Unit 18. Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous

Exercise 1. Define the tense and make sentences interrogative.

Example: I promise I’ll phone our solicitor to make arrangements about the inheritance. (Why/Whom) – Future simple. Why will you phone the solicitor? Whom will you phone?

1. The plane will have taken off when the foreign delegation gets to the airport. (When/What) 2. The necessary papers concerning your case will reach you in a week. (What/When) 3. I’ll be revising for my law exams in May. (When/What) 4. The jurors will have been working for five hours already when the bailiff comes and calls them.( Who/ How long) 5. He will never forget such a violent crime. (What/Who) 6. Next year Jim will have been studying criminal law for 2 years. (How long/Who) 7. I suppose we’ll never see our dishonest colleague again. (Whom/What) 8. After the murder he’ll be sitting in that empty room all alone night after night. (Where/When) 9. Mark will certainly win in the today’s trial. (Who/Where) 10. This time on Monday I’ll be waiting for a very important call from my barrister. (What/Whom) 11. Nobody will come to your house after this incident. (Why/Who) 12. By ten the clerk of court will have gone; come earlier, if you can. (When/Who)

Exercise 2. Open the brackets and put the verb into the correct form.

Example: We are late. It’s 9.00 already. The lecture begins at 9.40. By the time we get to the University the lecture … already (to start). – By the time we get to the University the lecture will already have started.

1. Sit down and fasten your seat belts. We … in a few minutes (to take off). 2. He … as usual at tomorrow’s meeting, I’m afraid (to behave). 3. By the end of the third year the population of the town … more than 100,000 (to become). 4. I give you my most solemn promise. I … my debt tomorrow (to pay). 5. The victim … this offender.(to forgive). 6. Be careful. They … you all the time (to watch). 7. The accused … anything to get free (to do). 8. In ten minutes the jury … the verdict for three hours.(to discuss). 9. They … perhaps … this scandalous story about a federal judge (to publish). 10. In September they … a courthouse for 2 years (to build). 11. A crowd … to the courthouse to see this cruel criminal tomorrow (to come). 12. I’m afraid to go out alone. It … dark in an hour or so (to get).

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs and putting them in the necessary Future tense.

draft be start learn get return meet

hear announce collect work laugh wait write

Example: The judge … in an hour and … a verdict. – The judge will return in an hour and will announce a verdict.

1. By that time he … necessary evidence, don’t phone him. 2. This time on Tuesday the court … the case of manslaughter. 3. In four years her father … as a coroner for 30 years. 4. In a month he … in prison for seven years. 5. At five tomorrow a solicitor … a letter for his client. 6. The detective is leaving on Saturday, but I think he … all the facts about the offender’s past. 7. They … at you if you tell them this absurd story. 8. He … civil law for six years already when he enters this firm as an advocate. 9. The bailiff … for jurors when they come out. 10. The film about problems of the crime rate … already … when we get there. 11. When he is released from prison, no one … him. 12. We … the test on state punishment in our country by the time the teacher comes.

Exercise 4. Correct the mistakes where necessary.

Example: Members of parliament will have been very busy at the beginning of July. – Members of parliament will be very busy at the beginning of July.

1. I have been reading the materials of the David’s case the whole evening tomorrow. 2. The main witness will returned in a month or so. 3. In two months she will been working at the ministry for ten years. 4. The day of the trial will come sooner or later. 5. He won’t forgotten about it by the end of the day. 6. I will been staying outdoors tomorrow because my house will be searched for evidence. 7. They will having been ask witnesses questions for two hours by twelve. 8. The inspector will guess the puzzle by the time the press learns about the crime. 9. After the accident those happy days will never come back. 10. They will making an official announcement at three tomorrow. 11. They will had been quarreling for more than an hour when the police come. 12. The witness for defense have will listened to the judge many times before he understands all the words.

Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. На будущий год будет 10 лет, как она работает в прокуратуре. 2. Я уверен, что нотариус подпишет все документы. 3. Не опаздывайте. Я буду ждать вас в зале суда в девять. 4. Поверенный все поймет раньше, чем ты начнешь свои объяснения. 5. Ты думаешь, мы успеем к началу заседания суда? 6. Адвокат будет ждать вас завтра в это же время. 7. Через полгода будет уже пять лет, как Джон сидит в тюрьме. 8. Надеюсь, он больше не будет так себя вести. 9. Не торопите меня. Я всё расскажу об этом запутанном деле. 10. Я не уверен в том, что истец примет ваше предложение. 11. К концу весны наводнение разрушит многие здания и нанесет большой ущерб городской собственности. 12. Судебный процесс будет длиться уже два часа, когда судья объявит перерыв.