Simple Future

1. Reading: Who is she? What will she do? What is going to happen?
On Saturday, Katie will be one year old. Katie's
parents are going to have a birthday party. The
party is going to begin at noon on Saturday. Many
people will be at the party. Katie will have so much
fun! Katie's dad is going to cook hamburgers.
Katie's grandmother is going to bring ice cream.
Katie's aunt is going to bake a cake. It will be a
chocolate cake. Katie will love her cake! All of
Katie's relatives will bring presents. Katie is going
to open her presents after lunch. Then, everyone
will eat cake and ice cream.
2. Exercises:
a) Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Future tense:
1. How old will Katie be on Thursday? What time is her party going to start?
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2. What kind of cake will it be?
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3. When is Katie going to open her presents? What will happen then?
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b) Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions, WHquestions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag questions.
Examples for the sentence Alex will make dinner tonight.
1. Negative: Alex will not make dinner tonight.
2. Yes/No Question: Will Alex make dinner tonight?
3. WH-Question: Who will make dinner tonight?
4. Tag Question: Alex will make dinner tonight, won't he?

1. Katie will be one year old.

Negative: _____________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________
WH-Question: _________________________________________________
Tag Question: _________________________________________________
2. It will be a chocolate cake.
Negative: _____________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________
WH-Question: _________________________________________________
Tag Question: _________________________________________________
3. Katie is going to open her presents after lunch
Negative: _____________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: _______________________________________________
WH-Question: __________________________________________________
Tag Question:__________________________________________________
c) This is a copy of the original story. Go over it and fill in the blanks with the right words
from the box below.

On _____________, Katie will be one year old. Katie's parents are going to have a
birthday party. The _____________ is going to begin at noon on Saturday. Many people
_____________ be at the party. Katie will have so much _____________! Katie's dad is
_____________ to cook hamburgers. Katie's grandmother is going to _____________ icecream. Katie's aunt is going to bake a cake. It will be a chocolate cake. Katie will love
_____________ cake! _____________ of Katie's relatives will bring presents. Katie is going
to ___________ her presents after lunch. Then, everyone will _____________ cake and icecream. Katie is going to have a good first birthday!