Ask questions using the Future Continuous

Example: You want to borrow your friend’s CD-player.(you /to use /your CD-player/ this evening?)—Will you be using your CD-player this evening?

1. You want your friend to give Jane an invitation.

(you/to meet/Jane/this afternoon?)

2. You want your friend to post a letter for you.

(you/to pass/the post-office/when you go shopping?)

3. You need a car.

(you/to use/your car/tonight?)

4. You want your friend to accompany you to the shopping centre.

(you/ to go/to the shopping centre/later?)

5. You want to go to the cinema with your friend.

(you/to do/anything special tonight?)

The Future Perfect Tense

The Future Perfect is used to denote an action completed before a definite moment in the future.

I will have finished the translation by 6 o’clock this evening.

I will have reached the station before the rain starts.

Agree with the following statements.

1. All shops will have closed by 22-00.

2. He will have watched all interesting programmes on TV by midnight.

3. The students will have revised the material before the session begins.

4. You will have done your morning exercises before the breakfast is ready.

5. Your Granny will have cooked dinner by the time you return home.

6. The students will have had German/French at their fingertips before they start leaning English.

7. The weather will have changed for the better by the weekend.

8. You will have finished your work by noon.]

Disagree with the following statements.

1. By the time the bell goes the students will have gathered in the classroom.

2. You will have finished all the arrangements before your friends come to your party.

3. The students will have had a good rest by the end of winter holidays.

4. You’ll have read the book before the end of the term.

5. He will have dined by 7 o’clock.

6. He will have caught up with the group by November.

7. I hope my room-mate will have learnt the poem by heart by the evening.

8. Your boyfriend will have set the table by the time you come.

Answer the following questions using the Future Perfect.

1. Have you taken the necessary book from the library?

2. Have you learnt the text by heart?

3. Have you made the necessary arrangements for the party?

4. Have you sent a letter to your friend?]

5. Have you hoovered the carpets and the rugs your flat?

6. Have you read the story till the end?

7. Have you rented a room?

8. Have you visited your friend?

9. Have you bought a new dress?

10. Have you spoken to the dean about the accommodation at the hostel?

11.  Have you dusted the furniture in your room?

12. Have you got your visa?

Give the opening lines of the following dialogues. Keep the conversation going.

– …..

– Oh, I think I will have done our shopping by the evening.

– …..

– But I’m afraid I won’t have finished my work before the film begins.

– …..

– Don’t worry, I’ll have prepared everything when the guests come.

– …..

– Not yet. But I’ll have revised everything by Tuesday. Moreover I’m quite at home in this subject.

The Future Perfect Continuous Tense

The Future Perfect Continuous is used to denote an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will be going on at that moment.

By 1^st May I will have been reading this book for a fortnight.

Make up sentences using the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. (to take French lessons)_________________for three weeks by next month.

2. (to study at the University)________________for three and a half years by December.

3. (to live in Moscow) _________________for 20 years by the end of the year.

4. (to prepare for her exam)___________________for a month by December.

5. (to listen to the text)__________________for 15 minutes by the time the bell goes.

6. (to tidy up) _____________________for an hour before her parents return.

7. (to have accommodation at the hostel) ____________________for 3.5 years by December

Complete the sentences using the appropriate adverbial modifiers.

1. He’s travelling round the world. He will have been travelling….

2. You will have been studying English….

3. Your father will have been driving that car….

4. Your sister will have been going to school…

5. They will have been building this house….

6. You will have been dating with your boy/girlfriend…

7. We will have been dealing with this company for….

8. Your brother will have been doing military service …..

9. I will have been renting a room….

10. He will have been working for UniCredit Bank….

Revision 2

Exercises on Different Future Tenses

Say what future tenses are used in the following sentences and why.

1. Dad, will you be using the car tomorrow?

2. What are you going to do tonight? Will you join me for the theatre?

3. I’ll be watching a film from 7 till 9 tonight.

4. I will shut the door. I left it open.

5. Will the weather be fine tomorrow?

6. How long will you have been studying English by the end of the year?

7. Will you have done everything by the time the guests come?

Use the Present Indefinite, the Future Indefinite or the Future Perfect in the following sentences.

1. By the time the students _______________ (to start) learning the second language, they _______________(to master) the first one. 2. We _____________(to finish) all the homework by 6 o’clock in the afternoon. 3. I _______________(to read) this book by tomorrow evening. 4. I hope they _______________(to receive) my letter by Saturday and______________ (not/to expect) me on Sunday. 5. I still______________(to be) here next summer but Tom_______________(to leave). 6. If you_______________(to think) it over you ________________(to see) I am right. 7. They ______________(to do) half of the journey when they _______________( to reach) the Volga. 8. We’ve got 5 days in London: we are leaving on Monday. But I’m sure we _______________(to see) the most fascinating places of interest by then. 9. Fleur _______________(to finish) tidying up before the guests _______________(to come). 10. “I’m going to Hyde Park to hear People making speeches.” “You _______________(to be) late. By the time you _______________(to get) there they_______________(to finish) their speeches and everybody _______________(to go) home.”

Choose the best suited means of denoting future actions for the following sentences.

1. I ________________ (not/to want) to discuss it over the phone, but I _________________(to tell) you about it when I _________________ (to get) home. 2. Jane _______________(to help) you with your homework as soon as she ________________(to write) an essay. 3. If all__________________(to go) well, I ______________(to finish) the report in 3 days. 4. “When ________________ (they/to leave)?” “In a fortnight. They________________ (to see) about the tickets tomorrow.” 5. If she__________________(to come) to the party alone and there _______________(to be) nobody she________________(to know), she________________(to feel) lonely. 6. I wonder when I ________________(to be able) to get there. 7. “Give this message to your teacher as soon as you_________________(to come ) to school”, said the mother. 8. I________________(to be not sure) if Michael _______________(to be) on time. 9. He is asking you if you____________________ (to meet) him in the library at 5 o’clock. 10. I ________________ (to write) to Jack tonight and ______________(to make) sure that he_______________(to meet) you and ________________(to look after) you. 11. Tony said, “I_________________(to come) home tomorrow.” “Why?” “My law term ______________ (to begin) soon.” 12. “What _________________ (you/to do) tonight?” “I______________ (not/to know) yet.” 13. We _________________(to wait) here till it ________________(to get) dark. 14. I___________________(to have ) some people in after dinner tonight at my place. _________________(you/to come?) 15. We’d like to ask you a few more questions before you __________________(to go). 16. If class__________________(to be cancelled) tomorrow, I ____________________(to stay) in bed. 17. If she _________________(to fail) the test, she___________________(to have) to repeat the course. 18. If the water ____________________(to be) warm enough, I __________________(to go ) swimming with you. 19. I________________ (to ask) the teacher about the test when I _________________(to see) her tomorrow. 20. My parents _______________ (to be) proud of me when I_____________(to get) my PhD.