Ways of Expressing Future

	future fact	future action in progress	time-table, schedule	prior plan, intention	planned event, action	Sudden decision	prediction	willingness	offer, suggestion
Present Simple			V
Present Cont.					V
Be going				V			V
Future Simple	V					V	V	V	V
Future Cont.		V			V
Future Perfect							V
Future Perfect Cont.		V					V

Exercise 27. Complete the sentences using the Future Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs in brackets. Ask all possible questions according to the pattern given above. Give answers.

1. Next January Mr Walker _ (work) for the company for forty years.

2. On June 14th they _ (live) in this house for fifteen years.

3. At ten o'clock I _ (drive) for sixteen hours.

4. By 2005, we _ (learn) English for about twenty years.

Exercise 28. Choose the correct or the most suitable answer - A or B.

Example: Who do you think В the next election?

A) is winning; B) will win.

1. - Where are you going with that ladder? - _ the roof.

A) I'll repair; B) I'm going to repair.

2. She __ lunch with David at 12.30 on Thursday.

A) will have; B) is having.

3. Perhaps Vanessa __ a professional pianist.

A) will become; B) is becoming.

4. I feel a bit thirsty. I think I __ something to drink.

A) will be having; B) will have.

5) They __ on Sunday at the local registry office.

A) are getting married; B) will get married.

6. Look out! The glass __ off the table.

A) falls; B) is going to fall.

7. Next week my mother __ 45 years old.

A) is going to be; B) will be.

8. __ your camera at the weekend? Mine is out of order.

A) Do you use; B) Will you be using.

9. - Is that your new stereo?

- Yes, but it doesn't work. I __ it back to the shop.

A) am taking; B) am going to take.

10. Your plane __ London at 8.30.

A) leaves; B) is leaving.

11. I wonder where we __ twenty years from now?

A) will be living; B) are going to live.

12. A trip on a Eurostar train to Paris __ 80 pounds. I know it from a friend of mine.

A) will cost; B) is costing.

13. By the year 2050, computers __ teachers.

A) will replace; B) will have replaced.

14. - They say it's going to snow today.

- Really? I __ my fur coat then.

A) am going to wear; B) will wear.

15. Don't worry! I __ your letter on the way to work.

A) will post; B) post.

16. Never share a secret with Helen. She __ everybody else.

A) will tell; B) is going to tell.

17. This time next week we __ over the Atlantic.

A) are going to fly; B) will be flying.

18. - What are your plans for today?

- __ to a disco?

- Sounds great!

A) Will we go; B) Shall we go.

19. By the end of the month my elder brother mountains for ten years.

A) will have climbed; B) will have been climbing.