Fill in future continuous or

future perfect
1. This time tomorrow morning Captain Neil Armstrong and his crew ___________________

(leave) earth and _____________________(head) for the planet Mars.

2. On the first day of their voyage, they _____________________ (orbit) the earth every 20

seconds.

3. Crew members Yuri Gagarin and Sally Ride __________________ (check) all the instruments all

day long to make sure they are working properly. They ___________________ (not/take) it easy.

4. By the end of the year 2044 they ___________________ (arrive) on the planet Mars. They

___________________________ (go) 100 million light years and yet they

____________________ (not/age) even one year. Miraculous!

5. What ________________________ (do/they) about as they zip through space? Will they be

frightened? I doubt it. They will be too busy.

6. The captains says that by the end of the first week, they _________________ (discover) many

interesting things about space and alien beings.

7. By the end of the first month aboard the spaceship, The Martian Explorer, the crew

__________________________ (get used to) living without gravity and to eating their food out

of tubes. On a normal day they _______________ (float) around the cabin.

8. Scientists claim that within the next 50 years, they _________________ (find out) whether

life on Mars exists or not and they _________________ (meet) those little green men, Martians.

9. In the meantime, let us wish good luck to Captain Armstrong and his crew. They

________________ (explore) the outer reaches of the universe..

10. By 2044 __________________________(they/expand) our knowledge

of new frontiers and deep space.

11. From now on they ______________________ (fly) off into the unknown.

12. By 2044 _______________ (we/travel) to and ___________(live) on other planets?

Key

1. This time tomorrow morning Captain Neil Armstrong and his crew will be leaving (leave) earth and

will be heading (head) for the planet Mars.

2. On the first day of their voyage, they will be orbiting (orbit) the earth every 20 seconds.

3. Crew members Yuri Gagarin and Sally Ride will be checking (check) all the instruments all day long

to make sure they are working properly. They will not be taking (not/take) it easy.

4. By the end of the year 2044 they will have arrived (arrive) on the planet Mars. They will have

gone (go) 100 million light years and yet they won’t have aged (not/age) even one year.

5. What will they be doing (do/they) as they zip through space? Will they be frightened?

6. The captains says that by the end of the first week, they will have discovered (learn) many

interesting things about space and alien beings.

7. By the end of the first month aboard the spaceship, The Martian Explorer, the crew will have got

used to (get used to) living without gravity and eating their food out of tubes that look like

toothpaste. On a normal day they will be floating around the cabin.

8. Scientists claim that within the next 50 years, they will have found out (find out) whether life on

Mars exists and they will have met (meet) those little green men, Martians.

9. In the meantime, let us wish good luck to Captain Armstrong and his crew. They will be working

(work) very hard to keep the spaceship in tiptop condition.

10. By 2044 they will have expanded (they/expand) our knowledge of new frontiers.

11. From now on they will be flying (fly) off into the unknown.

12.By 2044 will we be travelling on and living on other planets?