The future perfect tense

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I } shall have worked we ('ll have worked) You They He } will have worked She ('ll have worked) It	Shall { I }have worked? we you they Will { he }have worked? she it	I } shall not have worked we (shan't have worked) You They He }will not have worked She (won't have worked) It

Future Perfect образуется при помощи формы Future Indefinite вспомогательного глагола to have и причастия настоящего времени смыслового глагола.

Например:

I shall have done the work by 5 o’clock tomorrow.

– Я сделаю эту работу завтра к 5 часам.

Future Perfect обозначает действие, которое будет завершено до определенного момента в будущем. Этот момент обычно обозначается при помощи обстоятельств и придаточных предложений времени.

Например:

You will have gone to bed by the time I come. By 5 o’clock tomorrow he will have returned.

Ты ляжешь спать к тому времени, как я приду. Мы вернемся к 5 часам завтра.

Exercises

Ex.1. Put the verb in brackets into the Future Perfect.

1.We (finish) all the housework by 6 o’clock this afternoon. 2. I (read) this book by tomorrow morning. 3. Thousands of people (see) this exhibition by the end of the month. 4. They (build) this house long before the end of October. 5. They (do) half of the journey when they reach the Volga. 6. I (write) my composition by the time you come back. 7. We’ve got five days in London: we are leaving on Monday; but I’m sure that we (see) everything of importance by then.

Ex. 2. Answer the questions using the Future Perfect.

Pattern: Have they built the house?

- Not yet, but they’ll have built it by next September.

1.Have you decided what to do at the coming winter vacation? 2. Has Roger learned to play chess? 3. Have you taught your little brother to read? 4. Has Alice written a letter to Roger? 5. Have they bought a new flat? 6. Have you read this article? 7. Have you learned the poem by heart? 8. Have you made a new dress? 9. Has she cooked dinner? 10. Has she graduated from the University?

Ex. 4. Put the verbs in the brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future

Indefinite and the Future Perfect.

1.I (suppose) when I (come) back in two years’ time they (pull) down all these old houses. 2. Your face is dirty, Tom. – All right, I (wash) it. 3.You have just missed the train. – Never mind. I (wait) for the next one. 4.By the time you (finish) cooking they (do) their work. 5. By the time he (come) they (go). 6. I hope it (stop) snowing by tomorrow morning. 7. If you (think) it over you (see) I am right. 8. I’m going to Hyde Park to hear the people making speeches. – You (be) late. By the time you (get) there they (finish) their speeches and everybody (go) home.

Ex. 5 . Translate into English.

1.Мы ждем гостей. Они придут ровно в 5 часов. К этому времени я приготовлю все к обеду и накрою на стол. Если кто-нибудь придет раньше, он посмотрит передачу по телевизору. 2. В конце июня у студентов начинаются каникулы. К этому времени они сдадут все экзамены и разъедутся по домам. Выпускники к этому времени получат дипломы. 3. В этом году подруги проведут каникулы на море. Анна уезжает 20 июля, Маргарита будет занята до 30 июля. Когда она приедет на юг, Анна будет там уже десять дней. Маргарита надеется, что погода будет хорошей, и они хорошо отдохнут и загорят к концу отпуска. 4. К тому времени, как зайдет (set) солнце, мы пройдем около двадцати километров.