Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
1. Put the verbs into the correct form using Future Perfect (I will have done).
1. By 9 o’clock we ….. (to cook) dinner.
2. They ….. (to eat) by then.
3. In a week he ….. (to cross) the Atlantic by boat.
4. She ….. (to go) home when you come.
5. Jane ….. (not / to finish) her work by the end of this year.
6. Fred ….. (not / to return) from his holiday by Monday.
7. The sun ….. (not / to rise) by 4 o’clock.
8. ….. (you / to finish) the washing up by six o’clock?
9. Our boss ….. (not / to leave) the office until you make a right decision.
10. ….. (she / to buy) the new car by their wedding anniversary?
3. Using the words in brackets, complete the text below with the Future Simple (I will do) /
Future Perfect (I will have done)
1.
Margaret: Do you think everything will be finished when I get back from the store?
Jerry: Don’t worry. By the time you get back, I ….. (to pick) up the living room and ….. (to
finish) washing the dishes. Everything will be perfect when your parents arrive.
Margaret: I hope so. They ….. (to arrive) around 6 o’clock.
Jerry: Everything ….. (to be) spotless by the time they get here.
2.
Nick: I just have two more courses before I graduate from university. By this time next year, I
….. (to graduate), and I will already be looking for a job.
Stacey: Does that scare you? Are you worried about the future?
Nick: Not really. I ….. (to go) to a career counselor and get some advice on how to find a good
job.
Stacey: That’s a good idea.
Nick: I am also going to do an internship so that when I leave school, I ….. (to complete) not
only over 13 business courses, but I ….. (to work) also in the real world.
3.
Stan: Did you hear that Christine ….. (to take) a vacation in South America this winter?
Fred: I can’t believe how often she goes abroad. Where exactly does she want to go?
Stan: She ….. (to visit) Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Fred: At this rate, she ….. (to visit) every country in the world by the time she’s 50.
4.
Judy: How long have you been in Miami?
Elaine: I have only been here for a couple of weeks.
Judy: How long do you plan on staying?
Elaine: I love Miami, so I ….. (to stay) here for an extended period of time. When I go back
home, I ….. (to be) here for more than three months.
Judy: Wow, that’s quite a vacation!
5.
Jane: I can’t believe how late we are! By the time we get to the dinner, everyone ….. (to finish)
already eating.
Jack: It’s your own fault. You took way too long in the bathroom.
Jane: I couldn’t get my hair to look right.
Jack: Who cares? By the time we get there, everyone ….. (to leave) . Nobody ….. (to see) even
your hair.
4. First, read Jack’s itinerary for tomorrow. Then, for each sentence, choose either Future
Continuous (I will be doing) or Future Perfect (I will have done) to complete it.
Model: At 8 a.m., he will be leaving home. (to leave)
5*. Put in the Future Simple (I will do) / Future Continuous (I will be doing) / Future
Perfect (I will have done).
Flying Junk
By the middle of the 21 century we (to build) will have built space stations which (to
st
circle) ………. the earth and probably (to circle) ………. the moon, too. We (to establish)
………..bases on planets like Mars. At present, we use radar to ‘watch’ nearly 8,000 objects in
space. In addition, there are at least 30,000 bits of rubbish from the size of marbles to the size of
basket balls flying round the earth. These (to increase) ……….in number by the year 2050 and
(to orbit) ……….the earth. All these bits and pieces are watched by NORAD (North American
Radar Defense Command). NORAD (to have) ……….more and more rubbish to watch as the
years go by. Some bits fall back to earth, like the Russian satellite C954, which crashed in the
Northern Territories of Canada in 1978. Crashing junk could give us a bad headache. Most of the
staff (to stay) ……….up there we hope! The sad fact is that we who are alive today (not / to clear
up) ……….our own junk tomorrow. Perhaps we just (to watch) ……….from some other safe
place as it goes round and round the earth!