Exercise 8
Use the Future Perfect, the Future Simple and the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.
I (to hope) when I (to come) back you (to finish) your homework.
You (to be) late. By the time you (to get) there they (to eat) everything up.
Too many people (to fall ill) every day. I'm afraid by the end of the month epidemic (to spread) here.
These batteries (to run out) in two days. Don't forget to get some more!
5. Your 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 buildings and (to injure) or (to kill) many people.
By that time you (to go) crazy or (forget) it all.
Exercise 9
Translate into English.
Мы сделаем это упражнение к двум часам, а потом вместе пойдём в парк.
Они построят эту школу к 1 сентября.
Завтра исполняется 10 лет с тех пор, как она начала работать в этой фирме.
Надеюсь, к концу недели они починят нашу стиральную машину.
Рабочие закончат ремонт дома к началу осени.
Что ты успеешь сделать к тому времени, как я приду?
Они закончат строительство к зиме, не правда ли?
Уверен, что он не прочтёт эту книгу к назначенному сроку.
Они не напишут тест к приходу учителя.
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Translate into Russian and comment on the use of Future Perfect Progressive Tense.
They will have been working for five hours already when we come and join them.
By the first of June he'll have been working here for 14 years.
They will have been trying to solve this problem for two years by 1994.
4. She'll have been writing an essay since eight o'clock when her friends come.
5. The students will have been answering for a whole hour already by twelve o'clock.
6. She'll have been talking for two hours already by four. I want to use the phone, too.
7. Someone will have been playing the piano for three hours by twenty-three. They started at eight. When are they going to stop?
Exercise 2
Use the Future Perfect Progressive Tense or the Present Simple instead of the infinitives in brackets.
1. He (to write) a letter for three hours when you (to come).
2. He (to learn) French for six years already when he (to enter) this college.
She (to watch) this film for an hour already when you (to ring) her up.
We (to have) dinner for half an hour tomorrow when he (to call) for us.
By July 1 she (to live) here for five years.
When you (to enter) the University you (to study) languages for more than ten years.
The painter (to work) on this landscape for almost a year by Christmas.
They (to quarrel) for more than an hour when the police (to come)!
9. The students (to read) up for their exam for more than
three hours already by the time we (to come) to the library and (to join) them!
They (to travel) for almost a year by Christmas, but they (not to want) to return.
They (to ask) me silly questions for two hours by twelve. Why they (not to stop)?