Future Perfect Simple

Exercise 1. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

I'll tell you tomorrow. I ...................................................... by then. (decide)

When you come next time, we ........................................................ in a new house. (move)

By the time we reach the coast, the storm ................................................ . (end)

In two years's time I ................................................... my university studies. (finish)

He .......................................................... the film before he retires. (complete)

Next year we ................................................... in Spain for ten years. (be)

Don't worry. I ............................................................ the manager by noon. (contact)

The dinner will be ready when we get back. Mum ...................................................... it. (cook)

Please, call again later. Mr. Jones ......................................................... by two o'clock. (return)

The garden party will be in July. Do you think the grass ................................... in time? (grow)
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Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.

Example: The meal will be ready sooner than at 6 o'clock. (finish)

I will have finished the meal by 6 o'clock.

You will get the photographs on Friday.

I ....................................................... the photographs by the end of the week. (take)

Call me later. I will know the information.

When you call me I .......................................................... the information. (find out)

I will be here tomorrow, but Tim is going to leave today.

I will still be here tomorrow, but Tim ........................................... . (leave)

Clare will have nothing to do in half an hour.

Clare .......................................................... her work in half an hour. (finish)

In summer there will be two new houses in this field.

By next winter they ............................................... two new houses in this field. (build)

When we come to the station, the train will be already there.

The train ....................................................... at the station before we come there. (arrive)

I will have 150 lessons in the English course.

I ............................................................. 150 lessons when the English course ends. (attend)

We will have no bread tomorrow.

We .............................................................. all that bread by tomorrow. (eat)

They will be in the middle of the journey when they reach York.
They .................................................... half of the journey in York. (do)

If you don't hurry, you won't meet anyone at the party.

Hurry up or everyone .............................................. home by the time you get to the party. (go)
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Exercise 3. Correct mistakes.

In two years' time we will have reconstruct our house.

In two years' time we ......................................................................... our house.

Will have your father returned by Sunday?

.................................................................................................... by Sunday?

My friend will taken up a new job before summer.

My friend ............................................................................ a new job before summer.

Will you prepared everything for me when I arrive?

.................................................................... everything for me when I arrive?
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By the end of next week Sharon has come back from Greece.
By the end of next week Sharon ............................................................. from Greece.

We will have tidy up the rooms before our guests appear.

We ................................................................. the rooms before our guests appear.

Next month we will be married for five years.

Next month ............................................................. married for five years.

The translation will be ready when you need it. Greg is going to do it by then.
The translation will be ready when you need it. Greg ................................................ it by then.

At the end of this exercise I will correct ten mistakes.

At the end of this exercise I ................................................................ ten mistakes.
Future Perfect Continuous

Exercise 1
How long will Francis and his friends have been doing the following things by the end of their
school holidays?

Example:
Francis - stay at his grandma's place
Francis will have been staying at his grandma's place for three weeks.

Samantha - travel round the world

Melanie - work at a summer camp
Robert - learn Spanish at a language school
Kevin - work on his house
Carol - practise beach volleyball
Peter - do community work
Naomi - take care of her neighbour's dog
Judy - attend driving school
Ben - climb mountains
Tom - do nothing

Samantha ............................................................................................................................... for a month.

Melanie ............................................................................................................................... for six weeks.

Robert .............................................................................................................................. for two months.

Kevin ...................................................................................................................................... all the time.

Carol ..................................................................................................................... for more than a month.

Peter ................................................................................................................................. for three weeks.

Naomi .................................................................................................................... for a couple of weeks.

Judy ......................................................................................................................... for quite a long time.

Ben ..................................................................................................................................... for a fortnight.

Tom ........................................................................................................................................ all the time.

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Exercise 2
Respond to the following situations.

Why are you so angry?

They ............................................................................. the road by the end of this year. (repair)

Your French is not perfect.

Don't worry. I ....................................................................... it for a year by the time I leave for
France. (learn)

Look at Jane. She's so nervous.

No wonder. She ............................................................... for Tim for five hours when his plane
finally arrives. (wait)

Bill is a good teacher.

Definitely. He ........................................................................ for five years by the time he's 30.
(teach)

I could help you pick apples on Saturday.

We ................................................................................ apples for a week by Saturday. We'll be
finished. (pick)

Do you think you will pass the exam?

I hope so. I ........................................................................... for it for two weeks when I take it.
(revise)

Is Grace your neighbour?

Yes, she is. She .............................................................. next door for a year next month. (live)

We could buy Lisa a new piano for her birthday.

Good idea. When she turns twenty, she ....................................................................... the piano
for twelve years. (play)

Shall I wake Doris up?

Yes, please. At nine o'clock she ................................................................. for ten hours. (sleep)

Your parents are experienced workers. Yes, they are.

They ........................................................................ together for thirty five years before they
retire. (work)
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Exercise 3
Complete the conversations.

A: How long are you going to stay at this hotel?

B: On Sunday we ............................................................ (stay) here for two weeks and we'd like
to stay one more week.

A: Do you think Matt will finish the report in time?

B: No problem. He ............................................................. (work) on it for nearly three days
tomorrow.

A: Are you worried about your job interview in Paris?

B: Not really. When I leave for France, I .................................................................... (prepare) for
it for more than a month.

A: We are going to the party at 6 o'clock. Will you join us?

B: I'm afraid I'll be tired. I'll .................................................................. (plant) trees for five hours
when the party starts.

A: Is the electric engine the future of cars?

B: I don't think so. In a ten years' time people .......................................................................
(drive) cars with internal combustion engines for a century and a half and it will remain so.

A: How long has Patricia been learning English?

B: At the end of this course she ............................................................................ (study) English
for six years.

A: How many countries has your sister visited during her journey?
B: I don't really know. But she ............................................................... (backpack) the world for
a year before she gets back home.

A: Do you like endless soap operas?

B: I love them. By the end of this year I ............................................................... (watch) Guiding
Light for two decades.

A: Is the chicken ready?

B: Not at all. At 12.30 I ....................................................................... (bake) it for ninety minutes
and it is not ready yet!

A: Is tennis a tiring sport?

B: Tiring? Look at this match. They ........................................................................ (play) for
more than three or four hours when it ends.
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Exercise 4. Rewrite the following sentences. Use the underlined verbs.

It will rain for 24 hours and it will stop raining in the morning.
When it stops raining in the morning, it ............................................................................... for 24 hours.

I'll learn French for seven years and then I leave school.
I ......................................................................................... French for seven years before I leave school.

We moved in Hastings 18 years ago and we will live here for another two years.
In a two years's time we ............................................................................. at this place for two decades.

I'll work in my office for a couple of hours and you'll get up at last.
By the time you get up I ..................................................................... in my office for a couple of hours.

The farmer's family started picking strawberries last Friday and they will continue till Friday.
On Friday the farmer's family ............................................................................ strawberries for a week.

In Monaco it will be one month since Darren started sailing on his yacht.
Darren ..................................................................... on his yacht for a month when he lands in Monaco.

The computer will update its operating system first. It will start working in five minutes.
The computer ........................................................................ its operating system for about five minutes
before it starts working.

We used the Internet for the first time nearly twenty years ago.
By the end of this year we ......................................................................... the Internet for twenty years.

In July it will be one year since Maggie started singing in the choir.
In July Maggie ...................................................................................................... in the choir for a year.

Shall I turn off the gass? It will be 10.15 and the water has nearly been boiling for twenty minutes.
Shall I turn off the gass? The water .................................................................................... for twenty
minutes at 10.15.
Future Perfect Simple and Continuous

Exercise 1. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

In five years' time there will be no houses in this street. (demolish)

In five years' time they ..................................................................... all the houses in this street.

The Christmas tree will be ready before our children come back. (decorate)

We ............................................................... the Christmas tree before our children come back.

This is my tenth year of teaching experience. (teach)

I ...................................................................................... for ten years this year.

I am going to finish my second book by the end of this year. (publish)

My second book ..................................................................... by the end of this year.

Greg will call me and I must think about his proposal before that. (consider)

Before Greg calls me, I ............................................................... his proposal all the time.

You will be hot until you open the window. (sweat)

You .......................................................................... until you open the window.

On Thursday we will have all the needed information. (receive)

By Friday we .................................................................. all the needed information.

We planted the trees nearly three years ago. (grow)

This year the trees ............................................................... for three years.

We will be in Paris sooner than at 5 p. m. (arrive)

We ................................................................... in Paris by 5 p. m.

Our English workshop will start at 8 o'clock and it will finish at 12 o'clock. (work)

At noon we ................................................................... on our English project for four hours.

Future Perfect Simple and Continuous
Exercise 2. Write the correct endings of the sentences.

We will have rehearsed the play ................................................................................................................

We will have been rehearsing the play ................................................................................................................
▪ for two months in September ▪ by September

I will have found enough mushrooms ........................................................................................................

I will have been looking for mushrooms ...................................................................................................
▪ for a couple of hours before lunch ▪ before you start cooking

By Friday they will have dug up ................................................................................................................

Until Friday they will have been digging
up ................................................................................................................
▪ the roads in King Street and George Street ▪ the roads in our town

When he retires ..........................................................................................................................................

If he finishes his last
film .............................................................................................................................................
▪ he will have been shooting films for 30 years ▪ he will have shooted 30 films

In two weeks' time .....................................................................................................................................

On 30 June .................................................................................................................................................
▪ I will have given up smoking ▪ I will have been trying to give up smoking for more than a month

By the end of this season he will have played ..................................................................................

By the end of this season he will have been playing ........................................................................
▪ for 10 months in this team ▪ 50 games in this team

She will have eaten her dinner .......................................................................................................

She will have been eating her dinner ….........................................................................................
▪ for an hour at 7 o'clock ▪ by 7 o'clock

I'll have sent him an e-mail ...........................................................................................................

I'll have been sending him e-mails for a couple of days ...............................................................
▪ before I leave the office ▪ today
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Exercise 3. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the dialogue.

A: How long have you been preparing your campaign, Derek?

B: By the end of this month I ............................................................................. (work) on it for a

year.

A: For a year? And do you think you ....................................................... (launch) it by the end of

June?

B: I hope so. I suppose we ................................................ (make) all the posters and TV shots by

then.

A: Why has it taken you so long?

B: We needed a lot of data to support our arguments. Before we start it in July, several teams of

experts ...................................................... (collect) data for six months. And we'll have to sort

them out. But we ...................................................... (finish) it by the end of June.

A: I wish you all good luck, Derek. And I hope that before your campaign ends, the public

transport in our city ...................................................... (change) for the better.

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Exercise 5. Answer the questions with the verbs in brackets.

When will you send the message?

We ............................................................................ it by Friday. (deliver)

How long does it take you to rewrite such a report?

Tomorrow I ........................................................................ on it for three days. (work)

And I .......................................................................... it by 6 p.m. (finish)

What time shall we have a break? At about 5 o'clock.

We ..................................................................... for nearly four hours. (travel)

Can I have a look at your photos tomorrow? No, I'm sorry.

I ....................................................................... them by tomorrow. (not develop)

Can we start the party at 3 o'clock? I don't think so. All our

guests ................................................................. by then, I'm afraid. (not arrive)

Will Sam be ready for the test on Monday?

He .............................................................................. for a couple of weeks. (revise)

But he ............................................................................ everything by Monday. (not revise)