3.1. Explain the use of the Future Perfect Continuous forms. Translate into Russian.

1. We will have been working for 5 hours already when we come and join them.

2. By the first of June he will have been working here for 14 years.

3. They will have been trying to solve this problem for 2 years by 2009.

4. She will have been writing an essay since 8 when her friends come.

5. The students will have been answering the whole hour already by 12.

6. She’ll have been talking for 2 hours already by 4.

7. Someone will have been playing the piano for 3 hours by midnight.

8. He will have been studying English for 10 months by the time he goes back to Syria in October.

9. They’ll have been sitting here quite a while by the time we return.

10. He is never going to stop talking. In 15 minutes we’ll have been listening to his lecture for 3 hours!

3.2. Transform into negative and interrogative forms.

1. This is a long trip! By the time we get to NY, we’ll have been riding on this bus for over 15 hours.

2. I have been sitting at this desk for an hour. By 11.00 I’ll have been sitting here for 2 hours.

3. By the end of next year I’ll have been working for him for 40 years.

4. I’ll go to bed at 10 p.m. He’ll get home at midnight. I’ll have been sleeping for 2 hours by the time he gets home.

5. By the time they reach the finish line, they’ll have been running steadily for more than 2 hours.

6. I’ll have been reading this book for 2 hours by the time you come back.

7. My aunt’ll have been working at this plant for 10 years by the end of December.

8. By the time we get to the party, they’ll have been eating for 2 hours.

9. By the 3^rd of January they’ll have been passing their exams for 2 weeks.

10. In 10 minutes the phone’ll have been ringing for 20 minutes already.

3.3. Open the brackets. Use the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. He (to write) a letter for 3 hours when you come.

2. He (to learn) French for 6 years already when he enters the college.

3. She (to watch) this film for an hour already when you ring her up.

4. You (to have) dinner for half an hour tomorrow when he calls for us.

5. By July he (to live) here for 5 years.

6. When you enter the University, you (to study) languages for more than 10 years.

7. The painter (to work) on this landscape for almost a year by Christmas.

8. They (to quarrel) for more than an hour when the police come.

9. The students (to read) up for their exams for more than 3 hours already by the time we come to the library and join them.

10. They (to travel) for almost a year by Christmas, but they don’t want to return.

3.4. Complete the sentences. Mind the use of the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. They ..... this film for 5 hours by the time we come.

2. My parents ..... in the USA for 20 years by Christmas.

3. She ..... the cleaning for half an hour by 5.

4. John ..... to the radio for almost an hour when we come to visit him.

5. By the time we return home, the children ..... football for 2 hours.

6. They ..... me silly questions for an hour by 12.

7. The students ..... to the teacher with interest for half an hour by the time the lesson comes to an end.

8. He ..... at the door for 20 minutes by the time they open it to him.

9. The doctors ..... him for a month by the time he recovers.

10. She ..... them English at school for 40 years by the time she retires.