The future perfect versus the future perfect continuous

Ex.21. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect.

1. Let’s hope they ____________ (repair) the road by the end of this summer.

2. The train ____________ (leave) by that time. We have to look for another way to get there.

3. He _________ (not graduate) from university by May.

4. Don’t say anything. You _________ (forget) me by then.

5. By Christmas, Patrick and his wife ________(be married) for 20 years.

6. My uncle _________ (retire) by the end of this year.

7. _______ you ______(buy) a new printer by the end of this week?

8. By the time you get home we _________ (clean) the house from top to bottom.

9. I _________ (not complete) the report until 5 o’clock. Will you help me?

10. We’d better wait till the end of the month. Charles ________ (pass) his exams by then, so we’ll be able to travel together.

Ex.22. Say or write what they will have been doing by the end of this year.

Be attentive: state verbs cannot have the Perfect Continuous Tense form.

Model:

My brother /run/ his own business/ five years –

By the end of this year, my brother will have been running his own business for five years.

1. Monica /design clothes/ three years.

2. My father/work for the same company/ ten years.

3. Elizabeth /be in this job/six years.

4. My friend Kevin/ study/economics/ four years.

5. They/ build their new house/ two years.

6. William Brown/train the Irish national basketball team/ five years.

7. The Greens /live in this house/ twenty years.

8. Martha /specialize in growing tulips/ about four years.

9. Helen /play the piano/over ten years.

10. Her elder brother Nick/play football/ five years.

Ex.23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, the Future Perfect or the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. Television began broadcasting in 1947. By the year 2017, people ____________ (watch) TV for 70 years.

2. Tom is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, he ____________ (spend) all his money before the end of his holiday.

3. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I ____________ (study) for nine months and I ____________ (be) in England for exactly one year.

4. By the time they arrive, we ____________ (go) home.

5. You only imagine! You ____________ (fly) non-stop for fourteen hours before you get to Kolkata.

6. In June, my grandmother and grandfather ________ (be married) for fifty years.

7. The party ____________ (go) for ages by the time we arrive.

8. You _________ (perfect) your English by the time you come back from the US.

9. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ____________ (drive) more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

Future tenses review

Ex.24. Identify the tenses, then match the sentences on the left with their functions on the right.

1. How long will you have been studying English by the end of this term? 2. Don’t put too much in that bag or it will burst. 3. Look! The lorry is on fire, it’s going to explode. 4. Will you be going out during the break? – Yes, why? - Could you get me a bottle of mineral water, please? 5. The milk doesn’t smell fresh. I’ll pour it out. 6. We’re flying to Cyprus next Friday. The plane takes off at 9 a.m. 7. This time next Wednesday, we’ll be having an English lesson. 8. By the time we get home, the football match will have begun. 9. Shall I give you a lift to the airport on Friday? 10. Have you decided how to promote your products? – Yes, we’re going to advertise them on the Internet. 11. What are you thinking about? – My holiday. This time next week I’ll be relaxing in Miami. 12. Spring will set in early this year. 13. Don’t bother. I’ll tell Ann about it. I’ll be seeing her at work anyway. 14. I won’t have completed all these forms before he comes. Will you help me with it? 15. In time, people will find an efficient way to dispose of toxic waste and even fight nuclear radiation. 16. I haven’t decided yet. Perhaps, I’ll buy this smart phone. 17. Now that I’ve got the money, I’m going to buy it.

a. a prediction about what you think, expect, believe, doubt, suppose, etc., may or may not happen in the future, often with the words certainly, perhaps, probably b. an action or situation which will definitely happen in the future and we cannot control or change it c. a spontaneous (on-the-spot) decision d. promises, warnings, threats, etc. a form of request an offer or suggestion, asking for instructions an action which will be in progress at a stated future time a planned action or an action which will definitely occur in the near or distant future as a result of a routine (almost the same as the Present Continuous) asking politely about someone’s arrangements in order to see if our wishes fit in with their plans prediction based on what you see or feel and there is evidence that something will definitely happen in the near future plans, firm intentions to do something in the future or ambitions fixed arrangements in the near future (we often know when and where) timetable/programme actions which will be finished before a stated future time emphasis on the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future

Ex.25. Choose the correct tense form.

1. Don’t sit in the draught or you ____________ a cold.

a) are catching b) are going to catch c) will catch d) will have caught

2. Ask her again. Perhaps she ____________ her mind.

a) will change b) is going to change c) will have changed d) will be changing

3. They __________ Kennedy Airport by now and will be on their way to England.

a) will be leaving b) will left c) will have been leaving d) will have left

4. We ____________ to London tomorrow. Would you like to come with us?

a) drive b) will have been driving c) are driving d) will have driven

5. Margie just called and said she would be here at 8 o’clock. By the time she gets here, we ____________ for her for two hours.

a) will wait b) will be waiting c) will have been waiting d) will have waited

6. ____________ to town today? - Yes, why? – Can I come with you?

a) Will you be going b) Will you go c) Are you going to go d) Will you have gone

7. I can’t believe that you ____________ on a plane to Malta while I’m driving to work tomorrow morning.

1. will sit b) will have been sitting c) will be sitting d) will have sat

   8. Be careful, Tony! You ____________ the vase.

a) will drop b) are dropping c) are going to drop d) will have dropped

9. Cars of tomorrow ____________ using gas and they won’t pollute the air.

a) are going to stop b) will be stopping c) will stop d) will have been stopping

10. I’m afraid the train ____________ before we reach the station.

a) will leave b) won’t leave c) will have left d) is going to leave

11. I can’t believe that by the end of this week we ____________ all our exams.

a) will pass b) will have passed c) pass d) are going to pass

12. Just imagine! This time next summer we ____________ on a beautiful beach in Palma de Majorca.

a) are going to lie b) will lie c) will be lying d) will have been lying

13. When the mountaineers get back to the base, they ____________ in the snowstorm for two days.

a) will be b) will be being c) are going to be d) will have been

14) Tom will be very tired when he ____________. He will have been travelling for twenty four hours.

a) will arrive b) arrives c) have arrived d) will be arriving

15. The film ____________ by the time we get there.

a) will start b) is going to start c) will have started d) will be starting

Ex.26. Identify the mistakes and correct them. One sentence is correct.

1. I’m not sure but perhaps they are visiting us next week.

2. I won’t speak to him until he will apologize.

3. By the end of this month, she will be teaching for twenty years.

4. I’ve come out without any money. – Never mind, I am going to lend you some. How much do you want?

5. Cathy doesn’t study enough. – I know. I’m afraid she won’t have passed the exam.

6. She won’t have complete the balance sheet by Friday.

7. Any suggestions? What shall we do tonight? – I don’t know. Will we go to the coffee house we enjoyed last time?

8. The workers will have had finished the repairs by Friday.

9. Will you use the photocopier for long? – No, this page only. Do you have something urgent?

10. Don’t lend him your car – he’ll crash it. I know him.

11. If I’ll finish before you, I will wait for you.

12. I want to call Simon. – Well, don’t call him before ten. He will sleep anyway.

13. Nicole can type these letters as soon as she will come back from her lunch break.

14. What are your plans for the holidays? Do you go anywhere this summer?

Ex.27. Translate into English. You may need the following words and expressions: sort out something; turn on the heating; meet with an accident; apply to the University; delay a flight; move to a new flat; land

1. Не хвилюйся так! Я впевнена, ти складеш іспит.

2. Поквапся, за кілька хвилин починається урок.

3. Що ті збираєшся робити з усіма цими паперами?

4. Тобі допомогти їх розсортувати?

5. У кімнаті доволі прохолодно. Ти не включиш опалення?

6. Обережно! Ти ж потрапиш в аварію.

7. Не думаю, що вони складуть контракт до кінця дня.

8. У майбутньому, можливо буде лише одна валюта і зовсім не буде банків.

9. Тобі потрібна буде машина сьогодні ввечері? - Ні, а що? - Можна, я візьму машину на кілька годин?

10. Подумай тільки, завтра у цей час ми будемо плавати у морі.

11. Можливо, через погану погоду буде затримка рейсу.

12. Батько говорить, що в жовтні буде 10 років, як він працює в цьому банку.

13. Дженіфер збирається стати адвокатом. Цього року вона буде вступатиме до університету. Сподіваюсь, вона поступить.

14. Наступного тижня ми нарешті переїзжаємо на нову квартиру.

15. За кілька хвилин літак сідатиме.