5. Fill in the gaps with the verb in brackets using either the Future Perfect (I will have done) / Future Perfect Continuous (I will have been doing).

1. By the time we get to the party, Fat Bob ……………….. everything. (to eat)

2. When we get to March, Jimbo ……………. in Thailand for 18 months. (to live)

3. There’s no point going now. The bus …….. by the time we get there. (to leave)

4. Be prepared to stand up during the concert as they …….. all the seats by now. (to take)

5. By June, we ……………….. together for four months. (to go out)

When you get to L.A., you ……………….. for seven hours. (to fly)

I’m sure that when we go to the meeting, all the important guests………… in time. (to arrive)

This time tomorrow I ……………….. all my exams. (to finish)

By next Friday we ……………….. the course. (to complete)

Old Mr. Macawber ……….. maths for 30 years by the end of this term. (to teach)

By next spring, we ……………….. in Kyoto for two years. (to work)

By the time you wake up tomorrow morning, Pete……………. in Seattle.

(to arrive)

At this rate, we ……………….. everything ready by six o’clock. (to get)

Johnson ……………….. at sea 7 days by the time he enters French waters. (to be)

If what scientists say is true, humans …………….. life a miserable existence within the next 15 years. (to make)

6. Match the following sentences using Future Perfect (I will have done) / Future Perfect Continuous (I will have been doing).

1) We will have rehearsed the play 2) We will have been rehearsing the play	a. for two months in September. b. by September.
1) I will have found enough mushrooms 2) I will have been looking for mushrooms	a. for a couple of hours before lunch. b. before you start cooking.
1) By Friday they will have dug up 2) By Friday they will have been digging up	a. the roads in King Street and George Street. b. the roads in our town.
1) When he retires 2) If he finishes his last film	a. he will have been making films for 30 years. b. he will have made 30 films.
1) By the next week 2) By the 30th of June	a. I will have given up smoking. b. I will have been trying to give up smoking for two months.
1) By the end of this season he will have played 2) By the end of this season he will have been playing	a. for 10 months in this team. b. 50 games in this team.
1) She will have eaten her dinner 2) She will have been eating her dinner	a. for an hour at 7 o'clock. b. by 7 o'clock.
1) I’ll have sent him an e-mail 2) I’ll have been sending him e-mails for a couple of days	a. before I leave the office. b. today.

7. Open the brackets using Future Perfect (I will have done) / Future Perfect Continuous (I will have been doing).

1. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) … more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

2. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) … German for over two years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.

3. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) … the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

4. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you (master) … all twelve tenses including their passive forms.

5. Drive faster! If you don’t hurry up, she (have) the baby by the time we get to the hospital.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (study) … for nine months and I (be) in England for exactly one year.

7. Margie just called and said she would be here at 8 o’clock. By the time she gets here, we (wait) … for her for two hours.

8. Frank just changed jobs again. If he keeps this up, he (change) … jobs at least four or five times by the end of the year.

9. Come over to my house around 9 o’clock. By then, I (complete) … my history essay and we can go see a movie.

10. In June, my grandmother and grandfather (be) … married for fifty years.