Grammar focus: Future perfect tense

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Ex.27. Turn the following into the Future Perfect.

Model: I had done my homework by 9 о 'clock. I shall have done my homework by 9 о 'clock.

1. They had built the new school by the first of September. ___________________________.

2. The teacher had looked through our exercise-books by that time. _____________________.

3. We had discussed the report by four o'clock in the afternoon. __________________________.

4. The students had read three English books by the end of the year. _________________________.

5. I had written the composition by 9 o'clock. ____________________________.

Ex. 28. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Future Perfect.

Model: He will receive (to receive) the telegram tomorrow.

1. I _____________ (to do) the exercises by seven o'clock.

2. I _____________ (to do) the exercises in the afternoon.

3. By this time you _____________ (to take your examination).

4. You _____________ (to take) your examination next week.

5. The teacher _____________ (to correct) our dictations in the evening.

6. The teacher _____________ (to correct) our dictations by the next lesson.

Ex. 29. Put the verb into the correct form, the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect (will be (do)ing) or (will have (done)).

Model: Don't phone me between 7 and 8. We'll be having (we/have) dinner then.

1. Phone me after 8 o'clock. _____________ (we/finish) dinner by then.

2. Tomorrow afternoon we're going to play tennis from 3 o'clock until 4.30. So at 4 o'clock, _____________ (we/play) tennis.

3. A: Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?

B: Not in the afternoon. _____________ (I/work).

4. В has to go to a meeting which begins at 10 o'clock. It will last about an hour.
A: Will you be free at 11.30?

B: Yes, _____________ (the meeting/finish) by that time.

5. Chuck came to Britain from the USA nearly three years ago. Next Monday it will be exactly
three years. So on Monday, _____________ (he/be) in Britain for exactly three years.

6. Do you think _____________ (you/still/do) the same job in ten years' time?

7. Jane is from New Zealand. She is travelling around Europe at the moment. So far she has travelled about 1,000 miles. By the end of the trip, _____________ (she/travel) more than 3,000 miles.