Future (PFC) Flashcards
Future perfect
How do we use future perfect (preposition/phrase)
b… / b… t… t…
With by or by the time
Future perfect
It’s ……. her so long to write that book that ….. she …….. it people …… the insident it’s based on.
take / time / finish / forget
It’s taking her so long to write that book that by the time she’s finished it people will have forgotten the insident it’s based on.
Future perfect
…… we ….. to the theater the play will …….!
get / time / start / already
By the time we get to the theater the play will have already started!
Future perfect
I’… my homework. …dinner.
finish
I’ll have finished my homework by dinner.
Future perfect
You … a lot … you …. your cousin again.
time / see / grow
You’ll have grown a lot by the time you see your cousin again.
Future perfect
She … something to … we … back.
eat / time / get
She’ll have had something to eat by the time we get back.
Future perfect
By next November, I ….. my promotion.
receive
By next November, I will have received my promotion.
Future perfect
… he …. home, she … the entire house.
time / get / clean / go
By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house.
Future perfect
… she … enough Chinese to …. ….. she moves to Beijing?
learn / before / communicate
Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing?
Future perfect
Sam is probably … to have … the proposal … he … this afternoon.
time / leave / going / complet
Sam is probably going to have completed the proposal by the time he leaves this afternoon.
Future perfect
… I … this course, I … ten …
time / take / tests / finish
By the time I finish this course, I will have taken ten tests.
Future perfect
How many … … … by the time you … 50?
visit / go / turn / countries
How many countries are you going to have visited by the time you turn 50?
Future perfect
I … in London for six months … I …
be / time / leave
I will have been in London for six months by the time I leave.
Future perfect
… , Susan … my book …
Monday / for a week / go
By Monday, Susan is going to have had my book for a week.
Future perfect
What is the rule for time clauses with future perfect?
(when, while, before, after, …)
Like all future forms, the future perfect cannot be used in clauses beginning with time expressions such as: when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless, etc. Instead of future perfect, present perfect is used.
I am going to see a movie when I have finished my homework.
I am going go see a movie when I (will: not possible) have finished my homework.
Future perfect
I … to … a movie … I … my homework.
go / when / finish / see
I am going to see a movie when I have finished my homework.
Future perfect
I … my homework before I … TV.
do / watch
I’ll do my homework before I watch TV.
Future perfect
We … to the cinema … we … work.
go / as soon as / finish
We will go to the cinema as soon as we finish work.
Future perfect
… Richard … the game this afternoon, he … his phone.
watch / while / answer / not
While Richard is watching the game this afternoon, he won’t answer his phone.
Future perfect
I … a shower … I … breakfast.
have / when / finish
I’ll have a shower when I finish breakfast.
Future perfect
You … … a few words.
only / learn
You will only have learned a few words.
Future perfect
You are … … to have … a … words.
go / only / learn / few
You are only going to have learned a few words.
Future perfect
… you … have … a few words?
only / learn
Will you only have learned a few words?
Future perfect
They … … … the championship.
definitely / win
They will definitely win the championship.
Future perfect
… … … … that well in the championship.
will not / do / they / probably
They probably won’t do that well in the championship.
Future perfect
They will have completed the project before the deadline. Active
passive
The project** will have been completed **before the deadline.
Future perfect
They are going to have completed the project before the deadline. Active
passive
The project is going to have been completed before the deadline. Passive
Future perfect
Stonehenge … by at least another thousand visitors … the end of this …
Passive form: visit / by / year
Stonehenge will have been visited by at least another thousand visitors by the end of this year.