1-32 USE OF THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
EXERCISE 24: Complete the sentences using an appropriate Future tense: will do, will be doing, will have done or will have been doing
1.You can almost guarantee that by the time we get to the box-office, they (se/7) out of tickets.
2.I (drive)'...past your house at about 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, as that's the way I always go, so if you're ready, wait outside and I [give)
...you a lift.
3. Agent A: How ...I (recognize) ...him?
Agent B: Well, he (wear) ...grey trousers, a green jacket and a yellow tie!
4. If you arrive at 6 o'clock, we (wait) ... outside the cinema, but by quarter past, we (probably, go) ...inside.
5. Probably, for the first few days in your new job, you (experience) ...
one or two problems, but by the end of the week you (settle) ...in.
6. We (be) ...exhausted when we arrive as, by then, we (travel) ...for about two days in total.
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7. At this time tomorrow evening, we (congratulate) ... ourselves on having completed an excellent piece of work!
8. Next February, you (work) ...for us for ten years, Mr. Wilson, and you (qualify) ...for our employee pension scheme.
9. I (take) ...the fabric out of the dye at four o'clock because, by then, it (soak) ...in the solution for two hours, and I think that (be) ... enough.
10.Fire fighters are confident and believe that, by midnight tomorrow, they (extinguish) the forest fire.
11.The leader of the rescue operation (inspect) ...the area again at 7 p.m. this evening. By then, the task force (dig)...for survivors for three full days. After his inspection, he (make) ...a decision about the likelihood of finding anyone else alive in the rubble.
12. I'm sure that by the time my daughter reaches adulthood, the world (look) ...very different than it does today.
EXERCISE 25: Complete the sentences using "until1 or "by the time".
1. He waited at the arranged place... he realized that she wasn't going to turn up.
2.We'll all have died of hunger...you finish cooking dinner!
3.He's working late this evening, so we won't have dinner...he gets home.
4... she was sixteen, she was already an accomplished musician.
5...he was fourteen, he never went anywhere, apart from to school, without his parents.
6. Jane: I'm not going to eat any cakes...I've lost enough weight to fit into these jeans.
Mary: But then, they'll have gone out of fashion...you are thin enough to wear them.
7. I'm sure she'll be sleeping...we get home, because she normally goes to bed around this time.
8. He stayed at the party...the last guest had gone.
9...the last person left, it was after three o'clock in the morning.
10. You won't make any progress...you start taking your studies more seriously.
11...we get an answer from them, it'll be too late.
12...I tried it myself, I'd never thought that jogging could be enjoyable.
13.The fire was already under control...the fire brigade arrived.
14.The plane won't take off...the captain has completed all the safety checks.
15. I didn't know Janice could speak fluent Japanese...she told me about her new job in Tokyo.
1-35 TENSE AGREEMENT in TIME CLAUSES
Zaman bağlaçları temel cümle ile yan cümle arasında "tense" uyuşması gerektirir.
PAST TIME:
"When I got home..." cümlesini tamamlarken getireceğimiz yapılar mutlaka Past Time' a ait bir tense olmalıdır.
When I got home, I had a bath and then ate my dinner.
I slept for three hours and then studied until midnight.
my son was sleeping.
my parents had eaten their dinner.
my son had been sleeping for two hours.
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PRESENT TIME:
"When I get home after work, ..." ifadesini, eğer genelde yaptığımız bir işi anlatmak üzere kullanıyorsak, Present Time'a ait bir yapı ile tamamlayabiliriz.
When I get home after work, I usually take a rest for a while. ! first of all, I play with my son for a while.
FUTURE TIME: : :
"When I get home after work tomorrow, ..." ifadesi ise temel cümlede mutlaka Future bir yapı gerektirmektedir. (Yan cümlede Future tense kullanılmadığına dikkat ediniz.) When I get home after work tomorrow, I will take a rest for a while.
my son will be sleeping.
my son will have been sleeping for two hours.
our guests will have arrived.
I am going to sleep for two hours.
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EXERCIS E 26: Use any appropriat e tense for the verbs in parenthes es.
1. The government (just, take) ...a number of measures to bring inflation down and to improve the economic situation. There (be)
... a public outcry when they (announce) ...the new tax system and other economic decisions two weeks ago. There (be)
... several protest demonstrations in many parts of the country since then, and I think they (increase) ...in the future if the economy doesn't improve soon.
2. Two weeks ago, we (intend] ... to spend a quiet weekend at home, without hurrying to have breakfast or without worrying about the heavy traffic on the roads, but nothing (go) ... as we (arrange)
...it before. First, I (cut) ...myself badly while I (do) ... the dishes after breakfast. We (try) ...
hard to stop the bleeding and then we (put) ... a bandage on the cut. In the meantime, our son (play) ...with his friend in his room. Because they (both, be) ...very naughty children, they (usually, hurt) ... each other while they (play) ...
together, and it happened so that day. Just as we (sit) ... down to watch a good movie on television, after my unfortunate accident, we (hear)
...our son crying. We (hurry) ... to his room to see what (happen) ...What we saw was terrible. The other boy (throw} ...a metal toy car at our son's face, and it (hit)
...him just above his right eye. It was badly bruised, and a line of blood (trickle) ...down his cheek. I (nearly, faint)
...when I (see) ... this scene. Anyway, we (take) ...him to the nearest hospital without delay, and our quiet weekend was spent at the hospital.
3. There (be) ...great changes in the climates of the world in recent years. One (not, know) ...what to expect from one day to another.
In the past, people (know) ...when spring would start, or when summer would come, but now, all the seasons (seem)... to be mixed together. Just two days ago, we (wear) ...thick pullovers because of the unexpected cold, but today, we (wear) ... our short-sleeved T-shirts again. Scientists say that the hole in the ozone layer (cause)
...these changes. I'm afraid future generations (face) ...terrible conditions on earth.
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4. I (a/ways, be afraid) ... of the idea of an earthquake since I (be) ...a child. When I (hear) ...that somewhere in the world has been hit, I (immediately, put) ...myself in the position of the people there, and then, (not, know] ...what to think.
5. Turkey (experience) ...several great earthquakes in recent years, and because it (be) ... on major earthquake fault lines, it (experience) ... more earthquakes in the years to come.
6. As he (not, sleep) ...well for weeks, he (go) ... to see the doctor, who assured him it was nothing serious.
7. He says that he (exchange) ...his car for a cheaper model in a week or so, but I think he (regret) ... it after a few months.
8. The fire (blaze) ... so fiercely when the fire brigade (come) ...that it (take) ...them over two hours to put it out, so the building was almost totally destroyed.
9. By the end of this year they (expand) ... the company into seven countries.
10. It (turn)...really cold today, and look how grey the sky is. I'm certain that it (snow)...
11. She (lose) ...weight very quickly now, so at this rate, in about a month's time, she (Jose) ... over 10 kilos.
12. There are five speakers on the list, each of whom (make) ...an hour-long speech, so by the end of today's session, we (sit) ...in our seats for five straight hours, listening to the same topic.
13. When I (last, look) ... into the room, the meeting (not, yet, commence) ...
14. On close inspection it was obvious that the twenty dollar bill was a forgery, so the cashier (immediately, ring)...the police. By the time the man (reach) ...the shopping centre entrance, three policemen (already, wait) ...there for him.
15. My best friend, Lucy, (expect) ... a baby around the middle of August, so by the time I (be) ...able to visit her in September, she (have) ... the baby.
16. We (hike) ...for two hours now, and we (still, have) ... around five kilometres to go, so by the time we (join)
...the other group at the camp, we (walk) ...for about four hours.
17. In a wine factory, normally they (store) ...the wine in the cellar and, they (bottle) ...it after it (ferment) ...for two weeks.
18. I (not ignore) ...his behaviour any longer. I (say)
...something to him tomorrow if he (treat) ...us in the same way.
19. I (only, drive) ...for ten minutes when suddenly the brakes (fail) ...Worst of all, perhaps, was that I (come) ...
down a slope at the time. You can't imagine the difficulty I (have) ... until I (stop) ... the car!
20. Who was the man you (talk) ...to just now? I (not, think) ...I (see) ... him around here before.
21. Everybody in John's family (have) ...a cold or flu lately. First Kate (go) ...down with the flu, then John (catch)...
a cold and now Richard (suffer) ...from a cough and cold. He (cough) ... continually for a week. His cough (sound)
... so ghastly that John and Kate doubt he (get) ... , ...better without visiting the doctor.
22. It says in today's newspaper that a man (recently, design) ... a car which (run) ...on water and petrol. He (think) ...
that in ten years' time, thousands of people (drive)...around in cars using this environmentally-friendly fuel.
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EXERCISE 27: Complete the following passage using the appropriate forms of the verbs in