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Exercise 18
Future Perfect Progressive Tense in Questions
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in future perfect
progressive tense.
Note: Pay careful attention to word order in the following examples.
Example: How long will you (work) have been working by five oclock?
Example: Will you (wait) have been waiting long when our plane arrives?

1) How many miles _______ Bruce (drive) _______ _______ ________ when he
reaches Columbia?
2) _______ the cake (bake) _______ _______ ________ long enough by two oclock?
3) _______ you (sleep) _______ _______ ________ long enough if I wake you at 6:00
a.m.?
4) How long _______ we (shop) _______ _______ ________ by the time we leave the
mall?
5) How many years _______ Mrs. Grant (work) _______ _______
_________ for this company when she starts her new job?
6) _______ the police (clear) ______ _______ _________ the road for
the fire truck before it gets there?
7) _______ the soup (boil) _______ _______ _______ too long when we get home?
8) How long _______Janet (run)_______ _______ ________ when she crosses the
finish line?
9) How many semesters _______ Professor Evans (give) _______ _______ _______
this same lecture when he gives it today?
10) _______ the rescue crew (try) _______ _______ ________ to reach the hikers for a
week by tomorrow?
11) How many hours _______ Erma (sew) _______ _______ ________ that dress
when she finishes?
12) _______ you (sing) _______ _______ ________ with the choir for five years by this
Christmas?