Unit 5 The Future Perfect Tense

Formation

The Future Perfect is formed with shall/will have+V3

She will have cleaned her flat by 2 pm.

She will not have cleaned her flat by 2 pm.

Will she have cleaned her flat by 2 pm?

The Future Perfect Tense denotes an action viewed as completed by a definite future moment/another future action or covering a certain period of time up to the given future moment.

My sister will have leftschool byJuly.

She will have leftschool by the time I graduatefrom the University.

Kate will have beena student for half a year by March.

We will have had our old TV-set for 10 years by the time the new TV-set is delivered.

Practice

Ex. 58 Read the story and comment on the use of the Future Perfect Tense. Ask and answer questions with the verbs in the given tense

Some sections of the new motorway are already in use, and soon half of this road will be open to traffic. By the end of next year the workers will have completedthe project, andat last there will be peace for the inhabitants of the countryside. The new road will havefreed them from the constant deafening roar of high-powered engines. The completion of the road will be a relief even to the workmen. Some of them will have been here for over seven years by the time they have finished.

Ex. 59 Read the dialogue and pick out the information about the work on the swimming pool that will have been done before long. Discuss it in questions and answers

-Have they finished work on your new swimming pool, Charles?

-They will have completed it by the end of the week.

-How long is it?

-It's only 25 feet long and 15 feet wide.

-How deep is it?

-It's eight feet in depth. They will have installed the diving-board by Saturday. By the way, we're holding a swimming party on Sunday, if it's not too cold. You will come, won't you?

-I'd love to come, but I'm not much of a swimmer.

-Well, I'm hardly a good swimmer myself Anyway, it'll be fun.

Ex. 60 Use the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect

1.What will you (be doing/have done) this time tomorrow? 2.How soon will the builders (be finishing/have finished)laying the foundations? 3.Do you think you’ll (be making/have made) a decision by next July? 4.Next Sunday morning I’ll (be sitting/have sat) on a beach doing nothing. 5.By the end of the year I’ll (be driving/have driven) 20 000 miles on business. 6.We’ll (be waiting/have waited) for you at the station when you arrive.

Ex. 61 Imagine yourself in the year 2010. How long will you have been a student by then? How many exams will you have passed? How many courses will you have taken?

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Ex. 54 Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous Tense	\|	Ex. 62 Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect, the Future Continuous or the Future Simple Tense

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