III. The Future Perfect Tense

Exercise 1

Translate into Russian and comment on the use of the Future Perfect Tense.

1. By ten they will have gone; come earlier, if you can.

2. The plane will have taken off when we get to the airport.

3. If you come at five I’ll have translated the article.

4. Will you have finished the washing-up by the time the film begins?

5. By that time he will have got your letter, don't phone him.

6. She's leaving on Saturday, but I think she will have made all her purchases by then.

7. He must give the book back next Tuesday, but he will have read it long before that day.

8. We won't have written the test by the time the teacher comes.

Exercise 2

Make the following sentences: — negative;

— interrogative.

> Pattern: He will have forgotten about it by the end of the day.

1. He won't have forgotten about it by the end of the day.

2. Will he have forgotten about it by the end of the day?

1. By the time he comes we'll have completed the task ourselves.

2. He'll have guessed the crossword puzzle by the time the boss comes back.

1. She'll have taken up something else by the summer.

2. Somebody will have shown up by six.

3. They will have done everything by Sunday.

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6. Ann will have bought the tickets by the time you arrive at the station.

7. Tom witt have ordered everything when we come to the restaurant.

8. By 2020, people will have learnt to grow food on the seabed.

9. By the end of the autumn, they will have built a new skating-rink in this district.

10. Antony will have opened a new cafe not far from here by the end of the year.

Exercise 3

Complete the following sentences using the words given in brackets.

> Pattern: Francis came to the US from Britain almost five years ago. Next Monday it will be exactly five years since he arrived. Next Monday (he/be/here/exactly five years). Next Monday he will have been here for exactly five years.

1. Pete and Jane are going to the concert. It is 18.30. The concert starts at 19.00. It will take them 45 minutes to get to the hall. By the time they gel there, (the concert/already/to start).

2. The population of this town is about 50,000. Every year it increases; more than 1,000 a year. By the end of the third year (it/become/more than 53,000).

3. Next year is their 10th wedding anniversary. They (to be married/10 years).

4. We are late. It's 11.35 already. The lecture begins at 11.40. By the time we get to the University (the lecture/to start/already).

5. I'm almost through with this book. There are only ten pages left. When you come back, (I/to read/it).

6. He is very good at cooking. It usually takes him half an hour to make a very good meal for the whole family. It's 17.30 now. We'll come home in twenty minutes. When we come, (he/to cook/the meal).

7. Jake usually gets up late. His favourite film is on TV today, but by the time he gets up, (the film/to start already).

8. Ann started working here almost three years ago on Sep-

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tember 1. This Monday is September 1. So this Monday (she/to work here/three years).

Exercise 4

What do you think will have happened on Earth by 2000? 2010? 2050? Make up sentences according to the pattern.

> Pattern: By 2050 people won't have found cure against AIDS.

Use some of the ideas from the list given below, but think of your own ideas, too.

• find a cure against cancer;

• learn to grow food on the sea-bed;

• learn to live on the sea-bed;

• construct colonies on the Moon/Mars/Venus;

• design a common language;

• solve hunger problem;

• improve medical care system;

• improve education system;

• solve the Loch-Ness mystery;

• find extra-terrestrial intelligence;

• stop global heating;

• learn to predict earthquakes;

• invent time-travel.

Exercise 5

Complete the following sentences.

1. By the time he comes, ...

2. When this term is over, ...

3. By the end of the week,...

4. By the end of the academic year, ...

5. When they are through with this task, …

6. When my parents come home, ...

7. By the end of this month, ...

8. Before the end of his/her holiday, ...

9. Before the end of this week, ...

10. When they get to the station, ...

When he leaves his house, ...

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Exercise 6

Study the following table. Tom, a student at the Linguistics Department, has made a time-table for the next week.

	Su.	Md.	Tu.	We.	Tr.	Fri.	Sa.
8.00–8.30		get up, shower	get up, shower	get up, shower	get up, shower	get up, shower
8.30–9.00		jogging	jogging		jogging	jogging	get up, shower
9.00–9.15		breakfast	breakfast	breakfast	breakfast	breakfast	jogging
10.00–11.00	get up, shower, jogging	lecture, linguistics	reading-hall, revise for seminar	French class	lecture, linguistics	German class	breakfast
11.05—12.05		French class		American literature	English literature	seminar, linguistics	read up for exam
12.05–13.00	football on TV	lunch	lunch	lunch, meet Paul	lunch	lunch	meet Jane
13.00—14.00			German class		read up for exam	French literature
14.00–17.00	meet Jane in the park	tennis	read up for exam	tennis	club meeting		tennis
18.00–19.30		change, dinner with Jane		cinema with friends		light supper, change	change, pub with friends
20.00	call aunt Mary	go to bed	go to bed	go to bed	go to bed	theatre, meet Jane at 20:00	film on TV
23.00	go to bed					go to bed	go to bed

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A

Complete the sentences according to the pattern (use the Future Perfect or the Future Progressive Tense).

> Pattern: At 12.00 on Sunday Tom will be watching football. By 13.30 he will have finished watching football.

1. At 9.30 on Monday...

2. By 13.30 on Monday...

3. At 8.15 on Friday ...

4. By 18.00 on Thursday ...

5. At 10.30 on Thursday ...

6. At 11.30 on Saturday...

7. By 18.30 on Tuesday ...

8. By 23.30 on Saturday ...

9. By 8.15 on Friday...

10. At 14.30 on Thursday ...

11. By 20.30 on Monday ...

12. At 10.30 on Friday...

13. At 11.30 on Monday ...

14. By 18.30 on Wednesday ...

15. By 11.30 on Tuesday ...

16. By 20.30 on Wednesday ...

17. At 20.00 on Sunday...

18. By 15.00 on Friday...

19. At 16.00 on Wednesday ...

20. At 18.30 on Wednesday ...

21. By 12.30 on Thursday ...

22. At 18.30 on Saturday ...

В

Ask one of your groupmates to answer the questions according to the pattern.

1. What will Tom have done by 11.30 on Saturday?

2. Will he have read up for his exam by 13.30 on Thursday?

3. What will he be doing at 11.30 on Wednesday?

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Think of your own plans for the following week. What will you have done by the middle of the week? by the end of the week?

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Exercise 7

Use the Future Perfect Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I hope they (to build) this bridge by the end of the year.

2. What you (to do) by the time I come back?

3. By the end of this year Mr. Faith (to work) for this company for fifty years.

4. They (to pick) all the apples by the end of October.

5. Your guests (to go) by five?

6. By the end of the month 2,000 people (to fall ill). Are you going to send help?

7. 'Will you take me to see the castle when I come?'

'Oh, by all means. I think I (to pass) my driving test by then. Then we'll go by car.'

8. He used to have black hair, but now... I think he (to go) completely grey by the time he's 40.

9. We're trying to raise money for our fund. By the end of the year we (to raise) $2,000.

10. By the end of the week she (to drive) 50 miles.

11. They (to be married) for five years tomorrow.

Exercise 8

Use the Future Perfect, the Future Simple and the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I (to hope) when I (to come) back you (to finish) your homework.

2. You (to be) late. By the time you (to get) there they (to eat) everything up.

3. Too many people (to fall ill) every day. I'm afraid by the end of the month epidemic (to spread) here.

4. 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.

7. By that time you (to go) crazy or (forget) it all.

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Exercise 9

Translate into English.

1. Мы сделаем это упражнение к двум часам, а потом вместе пойдём в парк.

2. Они построят эту школу к 1 сентября.

3. Завтра исполняется 10 лет с тех пор, как она начала работать в этой фирме.

4. Надеюсь, к концу недели они починят нашу стираль­ную машину.

5. Рабочие закончат ремонт дома к началу осени.

6. Что ты успеешь сделать к тому времени, как я приду?

7. Они закончат строительство к зиме, не правда ли?

8. Уверен, что он не прочтёт эту книгу к назначенному сроку.

9. Они не напишут тест к приходу учителя.

THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES