Future perfect continuous

English grammar 1

EG410

Future perfect continuous

Content

signal words

Aim of the lesson

Exercise

usage

Form

homework

Aim of the lesson

Суралцагчид англи хэлний төгс ирээдүйд төгсөн үргэлжлэх цагийн хэлбэр, хэрэглээний талаарх мэдлэгийг гүнзгийрүүлэн эзэмшиж ирээдүйд тодорхой хугацаа гэхэд тодорхой хугацаагаар үргэлжлэн байх үйл явдлын талаар амаар болон бичгээр өөрийн санаагаа илэрхийлж бусадтай харилцах чадвартай болох

Forms

Forms

Forms

Forms

Wh question

Examples

Usage-Хэрэглээ

Usage-Хэрэглээ

How long to a point in the future

Exercise

Exercise

Change the verb into the correct form: 1. Neo ........................................... (attend)our class for two years by 2021. 2. My brother ................................... (sleep) for three hours by noon. 3. Jack .............................. (watch) TV for five hours by the time my father comes. 4. Eli ..................................... (not travel) for months by the time she is paid. 5. Two young athletes .......................... (work out) for hours by the time one of them finally gives up. 6. They ....................................... (play) for three hours by noon. 7. ................................................. (you waiting) for me?

Exercises

Put the verbs into the correct form (future progressive).

By the end of the week I ........................ (work) will have been working here for four months.

By the end of this month we .............................. (live) together for six years.

By the end of the term she .................................... (study) for nine years.

By midnight we ....................................... (play) this computer game for 48 hours.

She ........................................ (talk) on the phone for the last couple of hours.

They ................................................. (look for) me all night long.

He ............................................ (play) soccer all day long.

You ............................................. (watch) TV all the time.

He ................................................... (not / sleep) all morning. (wait / they) for 2 hours?

Complete the conversations. A: How long are you going to stay at this hotel? B: On Sunday we ............................................................ (stay) here for two weeks and we'd like to stay one more week. A: Do you think Matt will finish the report in time? B: No problem. He ............................................................. (work) on it for nearly three days tomorrow. A: Are you worried about your job interview in Paris? B: Not really. When I leave for France, I .................................................................... (prepare) for it for more than a month. A: We are going to the party at 6 o'clock. Will you join us? B: I'm afraid I'll be tired. I'll .................................................................. (plant) apple trees for five hours when the party starts. A: Is the electric engine the future of cars? B: I don't think so. In a ten years' time people ....................................................................... (drive) cars with internal combustion engines for a century and a half and it will remain so. A: How long has Patricia been learning English? B: At the end of this course she ............................................................................ (study) English for six years.

Rewrite the following sentences. Use the underlined verbs and keep the same meaning. It will rain for 24 hours and it will stop raining in the morning. When it stops raining in the morning, it ............................................................................... for 24 hours. I'll learn French for seven years and then I leave school. I ......................................................................................... French for seven years before I leave school. We moved in Hastings 18 years ago and we will live here for another two years. In a two years's time we ............................................................................. at this place for two decades. I'll work in my office for a couple of hours and you'll get up at last. By the time you get up I ..................................................................... in my office for a couple of hours. The farmer's family started picking strawberries last Friday and they will continue till Friday. On Friday the farmer's family ............................................................................ strawberries for a week. In Monaco it will be one month since Darren started sailing on his yacht. Darren ..................................................................... on his yacht for a month when he lands in Monaco. The computer will update its operating system first. It will start working in five minutes. The computer ................................. its operating system for about five minutes before it starts working. We used the Internet for the first time nearly twenty years ago. By the end of this year we ......................................................................... the Internet for twenty years. In July it will be one year since Maggie started singing in the choir. In July Maggie ...................................................................................................... in the choir for a year.

Key

When it stops raining in the morning, it will have been raining for 24 hours. I will have been learning French for seven years before I leave school. In a two years's time we will have been living at this place for two decades. By the time you get up I will have been working in my office for a couple of hours. On Friday the farmer's family will have been picking strawberries for a week. Darren will have been sailing on his yacht for a month when he lands in Monaco. The computer will have been updating its operating system for about five minutes before it starts working. By the end of this year we will have been using the Internet for twenty years. In July Maggie will have been singing in the choir for a year. Shall I turn off the gass? The water will have been boiling for twenty minutes at 10.15.

references

1. Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans "Grammarway 3,4" Express Publishing 2008
2. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-perfect-continuous-exercise-4.html
3. https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs28.htm
4. https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/future_perfect_continuous.htm
5. https://magoosh.com/english-speaking/future-perfect-continuous-tense-how-and-when-to-use-it/
6. https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futureperfectcontinuous.html
7. https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future-perfect-continuous.htm
8. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-perfect.html