VIII. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect

1. By the end of the eighties most small shops in Britain and the USA (to disappear).

2. By the end of the year customers (to make) over 14 million purchases here.

3. By six o’clock we (to buy) everything we (to want).

4. By the time we (to get) to the shopping centre it (to close).

5. In a special depart­ment they (to wrap up) our purchases and (to hand) them over to us.

6. In half an hour we (to choose) a very good suit and a pair of shoes.

7. Last year the shop (to offer) a number of special services to its customers.

8. She complained that she (to be) penniless as she (to spend) all her money.

9. There (to be) a tendency in Britain and the USA for small shops to disappear.

IX. Change the sentences given in the Future Perfect into negative and interrogative. Give short affirmative and negative answers

Model: They will have finished supper by nine o’clock. They won’t have finished supper by nine o’clock. Will they have finished supper by nine o’clock? Yes, they will. No, they won’t.

1. By the end of the month five thousand people will have seen the exhibition.

2. I shall have come back home when you drop in at my place.

3. The train will have left before we reach the station.

4. They will have arranged everything by tomorrow.

5. They will have begun to experiment with changing the weather by next year.

6. They will have eaten everything by the time we get to the restaurant.

7. They will have reached their destination by 5 o’clock.

X. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Future Perfect

1. Fashionable young Londoners (to buy) their clothes in many small “boutiques”.

2. Harrods (to export) over 40 million worth of goods by the end of the year.

3. The shop (to stock) a wide and exciting range of goods by the end of the year.

4. Harrods (to increase) its staff to 6000 by next Christmas time.

5. Next year they (to export) over 45 million worth of goods.

6. The Export Depart­ment (to deal) with any customer's purchase every day.

7. They (to sell) some things almost half price by the end of July.

8. They (to stock) 30 types of shirts and 70 ties to go with them next month.

9. Woolworths (to sell) a lot of cheap con­sumer goods by the end of next week.

XI. Add question tags to the following statements and give short answers

1. A number of hotel staff had relied on tips before their wages were raised.

2. By the end of the flight he will have read the book.

3. By the end of the month London will have got more rain than most other major European cities for the same period of time.

4. He had already signed his name when a new guest arrived.

5. She will have cooked dinner by the time you return.

6. The receptionist has entered the guest’s room number into the computer.

7. The stewardess has given us all the information about the flight.

8. You had just driven up to the door of your room when I saw you.

9. We have already realized all the advantages of travelling by air.

10. Weather has affected the lives of all of us in many ways.