The future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

SHALL (WILL) HAVE BEEN + V + ING

Exercise 1. Answer the questions using the prompts.

Model: - Have you been waiting for two hours?(midday)

- By midday I’ll have been waiting for three hours.

1. Have you been learning English for three years? (July) 2. Have you been staying here for five weeks? (Monday) 3. Have you been living here for nineteen years? (Christmas) 4. Has he been playing basketball for an hour? (tea time) 5. Has she been studying in London for a year? (next June) 6. Has she been sleeping for eight hours? (breakfast time) 7. Have I been talking non-stop for an hour? (seven o’clock) 8. Have they been doing the sights for two hours? (three o’clock) 9. Has she been looking for a job for two months? (January) 10. Has Fred been working on his new book for half a year? (next month) 11. Have you been carrying out the experiment for a week? (tomorrow) 12. Has he been working on this problem for three years? (next week)

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackerts into the correct form: Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous.

1. We (finish) this exercise by 8 o’clock. 2. We are late. The lesson (start) by now. 3. By the end of March he (live) here for three years. 4. Young Bill is growing up. By this time next year he (begin) school. 5. They will be tired when they get there. They (travel) all day. 6. She (have) lunch by the time we arrive. 7. They (build) the road by the end of the year. 8. I (spend) all the money by tomorrow. 9. We (fly) for twelve hours by the time the plane lands. 10. The play ( begin) before we reach the theatre. 11. Before the end of the year they (complete) the project. 12. I (work) for the company non-stop for thirty years by the end of October. 13. By the first of April she (be) in hospital for three weeks. 14. By the end of the month he (train) horses for twelve years. 15. By the end of this year his parents (spend) more than 500 pounds on his education. 16. When my daughter goes to school we (live) here for over five years.

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous.

1. Where you (work) when you leave the university ? - I (work as a computer programmer) . 2. This time next month I (sit) on a beach. 3.By the end of the month we (live) in this house for two years. 4. I’ll come at six o’clock. - Good, I (wait) for you. 5. You’ve left the lights on. - Oh, so I have. I (go) and turn it off. 6. Mother hopes that Bill (not to eat) all the cakes before she gets home. 7. If you (not to take) the job, you (be) sorry. 8. By next winter I (save) the necessary sum of money. 9. By tonight I (work) for seven hours. 10. I (e-mail) you as soon as I (reach) Paris. 10. I (stay) here for three weeks by next Monday.

Exercise 4. Translate into English using the Future Simple, the Future Continuous, the Future Perfect or the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. Приходите сегодня вечером. Мой приятель будет рассказывать о своей поездке в Америку. 2. Анна будет убирать комнаты, пока Мария будет готовить обед. 3. Джон не начнет писать новую статью, пока не закончит первую. 5. К этому времени в будущем году он будет работать в этой компании уже восемь лет. 6. Летом вы опять будете путешествовать? - Да. 7. К тому времени она тебя совсем забудет. 8. Мы будем рекламировать эти товары несколько месяцев к тому времени, как они появятся на рынке. 9. Я подожду, пока он не позвонит мне. 10. Что ты будешь делать завтра? - С 10 до 2 я буду работать в библиотеке. С 3 до 7 у меня будут занятия в университете. 11. К тому времени, как он приедет, я буду жить на юге уже две недели. 12. Вы будете обсуждать этот вопрос уже полчаса к тому времени, когда я приду сюда. 13. Я не знаю, когда мы опять встретимся. 14. Что вы будете делать в это время в следующую пятницу? - Как всегда, буду работать.

PROGRESS CHECK 3

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable future form.

1. What you (do) tomorrow? - I (work) at my English as usual. 2. What you (do) at 10 o’clock tomorrow? - I probably (work) at my English. I think I (do) my work by 12 o’clock, so you may come to fetch me at that time. 3. Ann (read) for her exam tomorrow. She (learn) grammar when Mary (come). Ann (learn) grammar for 3 hours before Mary (come). 4. He (finish) his work tomorrow. He (finish) his work this time tomorrow. I (not to leave) him until he (finish) his work. Come at five o’clock. I am certain that by that time he (finish) everything. 5. It’s too late to ring up Don. He (leave) the house by now. 6. In another two years, you (leave) the university. 6. Have you got tickets for the concert? - Yes, we (go) on Saturday. 7. Have you got tickets for the concert? - Not yet. But I think we (go) on Saturday if we can. 8. Why don’t you tell me when they (announce) the results of the competition? 9. When they (announce) the results we (congratulate) the winners. 10. When the manager (finish) interviewing the applicants he (come) to some decision. 11. I can’t say when the manager (finish) interviewing the applicants. 12. I (give) you the answer as soon as I (make up) my mind. 13. Look! Those two cars (collide) in a minute. 14. I’ve got wine and beer. Which would you like? - Oh, thank you. I (have) beer, please. 15. I (have) a party next Saturday. I hope you can come. 16. Don’t go out without a coat. You (catch) a cold.

Exercise 2. Translate into English.

1. Мы закончим сдавать экзамены завтра к 3 часам. 2. К семи часам я закончу эту компьютерную программу. 3. Я все еще буду искать еужную информацию в интернете, когда ты вернешься. 4. На следующей неделе мы к вам приедем. 5. Не звоните мне от 3 до 5. Я буду писать доклад. 6. Завтра в это время мы будем подъезжать к Сочи. 7. Ты уже позвонил Николаю? - Нет, я забыл это сделать. Я позвоню ему сейчас. 8. Осторожно, ты разобьешь стакан! 10. Я не смогу встретиться с тобой завтра: я играю в теннис. 11. Я помогу тебе с домашней работой, когда сделаю все упражнения. 12. Я сообщу Джеку всю информацию, если увижу его завтра. 13. Почему ты надеваешь пальто? Ты куда-то идешь?

Exercise 3. Complete the following conversation by putting the verbs in the right tense to express a future action.

Rebecca and Arnold are leaving the office where they work.

Arnold: Would you like to come to a film this weekend? Rebecca: I’d like to, but I’m afraid I (not to have) time. Arnold: Why? What you (do)? Rebecca: Well, my father (arrive) back from Australia. He’s been there for six months and we (have) a big party to celebrate. Arnold: He (not to be) too tired for a party after his flight? Rebecca: Yes, and no doubt he (suffer) from jetlag. So, on Saturday he can take it easy. But on Sunday, all the family (come) for a big barbecue. I (prepare) things all day on Saturday. Arnold: What a lot of work for you. Rebecca: I don’t mind. My sisters are very helpful and we’re well organised. In fact, I (see) someone about hiring a band this afternoon. So, I must go now or I (not to get) to their office before they (close). Arnold: I hope everything (go) well for you. Rebecca: I’m sure it (be) a great day. Provided the sun (shine), that is!

THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES

Exercise 1. Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the verb forms. Say whether the action of the object clause precedes follows or is simultaneous with the action of the principal clause.

A. 1. He says that he is very busy. 2. He said that he was very busy. 3. He said that he had been busy. 4. He said that he would be busy. 5. She says that she lived in Paris. 6. She said that she lived in Paris. 7. She said that she had lived in Paris. 8. She said that she was going to live in Paris. 9. He knows that Peter was in Moscow in 1992. 10. He knew that Peter was in Moscow. 11. He knew that Peter had been in Moscow several times. 12. He showed me the exercises he had done. 13. All the students knew what they had to revise for the examinations. 14. Didn’t you know who had done it? 15. We didn’t know whose things they were. 16. I saw him before the lecture. He was talking to some people I didn’t know.

B. 1. I’m sorry I did’t know you were waiting for me. 2. We did not know that they had moved to Moscow. 3. They thought that it would be a nice day. 4. We knew that they would keep their promise. 5. Last month a I saw Alec. He looked very sunburnt. He said he had spent a month in the south. 6. When I entered Jane’s room yesterday I saw that her eyes were red. I under- stood that she had been crying. 7. When I called on my friend the other day he was writing a report. He said he had been working at it for a month. 8. What did you say your father’s name was? 9. He decided that he would go to Berlin as soon as possible. 10. We took our umbrellas, because we were afraid it would rain, for the barometer had been falling for some time. 11. I wanted to join the police but I wasn’t tall enough. 12. I came to tell you that Henry had been to see me. 13. Her family knew where she had been and what she had been doing. 14. He thought that they were going to get married. 15. I quite forgot it was my birthday today. 16. Yesterday on my way home I met Mary. She was in a hurry. I thought she was hurrying to the Institute, but she said she was going to the station to meet a friend of hers who was coming by the 9 o’clock train.

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences using the given words. Express a simultaneous action.

Model: 1. I didn’t want to phone Mary at that late hour. I knew she (to go to bed early).