Ex.21. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect

1. Let’s hope they ____________ (repair) the road by the end of this summer.

2. The train ____________ (leave) by that time. We have to look for another way to get there.

3. He _________ (not graduate) from university by May.

4. Don’t say anything. You _________ (forget) me by then.

5. By Christmas, Patrick and his wife ________(be married) for 20 years.

6. My uncle _________ (retire) by the end of this year.

7. _______ you ______(buy) a new printer by the end of this week?

8. By the time you get home we _________ (clean) the house from top to bottom.

9. I _________ (not complete) the report until 5 o’clock. Will you help me?

10. We’d better wait till the end of the month. Charles ________ (pass) his exams by then, so we’ll be able to travel together.

Ex.22. Say or write what they will have been doing by the end of this year.

Be attentive: state verbs cannot have the Perfect Continuous Tense form.

Model:

My brother /run/ his own business/ five years –

By the end of this year, my brother will have been running his own business for five years.

1. Monica /design clothes/ three years.

2. My father/work for the same company/ ten years.

3. Elizabeth /be in this job/six years.

4. My friend Kevin/ study/Economics/ four years.

5. They/ build their new house/ two years.

6. William Brown/train the Irish national basketball team/ five years.

7. The Greens /live in this house/ twenty years.

8. Martha /specialize in growing tulips/ about four years.

9. Helen /play the piano/over ten years.

10. Her elder brother Nick/play football/ five years.