PAst Perfect

66. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verb.

1. I … never (see) such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai. 2. I did not have any money because I … (loose) my wallet. 3. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he … (visit) the city several times. 4. … Susan ever (study) Thai before she moved to Thailand? 5. She only understood the movie because she … (read) the book. 6. Kristine … never (be) to an opera before last night. 7. We were not able to get a hotel room because we … not (book) in advance. 8. … you ever (visit) the U.S. before your trip in 2006? – Yes, I … (be) to the U.S. once before. 9. We … (have) that car for ten years before it broke down. 10. By the time Alex finished his studies, he … (be) in London for over eight years. 11. They felt bad about selling the house because they … (own) it for more than forty years. 12. … you previously (study) English before you moved to New York?

67. Write sentences about what these people had already done or had never done before. Use the Past Perfect, and already or never.

1. Last weekend Tom rode a horse for the first time. Had he ever ridden a horse before?

2. Last summer Jeff ran in a marathon for the sixth time.

3. Last week Susan wrote a poem for the first time.

4. Last week Ann appeared on TV for the first time.

5. Last summer Tony played tennis at Wimbledon for the fifth time.

6. Last summer Mary won a gold medal for the third time.

7. Last year Ken visited Scotland for the first lime.

8. Last year Jean wrote her third novel.

FutUre Perfect

68. Fill in the gaps with the verb in Future Perfect. Ask questions and give negative answers.

1. By next November, I … (receive) my promotion. 2. She … (learn) enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing. 3. By the time I finish this course, I … (take) ten tests. 4. I … (be) in London for six months by the time I leave. 5. You … only (learn) a few words. 6. They … (complete) the project before the deadline. 7. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we … (drive) more than four hundred miles. 8. I have not traveled much yet; however, I … (visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.  9. In June, my grandmother and grandfather … (be) married for fifty years. 10. Frank just changed jobs again. If he keeps this up, he … (change) jobs at least four or five times by the end of the year. 

69. Paul is daydreaming about his future career. Fill in the gaps with the information in brackets.

1. I hope I ………… before I'm twenty. (win lots of prizes)

2. Perhaps ………… my own exhibition by the age of twenty-five. (organize)

3. I wonder if ……………. by the time I'm thirty. (win the Pulitzer Prize)

4. Maybe I ……………. by the age of thirty-five. (visit many countries)

5. I hope I ………… by the age of forty. (write one’s autobiography)

6. I am sure I ………. by the age of forty-five. (open one’s own library)

7. Definitely I ………. before I am fifty. (write one’s hundredth book)

8. By the age of sixty I …………. . (buy a house and retire)

70. What will you have done before, let’s say, the graduation?

71. Put in the simple future, the future continuous or the future perfect simple.

FLYING JUNK

By the middle of the 21st century we (build) will have built space stations which (circle)²………the earth and (probably circle) ³……… the moon, too. We (establish)⁴……… 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 (increase)⁵……… in number by the year 2050 and (orbit)⁶……… the earth. All these bits and pieces are watched by NORAD (North American Radar Defence Command). NORAD (have)⁷……… 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 stuff (slay)⁸……… up there (we hope)! The sad fact is that we who are alive today (not clear up)⁹……… our own junk tomorrow. Perhaps we (Just watch)¹⁰……… from some other (safe) place as it goes round and round the earth!