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How long will you have been doing it?

A: Bill, how long will you have been studying at university before you’ve got your first degree?

B: I’ll have been studying for three years before I’ve got a bachelor’s degree.

A: How long will you have been learning English before you’ve passed it?

B: I’ll have been learning English for four years before I’ve passed it.

A: How long will you have been working as a lawyer before you retire?

B: I hope, I’ll have been working as a lawyer for 40 years before I retire.

A: Success attends you!

 

Ex. 2.Use the Future Perfect Continuous.

Model: By this time next week, he (work) on his book for a year.

By this time next week, he will have been working on his book for a year.

 

1. By next year we (live) in this city for twenty-five years.

2. By the end of the month, he (study) English for two years.

3. Do you realize that on September 15 you (repair) our car for three months?

4. We (fly) non-stop for three hours before we get to London tomorrow.

5. Radio waves from Earth (travel) for light years before anyone picks them up.

6. I (write) my course paper for two months before I defend it.

7. The children (play) out of doors the whole evening till their parents return home.

8. We (admire) the beauty of Italy for two weeks before we leave home.

9. By the time he arrives, I (pick) apples in our garden for two hours.

10. My mother (sit) in front of the TV-set for the whole evening till I come home.

11. By the end of this year I (live) in England for three years.

12. The children (decorate) the New-Year’s tree for the whole evening before they go to bed.

Ex. 3.Describe the situation, using the Future Perfect Continuous and the proper verb form in the subordinate clause: the Present Indefinite or the Present Perfect.

Model: By the time/he/to retire/he/to climb mountains/for twenty years.

By the time he retires he will have been climbing mountains for twenty years.

1. The children/to do homework/for two hours/before/the film /to begin.

2. The students/to prepare for the exam/for three days/before/they/to pass/it.

3. The staff of the company/to discuss the project/for a few days/before it/to be signed.

4. I/to translate the article/for an hour/before/I/finish/it.

5. We/travel/in France/for a fortnight/before/we/to go to England.

6. I/to pack my things/for two hours/before the taxi/to arrive.

7. Mr Smith/check up the students’ papers for an hour/before/they/show the football match on TV.

8. By the end of the year/I/wear this suit/for two years. It’s time I bought another one.

9. I/to stay in this hotel/for two weeks/by the end of my business trip.

10. Mrs Green/to take care of her grandchildren/ for a month/until/her daughter/to return from abroad.

11. I/to paint the floor in the house/for a few days/before/we/to move in.

12. By the end of this month/this shop/to sell/ furniture/for a year.

 

Ex. 4.Make up short dialogues according to the model, using the Present Perfect or the Future Perfect Continuous.



Model: A: Have you just started cattle farming?

B: Oh no. By the end of the year I’ll have been cattle farming for five years.

1. collecting stamps? 2. painting? 3. playing the violin? 4. sailing? 5. complaining? 6. going to meetings? 7. writing to the papers? 8. translating documents? 9. reading The Times? 10. riding a motorbike? 11. study English? 12. prepare for the exams?

 

Self Check

 

Ex. 5.Use the Future Perfect Continuous or the Future Perfect.

1. By the end of March he (live) here for three years.

2. They will be tired when they get there. They (travel) all day.

3. They (have) lunch by the time we arrive.

4. We (fly) nonstop for six hours by the time the plane lands.

5. I (work) for this company for thirty years by the end of October.

6. By July I (learn) English for three years.

7. They (stay) here for five weeks by Monday.

8. By tea time she (play) tennis for three hours.

9. By next June Ann (study) in London for a year.

10. The children (sleep) for eight hours by breakfast time.

11. I (write) my thesis by the end of the year.

12. How long you (study) in this group by February?

 

Ex. 6.Complete the sentences with an appropriate future form.

1. By the end of this week I (wait) three months for my car to be repaired.

2. I hope I (finish) this report by the end of the day.

3. She (leave) for work before the children get home from school.

4. They (complete) work on the great dam by the end of this decade.

5. He (work) in the North for two years by the time he retires.

6. By the end of the year he (climb) 10 mountains. He (climb) for 10 years by that time.

7. By the end of this month I (save) for three years, and I hope I (buy) a new car before my birthday.

8. I’m afraid we (not to be) on time for the meeting.

9. The telephone is ringing. – I (answer).

10. I don’t understand this rule. You (help) me with it?

– Of course! I (explain) it to you.

11. My son is a talented boy. He (become) a famous musician.

12. Look at the sky. It (rain).


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