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Future perfect simple or continuous

1. Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect simple).

1. By 9 o'clock, we (finish)   our homework.

2. They (leave)   the classroom by the end of the hour.

3. We (go)   home by next week.

4. She (return)   from the excursion by 6 o'clock.

5. (buy / he)   the new house by October?

6. The sun (not / rise)   by 4 o'clock.

7. (you/do)   the shopping by 3 o'clock?

2. Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect continuous).

1. By the end of the month I (live)   in this town for ten years.

2. By the end of this week we (work)   on the project for a month.

3. By July the fifth they (study)   English for 3 years.

4. By 10 o'clock she (watch)   TV for 4 hours.

5. She (sleep)   for 10 hours by 11 o'clock.

6. We (look for)   him for 40 days by next Saturday.

7. They (wait)   for the president for 5 hours.

3. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (future perfect simple or continuous.)

1. By 2018 we (live)   in Madrid for 20 years.

2. He (write)     a book by the end of the year.


3. (finish, you)   this novel by next week?

4. He (read)     this book for 15 days by the end of this week.

5. They (be)   married for 40 years by the end of this month.

6. (be, she)   pregnant for three months this week?

4. Future perfect and future continuous


Complete the sentences with the present simple form 
of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.
1.  (you / retire) by the time you're 60?
2. Next year, I  (study) maths at university.
3. Hurry up! The film   (start) soon.
4. There won't be anyone in the office. Everyone   (go) home.

5. Julie   (not work) this time next week. She'll be on holiday!

6. I'm only halfway through my homework. I   (not finish) it


before the teacher arrives.
7. Do you think that Les (fix) the car by tomorrow?
8. Don't phone me before 8 o'clock, we  (have) dinner.

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