Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect simple or the future perfect continuous

By 7.00 p.m. they ....................................(play) cricket for eight hours.

I ........................................ (finish) painting your room by the time you get home.

By the end of next month I ................................. (live) in London for exactly three years.

Tom ..................................... (write) his third novel by the end of this year.

By the time he arrives in London, John ..................................... (drive) for five hours.

This film ............................................... (probably / not finish) until midnight.

How long ............................................. (you/study) English by the end of this term?

Exercise 6 .Match the following sentences with the correct tense description

1. Look out! That dog is going to bite you!

2. I’ll be flying to Morocco this time tomorrow.

3. She’s worried that he’ll be angry.

4. By 11 o’clock she’ll have been waiting for three hours.

5. The London train arrives at 4.45.

6. I’m seeing my bank manager this morning.

7. When I’m older, I’m going to learn to drive.

8. I think I’ll make some tea. Do you want some?

9. He’ll have finished by tomorrow afternoon.

10. Will you be going into town today?

11. I’m sure he’ll pass the test.

12. I’m going to buy a new car tomorrow.

a)fixed arrangement in the near future.

b)Action which will be finished before a stated future time.

c)Timetable

d)Fear about the future

e)Evidence that something will definitely happen in the near future.

f)Future intention

g)Action in progress at a stated future time.

h)Duration of an action up to a certain time in the future

i)Action intended to be performed in the near future.

j)On-the-spot decision

k)Something we are not sure about yet.

l) Polite enquiry about people’s arrangements

m) Predictions

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets in the right future tense

1) I ................................... (see) my bank manager tomorrow. I ....................... (ask) him for a loan but I expect he ........................... (refuse).

2)............................................. (you/do) anything next weekend?// Yes, my nephews ............................. (come) and I ................................ (show) them round London. // .............................................. (you/take) them to the theatre? // No, they’re too young for that. I ..................................... (take) them to the zoo.

3) John usually gives me a lift home, but we both ............................. (come) home by train tomorrow as his car .............................. (be) repaired.

4) His father left him $400,000 but he lives so extravagantly that he ............................... (spend) it all before he’s 30.

5) There ................................ (be) a bus strike. Everyone ........................... (walk) to work next week.

6) I .................................... (ring) you tomorrow at six.// No, don’t ring me at six. I .............................. (bathe) the baby then. Ring me later.

7)...........................................(you/light) the fire for me, please? Here are the matches.

8) Where ..................................... (I/put) it? Put it behind the piano.

9)........................................(he/ring) us up as soon as he ............................ (arrive) in England.

10) If we ................................ (not hurry), the sun ................................. (rise) before we reach the top.

11) I ................................ (not fill) up this form! The questions are impertinent (неуместные). // If you don’t, madam, you ................................. (not get) your visa.

............................................. (I / put) more salt in the stew?

12) Tourist: We’ve only got five hours in Rome; we .................................. (leave) at six; but I’m sure that we ............................. (see) everything of importance by then.

13) We’d better go out tomorrow because Mary ....................................... (practise) the piano all day.

14)............................................. (you/sign) here, please?

15) The ceiling in this room doesn’t look very safe, does it? // No, it looks as if it ................................ (fall)down.

16) I don’t know how to use this camera// It’s quite easy. I ........................... (show) you.

17) I think Jane ............................. (get) the job. She has a lot of experience.

18) I ................................ (not tell ) anyone what happened, I promise.

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