FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

	c. I will go to bed at ten P.M. He will get home at mid­night. At midnight I will be sleeping. I will have been sleeping for two hours by the time he gets home.	The future perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of an activity that will be in progress before another time or event in the future.
	d. When Professor Jones re­tires next month, he will have taught for 45 years. e. When Professor Jones re­tires next month, he will have been teaching for 45 years.	Sometimes the future perfect and the future perfect progres­sive give the same meaning, as in (d) and (e). Also, notice that the activity expressed by either of these two tenses may begin in the past.

Usually there is little or no difference in meaning between will and be going to. Will and be going to indicate inevitability (i.e., they express a simple factual statement about a future activity or situation), but be going to is used more frequently than will in spoken English when the speaker is expressing a definite plan or intention.

The present progressive is also sometimes used to express a future meaning. The future intention expressed by the present progressive is usually stronger than that ex­pressed by be going to.

 

EXERCISE 1 Use the simple future/be going to* or the simple present.

1. I'm going to leave in half an hour. I (finish) will finish / am going to finish all of my work before I (leave) ____leave____.

2. I'm going to eat lunch at 12:30. After I (eat) ____________________ lunch, I (take)_____________________________________ a nap.

3. I'll get home around six. When I (get) ______________________________ home, I (call)

______________________________ Sharon.

4. I'm going to watch a TV programme at nine. Before I (watch) _______________________

that programme at nine, I (write) __________________________ a letter to my parents.

5. Gary will come soon. I (wait) _________________________ here until he (come) _______

6. It will stop raining soon. As soon as the rain (stop) ______________________________, I (walk) _____________________________ to the drugstore to get some film.

7. The seasons are predictable. For example, when spring (come) —————————

___________ the weather (get) _____________________ warmer. This happens every year.

8. Right now it is winter. I'm tired of cold weather, but spring (come) __________________

soon. When spring (come) __________________ this year, I (go) __________________ to the park every day to enjoy the good weather.

9. At a dinner party in the United States, people usually sit in the living room and (talk) _______________________ for a while before they (go) __________________ into the dining room.

10. Tomorrow I'm going to give a dinner party. I have planned it very carefully. Before I (ask) ______________ my guests to come to the dining room, I (serve) _____________  drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the living room.

11. A: Have you mailed your application yet?

B: Not yet. I (fill)________________________________________________ it out later this evening. Then I (mail)____________________________ it on my way to class tomorrow.

12. A: (Be, Louise) __________________________________at the meeting tomorrow?

B: No. She (be, not) ______________________________ there.

13. Right now I am a junior. After I (graduate) _________________________ with a B.A., I    (intend) _________________________ to enter graduate school and work for an M.A. Perhaps I (go)_______________________________ on for a Ph D. after I (get) ________________________ my Master's degree.

14. A: How long (stay, you) ___________________________in this country?

  B: I (plan)________________________________ to be here for about one more year.   

I (hope)__________________________________ to graduate a year from this  June.

  A: What (do, you) _________________________after you ________________ (leave)

  B: I (return) __________________________ home and (get) .______________  a job.

 

EXERCISE 2 Use the future progressive or the simple present.

1) Right now I am attending class. Yesterday at this time, I was attending class. Tomorrow at this time, I (attend)______________________ class.

2) Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) ____________ at the airport, my whole family (wait)_____________________ for me.

3. When I (get) __________________ up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) ___________, the birds (sing) ____________, and my roommate (lie, still) ________________________ in bed fast asleep.

4. A: When do you leave for Florida?

B: Tomorrow. Just think. Two days from now I (lie) ___________________ on the beach     

     in the sun.

A: Have a good time. I (think) ___________________________________ about you.

5. A: How can I get in touch with you while you're out of town?

B: I (stay) __________________________ at the Pilgrim Hotel. You can reach me there.

6. Next year at this time, I (do) ___________________________ exactly what I am doing   now. I (attend) _______________________ school and (study) ______________________ hard next year.

7. Look at those dark clouds. When class (be) ___________________ over, it (rain, probably) _____________________________.

8. A: Are you going to be in town next Saturday?

B: No. I (visit) ___________________________________ my aunt and uncle in Chicago.

EXERCISE 3: Use any appropriate tense.

1) Ann and Andy got married on June 1st. Today is June 14th. Ann and Andy (be) __________________________married for two weeks. By June 7th, they (be) _____________________________ married for one week. By June 28th, they (be) _____________________________ married for four weeks.

2) This traffic is terrible. We're going to be late. By the time we (get) ——————— ________________ to the airport, Bob's plane (arrive, already) _________________, and he will be wondering where we are.

3) The traffic was very heavy. By the time we (get)____________________ to the airport, Bob's plane (arrive, already) ______________________________.

This morning I came to class at 9:00. Right now it is 10:00 and I am still in class. I (sit)   

_______________________________ at this desk for an hour. By 9:30 I (sit)

___________________________ this desk for a half an hour. By 11:00 I  (sit)  

__________________________ at my desk for two hours.

4) I'm getting tired of sitting in the car. Do you realize that by the time we arrive in Phoenix, we (drive) _______________________________ for twenty straight hours?

5) Margaret was born in 1950. By the year 2010, she (live)__________________________ on this earth for 60 years.

6) Go ahead and leave on your vacation. Don't worry about this work. By the time you (get) ______________________________ back, we (take) ________________________care of everything.

7)  I don't understand how those marathon runners do it! The race began over an hour ago. By the time they reach the finish line, they (run) ____________________________ steadily for more than two hours. I don't think I can run more than two minutes!

8) What? He got married again? At this rate, he (have._________________________ a dozen wives by the time he (die) ________________________________.

9) We have been married for a long time. By our next anniversary, we (be) ______________ married for 43 years.

EXERCISE 4 -ORAL:

Discuss: What do you think the twenty-first century will be like?

Suggestions for discussion topics:

1. Means of transportation?

2. Sources of energy?

3. Population growth?

4. Food sources?

5. Extinction of animal species?

6. Weapon technology?

7. Exploration of the oceans; exploration of the earth's interior?

8. Space exploration; contact with beings from outer space?

9. Role of computers in daily life?

10. Long-term solutions to today's political crises?

11. Architecture?

12. Clothing styles?

13. International language?

14. International world government?

10) 15. International television; international communication via communication satellites?

 

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