1. By the time my parents get back home I will have cleaned the house from top to bottom. 2. The tourists hope that the tornado will have finished before they arrive in California. 3. Next month I will have known Rick for twenty years. 4. By the time you start writing your test I will have finished mine. 5. When you drop in at my place, I will have painted to door. 6. Will you have arranged everything by tomorrow? 7. When Tom gets to the cinema, the film will have started already.
Ex. 2
Answer the following questions about the actions, which will have happened by a certain moment in the future.
Example: Has Jim taught you to play golf? (next month) - Not yet, but he’ll have taught me to play golf by next month.
1. Has Nora realized her plan of visiting China? (next June) 2. Have Tony and Jill decided to get married? (Monday) 3. Have the Wilkinsons bought a new Toyota? (Chistmas) 4. Have you booked a long distance call to New York for me? (lunchtime) 5. Have you done most of the work? (seven o’clock) 6. Have you got everything arranged for your business trip? (midday) 7. Has international flight BA2 850 from Beijing landed yet? (1.45 a.m.) 8. Have you decided which offer for a job to take? Don’t you mind that two firms have been waiting for your answer for a week already? (Friday) Has Monica started her new job? (next week) 10. Have you seen the boss? His secretary said he was looking for you. ( 11 o’clock) 11. Has John been to the bank to get a mortgage? (Wednesday) 12. Has the Comet representative signed the report of intention? (tea-time)
Ex. 3
Add some missing information about the person mentioned.
Example: By the time the dinner is ready, Helen … (do/the rooms). - By the time the dinner is ready, Helen will have done the rooms.
1. Today Ted and Emy are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their married life. Emy has been up since early morning, cooking and baking. Before Ted comes back home from the office, she … (cook and bake/a lot of tasty things). 2. As soon as Ted comes back home, he will begin to help his wife. When the guests arrive, he … (finish/decorating the lounge). 3. My younger brother is on holiday at the seaside. He has little money and he is spending too much too quickly. Before the end of his holiday he … (spend/all his money). 4. My relatives left for Austria five years ago. Next month it will be exactly five years since they arrived there. By next month they…. (live/for five years). 5. My brother is great eater. Today I’m late for dinner. Before I come home, he…. (eat/most of the dinner). 6. When Bill left the office, he asked his secretary to type a letter. He’s sure by the time he comes bask, she ….. (finish/typing the letter).
Ex. 4
Paul wants to be an artist. He's reading about a famous artist called Winston Plummer.
Winston Plummer was a great artist, who had a wonderful career. He won lots of prizes before he was twenty. By the age of twenty-five he had had his own exhibition. He was the subject of a TV documentary by the time he was thirty. By the age of thirty-five he had become world-famous. He made millions of pounds from his pictures before he was forty.
Paul is daydreaming about his own future career. What is he thinking?
e.g. I hope I'll have won lots of prizes before I'm twenty.
1 Perhaps _____________ my own exhibition by the age of twenty-five.
2 I wonder if _____________ by the time I'm thirty.
3 Maybe ______________ by the age of thirty-five.
4 I hope _____________ by the age of forty.
Ex 5
Put the verbs in brackets in the proper tense form. Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind the Future Perfect.
1. The committee (to draft) the plan by to-morrow. 2. The librarian (to register) all the books that (to come) into the library by the end of the week. 3. I am afraid we (not to discuss) all the questions by the time they (to come). 4. The secretary (to look through) all the papers by the time the director (to come). 5. I hope that they (to receive) my letter by Saturday and (not to expect) me on Sunday. 6. Let me know as soon as you (to make) an appointment with him. 7. After the clerk (to decode) the telegrams he (to take) them to his chief. 8. I am sure he (to throw) some light upon this matter before I (to learn) about it from my sister's letter. 9. Don't start arguing until you (to hear) what I have to say. 10. I suppose that when my letter (to reach) you, you (to return) from your voyage. 11. We (not be able) to start the experiment before we (to obtain) the necessary data.
Ex. 6
Complete the following sentences.
a) 1. By the time you get into contact with them... . 2. By the moment the interview is over .... 3. By the time he gives us some instructions ... .4. Before he telephones us ... .5. We shall not make any decision until ....
b) 1. ... after he has dictated his business letter to the stenographer. 2. ... before we have studied all the instructions. 3. ... until some steps have been taken. 4. ... before you have apologized to him. 5. ... as soon as the surgeon has finished the operation.
Ex. 7
How good is your maths? Can you work out the answers?
e.g. It's quarter to six. Melanie is putting something in the oven.
It needs to be in the oven for an hour and a half. When will it have cooked?
It will have cooked at quarter past seven.
1 It's seven o'clock in the evening, and Andrew is starting to write an essay. He writes one page every fifteen minutes. He plans to finish the essay at midnight. How many pages will he have written?
He will have written _____ pages.
2 It's Monday morning, and Sarah is travelling to work. It's twenty miles from her home to the office. How far will she have travelled to and from work by the time she gets home on Friday?
_______________________
3 Matthew is doing press-ups - one every two seconds. How many will he have done after five minutes?
________________________
Ex 8
Translate into English.
1. Поезд уже уйдет к тому времени, как мы приедем на станцию. 2. Боюсь, к тому времени как вы вернетесь с деньгами, они уже распродадут все книги. 3. Позвоните мне, когда вы прочтете книгу, я зайду за ней. 4. Я напишу ему, после того как увижусь с его родителями. 5. Я дам вам знать, как только закончу переводить статью. 6. Мы сделаем все упражнения к его приходу, и затем все вместе пойдем на каток. 7. а) Приходите на консультацию, после того как вы проработаете весь материал. Ь) Не приходите на консультацию, пока вы не проработаете весь материал. 8. Он сказал, что не даст тебе другой книги, пока ты не вернешь ту, которую взял. 9. Наш завод выполнит производственный план к 5 декабря. 10. Он спросил, разрешите ли вы ему просмотреть ваше сочинение, после того как вы его напишете. 11. Я надеюсь, что напишу дипломную работу к концу учебного года. 12. Решишь ли ты все свои проблемы до нашей следующей встречи? 13. К концу года цены на в бензин вновь вырастут. 14. У меня короткая стрижка, но к лету волосы вырастут. 15. Садовник подстрижет кусты и деревья, расчистит дорожки, сожжет опавшую листву до наступления зимы.16. Не беспокойся, платье сошьют к выпускному вечеру. 17. К тому времени, как ты доберешься домой, пицца будет приготовлена. 18. Программист завершит новую программу до назначенного срока. 19. Учительница обещает, что проверит наши контрольные работы к следующему уроку.
