3.2. Transform into negative and interrogative forms.

1. This is a long trip! By the time we get to NY, we’ll have been riding on this bus for over 15 hours.

2. I have been sitting at this desk for an hour. By 11.00 I’ll have been sitting here for 2 hours.

3. By the end of next year I’ll have been working for him for 40 years.

4. I’ll go to bed at 10 p.m. He’ll get home at midnight. I’ll have been sleeping for 2 hours by the time he gets home.

5. By the time they reach the finish line, they’ll have been running steadily for more than 2 hours.

6. I’ll have been reading this book for 2 hours by the time you come back.

7. My aunt’ll have been working at this plant for 10 years by the end of December.

8. By the time we get to the party, they’ll have been eating for 2 hours.

9. By the 3^rd of January they’ll have been passing their exams for 2 weeks.

10. In 10 minutes the phone’ll have been ringing for 20 minutes already.

3.3. Open the brackets. Use the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. He (to write) a letter for 3 hours when you come.

2. He (to learn) French for 6 years already when he enters the college.

3. She (to watch) this film for an hour already when you ring her up.

4. You (to have) dinner for half an hour tomorrow when he calls for us.

5. By July he (to live) here for 5 years.

6. When you enter the University, you (to study) languages for more than 10 years.

7. The painter (to work) on this landscape for almost a year by Christmas.

8. They (to quarrel) for more than an hour when the police come.

9. The students (to read) up for their exams for more than 3 hours already by the time we come to the library and join them.

10. They (to travel) for almost a year by Christmas, but they don’t want to return.

3.4. Complete the sentences. Mind the use of the Future Perfect Continuous.

1. They ..... this film for 5 hours by the time we come.

2. My parents ..... in the USA for 20 years by Christmas.

3. She ..... the cleaning for half an hour by 5.

4. John ..... to the radio for almost an hour when we come to visit him.

5. By the time we return home, the children ..... football for 2 hours.

6. They ..... me silly questions for an hour by 12.

7. The students ..... to the teacher with interest for half an hour by the time the lesson comes to an end.

8. He ..... at the door for 20 minutes by the time they open it to him.

9. The doctors ..... him for a month by the time he recovers.

10. She ..... them English at school for 40 years by the time she retires.

3.5. Open the brackets. Use either the Future Perfect, Future Indefinite or Future Perfect Continuous.

1. He (to sleep) for an hour when you (to come) back tonight.

2. I think, by the time I come, they (to go) away. But if they don’t we (to go) to the restaurant.

3. It is snowing heavily. Have you listened to the weather forecast for tomorrow? – I hope it (to stop) snowing by tomorrow morning.

4. My sister (to learn) the results of her exam on economy in 3 days.

5. Let’s meet at the station at 5. – OK. By that time I (to finish) my work.

6. She (to have lunch) for half an hour by the time we arrive.

7. They are going to buy a car. By the end of next month they (to save) money for it.

8. The workers say that they (to build up) a district by 2007.

9. By 7.00 p.m. they (to play) cricket for 8 hours.

10. By the end of next month I (to live) in London for exactly 3 years.