Ces exercices futur suivent la progression du cours : d’abord le choix entre will, be going to et be + -ing, ensuite la transposition dans le passé avec would et was going to, enfin would d’habitude. Les derniers exercices demandent de traduire et d’écrire.
Les exercices
Exercices futur : du présent au passé
Exercice 1 : Will ou be going to ?Choisissez la forme qui convient.
- « I’m thirsty. » « Wait, I (will / am going to) get you a glass of water. »
- I’ve bought the paint. I (will / am going to) redecorate my room.
- Look at that car! It (will / is going to) crash!
- I think robots (will / are going to) do most housework one day.
- Don’t worry, I (won’t / am not going to) forget your birthday.
- She has decided: she (will / is going to) apply for a job abroad.
Mettez le verbe à la forme qui convient (présent simple, be + -ing, will).
- The concert (start) ___ at 8 p.m. according to the programme.
- I (see) ___ the dentist tomorrow at ten; it’s in my diary.
- « It’s dark in here. » « I (switch) ___ on the light. »
- Our plane (take off) ___ at 6.40 tomorrow.
- We (have) ___ a party on Saturday. Do you want to come?
- Perhaps it (snow) ___ next week.
Mettez les verbes au temps correct.
- I (text) ___ you when I (get) ___ to the station.
- As soon as the results (come) ___ out, we (celebrate) ___.
- She (not / leave) ___ until you (apologise) ___.
- Once you (finish) ___, you (can) ___ go.
- Before he (start) ___ university, he (travel) ___ around Asia.
Réécrivez chaque phrase dans un récit au passé, en commençant par les mots donnés.
- « I will be a famous singer. » → She was sure that she ___
- « We are going to win the cup. » → The fans believed that they ___
- « I’m leaving tomorrow. » → He told me he ___
- « The film is about to start. » → We sat down: the film ___
- « It will rain next week. » → The forecast said that it ___
Complétez avec was / were going to et le verbe entre parenthèses, puis terminez la phrase avec une raison logique (but…).
- I (watch) ___ the match, but ___
- They (move) ___ to Canada, but ___
- We (have) ___ a picnic, but ___
- She (study) ___ all evening, but ___
- He (propose) ___ to her, but ___
Complétez avec would ou used to. Quand les deux sont possibles, indiquez-le.
- When I was little, I ___ be afraid of the dark.
- Every summer, we ___ go camping in the Highlands.
- My grandparents ___ live in a tiny cottage by the sea.
- On Sundays, my dad ___ cook a huge roast dinner.
- She ___ have a cat called Biscuit.
- After school, we ___ play football until it got dark.
Complétez ce texte avec would + verbe, was / were going to ou was / were about to.
In 1912, Elsie was a young maid on a great ship. She (1) ___ (start) a new life in New York. She didn’t know that she (2) ___ (never / reach) America. On the night of 14 April, she (3) ___ (go) to bed when she felt a strange shock. Years later, she (4) ___ (tell) her grandchildren this story again and again. She always said she (5) ___ (never / forget) that night.
Traduisez en anglais.
- Je t’appellerai quand j’arriverai.
- Il savait qu’il ne reviendrait jamais.
- Nous allions partir quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.
- Elle devait venir, mais elle était malade.
- Chaque soir, ma mère nous lisait une histoire.
- Le cours commence à neuf heures demain.
Traduisez en français.
- He was about to give up when he found the solution.
- They thought the storm would last all night.
- I was going to tell you, but I forgot.
- We would spend hours talking on the beach.
- She’s meeting her new boss on Monday.
Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Corrigez-la.
- I’ll tell you when I will know the answer.
- He said he will come the next day.
- When I was young, I would have a red bike.
- Look at the sky! It will rain.
- We were going to leave tomorrow, but the flight was cancelled.
- I am going to answer the door! (le téléphone sonne, décision immédiate)
Lisez le témoignage, puis répondez en anglais.
When I was seventeen, I was going to be a lawyer, like my mother. Everything was planned: I would study in London, I would join her firm, and one day I would take over. Then, one summer, I volunteered at an animal shelter. Every morning I would feed the dogs and walk them along the river. I didn’t know it yet, but that summer would change my life. Today I’m a vet, and I’ve never regretted it.
- What was the narrator going to become at seventeen?
- Where would he or she study?
- What would the narrator do every morning at the shelter?
- Did the initial plan come true? Justify.
- Identify one would expressing a future in the past and one would expressing a habit.
Un grand-parent montre une photo de sa jeunesse et raconte ses rêves d’alors. Écrivez son récit (80 à 110 mots) en utilisant :
- une phrase avec was going to + but ;
- deux phrases avec would de futur dans le passé ;
- deux phrases avec would d’habitude ;
- une phrase avec used to + verbe d’état ;
- une phrase avec was about to.


