Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1By the time the audit begins next Monday, the finance team will ............... the final report for three straight weeks.
Wrong!
Use future perfect continuous with a duration up to a future point: "have been preparing".
2At exactly 9:00 tomorrow, while the chair is opening the conference, I will ............... my keynote from the main hall.
Wrong!
Use future continuous for an action in progress at a specific future time: "be streaming".
3If the courier is delayed again tonight, we won't ............... the contracts by the time the board meets at dawn.
Wrong!
The condition shows a negative future result before another future point, so "have signed" is required.
4This time next year, she will ............... at the observatory for a decade, so the retirement ceremony will be especially moving.
Wrong!
A duration reaching a future point requires future perfect continuous: "have been working".
5Don't call me at six; we will ............... with the investors then, and I won't be able to talk.
Wrong!
The time cue "at six" and "then" require future continuous: "be meeting".
6Once the revised figures ............... tomorrow morning, the legal team will issue the statement immediately.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a time clause referring to the future, use present perfect to show completion before the main future action: "have arrived".
7By midnight, the technicians will ............... every server in the building, so the network should be stable again by dawn.
Wrong!
Completion by a future deadline calls for future perfect: "have checked".
8In two hours' time, the jury will ............... for so long that the judge may have to adjourn until morning.
Wrong!
A future duration leading up to a later point requires future perfect continuous: "have been deliberating".
9Suppose the merger goes ahead in July: by September, both firms will ............... under a single brand for the first time.
Wrong!
An action in progress at a future time after an earlier event is best shown by future continuous: "be operating".
10By the end of this month, I will ............... every article in the archive, so next month I can start the review essay.
Wrong!
The phrase "By the end of this month" requires future perfect for completed action: "have read".
11When you get to the station tomorrow, the 7:10 to Oxford will ............... already, so take the 7:40 instead.
Wrong!
With "already" before a future reference point, use future perfect: "have left".
12At the current rate, by 2035 coastal engineers will ............... sea walls along this stretch for nearly twenty years.
Wrong!
A continuing activity measured up to a future year takes future perfect continuous: "have been reinforcing".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- By the time the audit begins next Monday, the finance team will have been preparing the final report for three straight weeks.
- At exactly 9:00 tomorrow, while the chair is opening the conference, I will be streaming my keynote from the main hall.
- If the courier is delayed again tonight, we won’t have signed the contracts by the time the board meets at dawn.
- This time next year, she will have been working at the observatory for a decade, so the retirement ceremony will be especially moving.
- Don’t call me at six; we will be meeting with the investors then, and I won’t be able to talk.
- Once the revised figures arrive / have arrived tomorrow morning, the legal team will issue the statement immediately.
- By midnight, the technicians will have checked every server in the building, so the network should be stable again by dawn.
- In two hours’ time, the jury will have been deliberating for so long that the judge may have to adjourn until morning.
- Suppose the merger goes ahead in July: by September, both firms will be operating under a single brand for the first time.
- By the end of this month, I will have read every article in the archive, so next month I can start the review essay.
- When you get to the station tomorrow, the 7:10 to Oxford will have left already, so take the 7:40 instead.
- At the current rate, by 2035 coastal engineers will have been reinforcing sea walls along this stretch for nearly twenty years.
