The Future Perfect Tense

Exercise 1

Translate into Russian and comment on the use of the Future Perfect Tense.

1. By ten they will have gone, come earlier, if yon can.

2. The plane will have taken off when we get to the airport. 3. If you come at five I'll have translated the article.

4. Will you have finished the washing up by the time the film begins?

5. By that time he will have got your letter, don't phone him. 6. She's leaving on Saturday, but I think she will have made all her purchases by then.

7. He must give the book back next Tuesday, but he will have read it long before that day.

8. We won't have written the test by the time the teacher comes

Exercise 2

Make the following sentences: - negative;

- interrogative.

Pattern: He will have forgotten about it by the end of the day.

a) He won’t have forgotten about it by the end of the day.

b) Will he have forgotten about it by the end of the day?

1. By the time he comes we'll have completed the task our-selves.

2. He’ll have guessed the crossword puzzle by the time the boss comes back.

3. She'll have taken up something else by the summer.

4. Somebody will have shown up by six.

5. They will have done everything by Sunday.

6. Ann will have bought the tickets by the time you arrive at the station.

7. Tom will have ordered everything when we come to the restaurant.

8. By 20.20, people will have learnt to grow food оn the sea­bed.

9. By the end of the autumn, they will have built a new skating-rink in this district.

10.Antony will have opened a new cafe not far from here by the end of the year.

Exercise 3

Practise the following according to the model.

Model: A. It’ll take you ages to paint all these chairs, won’t it?

B. No, I'll have painted them all by the end of the week.

It'll take you ages to ..., won't it?

1. paint all the doors 2. lay the new carpets 3. wash all the curtains 4. hang all these pictures 5. repaper the rooms 6. polish all this silver 7. pick all these apples

Exercise 4

What do you think will have happened on Earth by 2000? 2010? 2050 Make up sentences according to the pattern.

Pattern: By 2050 people won't have found cure against AIDS.

Use some of the ideas from the list given below, but think of your own ideas, too.

- find a cure against cancer;

- learn lo grow food on the sea-bed;

- learn to live on the sea-bed;

- construct colonies on the Moon/Mars/Venus;

- design a common language;

- solve hunger problem;

- improve medical care system;

- improve education system;

- solve the Loch-Ness mystery;

- find extra-terrestrial intelligence;

- stop global heating;

- learn lo predict earthquakes;

- invent time-travel

Exercise 5

Use the Future Perfect Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I hope they (to build) this bridge by the end of the year

2. What you (to do) by the lime I come back?

3. By the end of this year Mr. Faith (to work) for this com­pany for fifty years.

4. They (to pick) all the apples by the end of October.

5. Your guests (to go) by five?

6. By the end of the month 2,000 people (to fall ill). Are you going to send help?

7. 'Will you take me to see the castle when I come?

Oh, by all means. I think I (to pass) my driving test by then. Then we'll go by car.

8. He used to have black hair, but now... I think he (to go) completely grey by the lime he's 40.

9. We're trying to raise money for our fund. By the end of the year we (tо raise) $2.000

10. By the end of the week she (to drive) 50 miles.

11. They (to be married) for five years tomorrow.

Exercise 6

Use The Future Perfect, The Future Simple and the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I (to hope) when I (to come) back you (to finish) your homework.

2. You (to be) late. By the time you (to get) there they (to cat) everything up.

3. Too many people (to fall ill) every day. I'm afraid by the end of the month epidemic (to spread) here.

4. These batteries (to run out) in two days. Don't forget to get some more!

5. You watch (to be) slow. We (to be) late! The party (to begin) by the time we (to come)!

6. The house is very old. They (to demolish) it by the time you (to come) to our city again, I think.

7. Tornadoes (to speed) through the island every year. By the end of the season they (to damage) many building and (to injure) or (to kill) many people.

8. By that time you (to go) crazy or (forget) it all.

Exercise 7

Translate into English.

1. Ми зробимо цю вправу до другої години, а потім підемо разом у парк.

2. Вони збудують цю школу до 1 вересня.

3. Завтра виповниться 10 років з того часу, як вона почала працювати в цій фірмі.

4. Сподіваюсь, що до наступного тиждня вони відремонтують нашу пральну машину.

5. Робітники завершать ремонт будинку на початок осені.

6. Що ти встигнеш зробити на той часу, коли я прийду?

7. Вони завершать будівництво до зими, чи не так?

8. Я гадаю, що він не прочитає книгу до наступної неділі.

9. Вони не напишуть тест до приходу вчителя.