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 "have been preparing" for an activity continuing up to a future point for a stated duration.
2At exactly 9:00 tomorrow, while the chair is opening the conference, I will ............... my keynote from the main hall.
Wrong!
Use "be streaming" for an action in progress at a specific future time.
3If the courier is delayed again tonight, we won't ............... the contracts by the time the board meets at dawn.
Wrong!
Use "have signed" for an action completed before a later future point.
4This time next year, she will ............... at the observatory for a decade, so the retirement ceremony will be especially moving.
Wrong!
Use "have been working" for a continuing activity measured up to a future time.
5Don't call me at six; we will ............... with the investors then, and I won't be able to talk.
Wrong!
Use "be meeting" for an action in progress at a stated future time.
6Once the revised figures ............... tomorrow morning, the legal team will issue the statement immediately.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a future time clause, "arrive" or "have arrived" can refer to the figures coming before the statement is issued.
7By midnight, the technicians will ............... every server in the building, so the network should be stable again by dawn.
Wrong!
Use "have checked" for an action completed by a future deadline.
8In two hours' time, the jury will ............... for so long that the judge may have to adjourn until morning.
Wrong!
Use "have been deliberating" for an activity continuing up to a future point for a long duration.
9Suppose the merger goes ahead in July: by September, both firms will ............... under a single brand for the first time.
Wrong!
Use "be operating" for a situation in progress at a future time.
10By the end of this month, I will ............... every article in the archive, so next month I can start the review essay.
Wrong!
Use "have read" for an action completed by a future deadline.
11When you get to the station tomorrow, the 7:10 to Oxford will ............... already, so take the 7:40 instead.
Wrong!
Use "have left" for an event completed before another future time.
12At the current rate, by 2035 coastal engineers will ............... sea walls along this stretch for nearly twenty years.
Wrong!
Use "have been reinforcing" for a continuing activity measured up to a future year.
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.
