[Grammar] help with futur time

[Cinderella91]

Hey,
I do make an exercise with future time. And hope some one can have a look at it and correct it.

In this erxercise there were 3 possible answers and I have to pick the right ones.

1. "There's someone knocking at the door! Who can it be at this time of night?" "___ Helen. She said she might come round to watch the midnight movie on TV."
A: That's going to be; B: That'll be; C: It's due to be.

I choose A and B

2."I've just received some new sales figures. ___ them very much, I'm afraid."
A: You're not going to like; B: You won't like; C: You're not liking

I choose B

3. Over the next six months, the company __ ten new supermarkets in France.
A: is going to open; B: will be opening; is opening

I choose A, B and C

4. ___ with this kind of problem before, I expect, so I'll leave you to get on with it.
A: You are going to deal; B: You are dealing; C: You'll have dealt

I choose B and C

5. According to sources close to the prime minister's office, the foreign minister ____.
A: is in the point of resigning; B: is due to resign; C: is about to resign

I choose B and C

 

[emsr2d2]

There are also too many question in this thread. Please post one question at a time.

Is this a homework assignment?

EDIT: I have taken out what I said about the number of possible correct answers. I apologise. I skimmed through this very long post and the ones I spotted only had one correct answer. However, it is true that some of them have multiple possibilities.

 

[Cinderella91]

In the book stand that more then one can be right, I have to choose all possible forms.
That's not for homework assignment. That's for practicing my english skills for university next year.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

In the book stand that more then one can be right, I have to choose all possible forms.

Is there a key at the end of the book?

 

[Cinderella91]

no it isen't that's way I post all here, otherwise I just want to write questions, things that not clear here.

 

[emsr2d2]

No [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] there [STRIKE]isen't[/STRIKE] isn't. That's [STRIKE]way[/STRIKE] why I posted [STRIKE]all[/STRIKE] here. [STRIKE]otherwise[/STRIKE] I just want to write questions, things that are not clear here.

May I respectfully suggest that, at the moment, instead of doing complicated exercises like the one you have posted, you concentrate on your written English. I have made corrections to your post in red. Look at them carefully. You need to concentrate on your use of capital letters and punctuation, and also your use of tenses.

You said that you are going to university next year. You need to concentrate on the basics of English before worrying about the more complicated aspects, if you are going to make yourself understood in English at university.

 

[Cinderella91]

I can understand english very well. I watch TV in english, read books without a problem. If it gets to writting I'm not good and I know that. But I can't get better in wirtting if I can't the grammar. That's why I make grammar exercises.

 

[emsr2d2]

I can understand English very well. I watch TV in English and read books without a problem. [STRIKE]If it gets[/STRIKE] When it comes to [STRIKE]writting[/STRIKE] writing, I'm not good and I know that. But I can't get better [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] at [STRIKE]wirtting[/STRIKE] writing if I can't (missing word) the grammar. That's why I [STRIKE]make[/STRIKE] do grammar exercises.

There is a big difference between understanding a language and reading books in that language, and writing it yourself. Clearly, you understand that. Perhaps what I should have said is that you need to be more careful. Look at the errors in this post, which I have corrected in red. They are silly unnecessary errors. I am sure you know that you must capitalise the word "English". Check your spelling carefully and make sure that you have written all necessary words. Learn the difference between "do" and "make". I am aware that "machen" is German for both words but they have very different uses in English.

 

[Cinderella91]

I know all that. It's just unfamiliar for me to write on the PC. I make mistaks in german as well when I wirte on the PC. If I concentrat I do not make this mistakes. At least not if I wirte it on a piece of paper.
And without offend you. I think that I know best what I have to learn at the moment. At this are the grammar things I post here in this forum.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

no it isen't that's way I post all here, otherwise I just want to write questions, things that not clear here.

Ok. I bought the grammar book they use at university...

NOT A TEACHER

If you're going to study on your own, it's a good idea to buy a book with a key. If I were you, I'd start with Essential Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy, which is a highly regarded self-study reference and practice book for beginning students of English.

 

[Cinderella91]

If I do any english test I always get the level advanced. I passed the test at university as well ( I could do it before starting). And now I buy a advanced book. Do exercises from it and hope that someone would tell me whether it is right or wrong. It's just for me, but it's importent for me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I know all that. It's just unfamiliar for me to write on the PC. I make mistakes in German as well when I [STRIKE]wirte[/STRIKE] write on the PC. If I concentrate I do not make [STRIKE]this[/STRIKE] these mistakes. At least not if I [STRIKE]wirte[/STRIKE] write [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] on a piece of paper.
And without wishing to offend you, I think that I know best what I have to learn at the moment [STRIKE]At this are[/STRIKE] - the grammar things I post here in this forum.

You have said it yourself in your own post. You may be disappointed to learn that we do actually expect people to concentrate so that they do not make mistakes. If you are not prepared to make the effort to post correctly written English in the forum, then I'm afraid I am not prepared to take the time to help you with the rest of your language problems. I speak only for myself, of course.

 

[Cinderella91]

That's to bad, because I like this forum. And I had hoped that it will be possible that native english speakers helped english learners. No matter if they make mistakes.
I think most people learning english don't write as good as I do it. You could always understand what I mean. And of course it is a helpful when you correct what I write in the forum. But isen't it normal to do mistakes if someone is a learner? And you don't know me, you don't know what my problems are. And I know that one of my biggest problems is not writing correctly. It's the grammar, so this is what I wanted to practice first. I do have a bis vocabulary and I don't matter if I write a word incorrect, because I know that I can always look it up in a dictionary. But I thought that it is unnecessary to do that in a forum like this.

 

[5jj]

I'm afraid I am not prepared to take the time to help you with the rest of your language problems. I speak only for myself, of course.

I am with ems on this. I am happy to give up some of my free time to assist people in this forum, especially with verb tenses and, above all, with ways of expressing the future - something in which I am particularly interested. However, if I am to make some effort for people, I expect them to make some little effort in return - by doing their best to write correct English in this forum. For the sake of other learners, we feel that we should correct mistakes we see; we shouldn't have to correct mistakes caused by simple lack of concentration.

You may find some points of interest in this UE article: Ways of Expressing the Future in English

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

That's to bad, because I like this forum. And I had hoped that it will be possible that native english speakers helped english learners. No matter if they make mistakes.
I think most people learning english don't write as good as I do it.
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Have you read emsr2d2's reply about capitalising the "e" in "English"?

I am sure you know that you must capitalise the word "English".

 

[Cinderella91]

You don't wirte much at german forums, don't you?
In German Forums it doesn't matter if we wirte it capital or not. So this is so in me, that I don't matter the most time here.
I'm no native speaker as you are. So I concentrat, or try to concentrat on the grammar. And therefore sometime the writing is not so good. No matter, I try concentrate, but I don't look up every English word I'm not sure about. When I copied from the book there arn't mistakes. Because I did it really carefully.
If I wirte in the forum without copieing, of course there are mistakes! But which person don't make any mistakes?

 

[5jj]

You don't w[STRIKE]ir[/STRIKE]rite much [STRIKE]at[/STRIKE] in[STRIKE]g[/STRIKE] German forums, do[STRIKE]n't[/STRIKE] you?
In German Forums it doesn't matter if we wirte it capital or not. So this is so in me, that I don't matter the most time here.

This isn't a German forum; it's UsingEnglish.com. We accept and understand that some people who ask questions here have a very limited knowledge of English. This is fine, but we do expect people to take care, and to produce the best English they can at their level. If you are not prepared to do this, then UE may not be the forum for you.

 

[Cinderella91]

I do not always the best I can, that's right. I copied the texts as good as I can, but in writing freely I wasn't that careful, because I know that my english is good to understand, even if a letter is missing. And I know that when I write on a paper a lot of these mistakes don't come up. And I told you that. But no matter. I accept your opinion. If you can't help me when I don't write all correct then it is ok. I will learn english on my own, the way I do it always. I thought this forum would be a good way for me, and I be understood here, but apparently it isen't.

 

[bhaisahab]

I do not always the best I can, that's right. I copied the texts as good as I can, but in writing freely I wasn't that careful, because I know that my english is good to understand, even if a letter is missing. And I know that when I write on a paper a lot of these mistakes don't come up. And I told you that. But no matter. I accept your opinion. If you can't help me when I don't write all correct then it is ok. I will learn english on my own, the way I do it always. I thought this forum would be a good way for me, and I be understood here, but apparently it isen't.

You don't seem to want to learn from us. You persistently fail to capitalise "English" and misspell "isn't" despite having these errors pointed out to you several times.

 

[tom3m]

I do not always do the best I can, that's right. I copied the texts as well as I could, but writing freely I wasn't that careful, because I know that my english(CAPITALISE!!) is good (enough) to be understood, even if a letter is missing. And I know that when I write on a paper a lot of these mistakes don't come up. And I told you that. But no matter. I accept your opinion. If you can't help me when I don't write everything correctly then it is ok. I will learn english (perhaps you could capitalise e ;-)) on my own, the way I always do it . I thought this forum would be a good way for me, and I would be understood here, but apparently it isen't.

NOT A TEACHER
Dear Cinderella
1)I corrected only some of the mistakes, because I am not a native BUT: You didn't capitalise the word 'English' again. Doing this may annoy the people that were trying to help you. I read all the posts in this thread and regarding capitalisation you were corrected many times.

2) You said that the people here couldn't help you. In fact, they were helping you all the time, because you made mistakes that are in my opinion absolutely impossible to be found in advance writing.

3) In your replies there's absolute lack of self-criticism - you know everything the people before you wrote and of course you know best what you should learn. I am not surprised that the people don't understand you or may even feel offended. :-?

Everyone learning a foreign language makes mistakes (I am a clear example ;-)), but at least the people want to improve.