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    Exercise 1. Use the Future Continuous Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. This time next month I (have)... a rest in Florida.

2. She (wait)... for you if you come out.

3. I am going to stay outdoors tomorrow because my brother (practise) ... the piano all day.

4. They (have)... an English exam at 10 a.m. in the room 31.

5. I’ve bought a new book and I (read) ... it the whole evening tonight.

6. We (revise) ... this material the whole month as a preparation for the exam.

7. When the taxi comes they ... still... (pack), I think.

8. Night after night she (sit)... in that empty room all alone.

9. Be careful. They ... (watch) you all the time.

10. Peter is very busy. Peter (fix)... his car the whole morning.

11. What... you ... (do) at seven tomorrow? May I come to see you?

12. It (get)... dark in an hour or so. Let’s come back home.

13. He doesn’t want to retire. I think he ... still (work)... when he is eighty.

14. She is ill. She (stay)... in bed for the next week.

15. Stella (watch)... TV all day long again.

    Exercise 2. Read the situation and write your own sentence using Future Continuous.

1. I don’t think they will come tomorrow.

move to a new flat________________________________________________ .

2. What are you going to do tonight?

my friend/give a concert______________________________________ .

3. My mother is coming by the 6 o’clock train. 

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I/ meet her at the station_________________________________________ .

4. My TV set is out of order.

We/not watch this football match at 5 o’clock__________________________ .

5. Stay a little longer.

They /show a new film for the next two hours__________________________ .

6. I’m going to speak to you.

I/ wait for you in the garden________________________________________ .

7. Alice has caught a cold.

She/not sing at this concert tomorrow_________________________________ .

8. Lucy has bought a ticket to London.

She/go by train/at this time tomorrow________________________________ .

9. Don’t call at me tomorrow.

I/paint the fence /all dav long _______________________________________.

10. You can come to me tomorrow at day time.

I/not study ______________________________________________________.

    Exercise 3. Use the Future Perfect Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I hope they ... (build) this bridge by the end of the year.

2. What... you ... (do) by the time I come back?

3. By the end of this year Mr Brown ... (work) for this company for fifty years.

4. They ... (pick) all the harvest by the end of September.

5. ... your guests ... (come) by five?

6. I think I ... (pass) my driving test by the end of the week and we can go by car.

7. He used to have black hair but now I think he ... (get) completely grey by his forty.

8. We are trying to save some money. By the end of the year we ...(gain) 2,000$.

9. This disease is spreading so fast. By the end of the week more than hundred people ... (fall) ill.

10. We ... (paint) the whole house by the time they come back from their holiday.

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1. We are late and the lesson ... (start) by the time of our arrival.

2. Call me after seven; we ... (finish) dinner by then.

3. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to the sport club, so at four o’clock we ... (play) tennis.

4. Bob can’t spend money, he only wastes it, he ... (spend) all his money before the end of the holiday.

5. By the time he reaches the station his mother... (get) off the train.

6. Do you think he ... still... (do) the same job in five years?

7. If you want to meet me you can do it because I ... (stay) at this hotel until Friday.

8. I hope they ... (mend) the road by the beginning of winter.

9. ... you ... (pass) the post office on your way home?

10. Next year they ... (be) married for 25 years.

11. We can’t meet at seven tonight, I... (work).

12. We are late. The film ... (already start) by the time we get to the cinema.

    Exercise 5. Use the Future Perfect, the Future Simple or the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I … (hope) when I … (come) back, you … (finish) your homework.

2. You … (be) late. By the time you … (get) there they … (eat) everything up.

3. Too many people ... (fall) ill every day. I’m afraid by the end of the month the epidemic ... (spread) here.

4. These batteries ... (run) out in two days. Don’t forget to charge them.

5. Your watch ... (be) slow. We ... (be) late! The party ... (begin) by the time we ... (come).

6. The house is very old. They ... (demolish) it by the time you ... (come) to our city again, I think.

7. Tornadoes ... (speed) through the island every year. By the end of the season they... (damage) many buildings and ... (injure) and ... (kill) many people.

8. By that time you ... (go) crazy or ... (forget) it all.

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