   ?    is bound to become, is
    5.   ?    bound to become, will be