The Future Continuous Tense is used to denote:
actions in progress at a stated future time. e.g. We will be sailing off the south coast next week.
actions which will be a routine in the future. E.g. Ill be working at the office on Sunday as usual.
Ex. 1. Underline the correct verb form in the sentences below. Explain your choice:
1. Will/Shall you call on me at six? I'll watch/be watching the England Cup Final.
2.You don't have to look for her. She'll call/be calling here all day long anyway.
3.The band is going to perform/ will perform /will be performing here next week.
4.She is going to watch/will watch/ will bewatching TV while he is going to make/will make
/ will be making sandwiches.
5. She is going to watch/will watch/ will be watching TV at six if he is going to make/ will make / will be making/Is making sandwiches at the same time.
6. Will you/ Will you be/Are you going sopping? Could you get me some juice?
7. When will you have / will you be having /are you having breakfast tomorrow?
8. What will you do/ will you be doing/ are you going to do at six tomorrow?
9. He will visit/ will be visiting/ are going to visit the capital all the time this coming
month.
10. Will you go/ Will you be going /Are you going out tonight?
Ex. 2. Some of the sentences below contain errors. Correct them:
1. She'll be hearing the news at ten.
2. Will you be seeing her one of these days?
3. While she'll be reading, he'll be realizing what has happened.
4. This time tomorrow she'll be remembering her success.
5. She'll be finishing her translation when they'll just be starting theirs.
6. He'll be seeing them off at this time tomorrow.
7. When it happens, he'll start understanding everything much better.
8. This film will be being on for a while at this cinema.
9. All right, fire off. 11 be thinking about you.
10.At this time next week he'll be wanting it has not happened.
Ex. 3. Put each word in brackets into an appropriate verb form. Explain your choice:
1. He'll (begin) a new stage of his project at this time tomorrow.
2. They'll be (clean) the flat if you__ (come) at twelve.
3. She_ (stay) in bed until late on Sunday.
4. The construction (finish) at about this time next year.
5. Don't call at his office, he (leave) by that time.
6. Don't worry about your car, nobody (notice) it.
7. At this time tomorrow they (prefer) something.
8. As soon as they______________ (realize) it, they (start) doing something.
9. They_ (travel) across Europe this summer.
10.We_ (meet) one of these days, don't you think so?
Ex.4. Translate the following:
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING EXERCISES: Do Exercises 17-18, p.53 from the exercise book by V.Kaushanskaya.
TOPIC 12. Future Perfect
The Future Perfect Tense is used to denote:
actions which will have finished before a certain time in the future. e.g. She will have completed her studies by July.
Ø Note: by or not until/till are used with Future Perfect. Until/till are normally used with F.P. only in negative sentences. e.g. He will have repaired the car by next Monday. Jane won't have learnt how to speak French until August.
Ex. 1. Underline the correct verb form in the sentences below. Explain your choice:
1. The weather will change /will have changed/ is going to change by Monday.
2. She will watch/ will be watching/ will have watched TV when he will come/ will
have come/ comes.
3. According to the available information, the reform will be finished/ will have been
finished/ is going to finish next year.
4. There's no need to worry, nobody will notice/ will have noticed/ is going to notice it.
5. The plane will arrive/ will have arrived/ is going to arrive by then.
6. She may say it, but it won't do/ won't have done/ isn 't going to do any good.
7. Next September he will work/will have worked/will have been working at university
for ten years.
8. Peter will soon translate/ will soon have translated/ will soon have been translating his
tenth book.
9. Could she call him as soon as she will have/ will have had/ has the results?
10.Everything will be/ will have been/ is going to be all right provided she will get/will
have got/ has got/ got the required information.
Ex. 2. Some of the sentences below contain errors. Correct them:
1. As soon as they have done it, they'll get the books.
2. There's no use to call him at seven, he'll already leave.
3. The translation has not been finished yet, but it'll have been finished in a minute.
4. She does not feel like going out so she'll have stayed at home.
5. He could borrow her car as she won't have been needing it.
6. If she won't have heard the news, she won't do anything.
7. We'll manage to do it provided you'll have been remembering it all the time.
8. She'll already do everything by the time you'll be ready to help.
9. Everybody is sure she'll have won the first prize this year.
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10. By the end of the year he'll have been owning the company for three years.
Ex. 3. Translate the following:
1. , , . 2. . . , '. 4. , . , ' , . 5. 2005 . 6. , . 7. 䳿. 8. ³ , . 9. , , 45 . 10. 100 . 11. . 12. , ' . 13. ? - . 14. ³ . . 15. . 16. 䳺, . 17. ³ . . 18. , , 5000 . 19. . ? 20. . . 21. , . 22. . 23. , , '. 24. , , . 25. , г .
COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES: Make up a list of events that may happen to you in the future (get married, have children, get a degree, get promoted at work, buy a car, etc. 10 items maximum) Using this list, make up sentences, each of which will use two items from the list. You may use an item more than once.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING EXERCISES: Do Exercise 35, p.69 from the exercise book by V.Kaushanskaya.
