EXERCISE 25 � Warm-up.

(Chart 3-6)
Decide which action in each sentence began first.
1. Leo will work until December 30th, and then he will retire.
2. When Leo retires, he will have worked at the same company for 30 years.
3. When Leo retires, he will have been working at the same company for 30 years.

3-6 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive

NOTE: These two tenses are rarely used compared to the other verb tenses.

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FUTURE PERFECT (a) I will graduate in June. I will see The FlJTURE PERFECT expresses an activity
you in July. By the time I see you, that will be completed before another
I will have graduated. time or event in the future.

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the time:
ADVERB CLAUSE
by the time + simple present
MAIN CLAUSE
future perfect

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FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (b) I will go to bed at 10:00 P.M. Ed will
get home at midnight. At midnight
I will be sleeping. I will have been
sleeping for two hours by the time
Ed gets home.
The FlJTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
emphasizes the duration of an activity
that will be in progress before another
time or event in the future.

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(c) When Professor Jones retires next Sometimes the future perfect and the
month, he will have taught OR will future perfect progressive have the
� have been teaching for 45 years. same meaning, as in (c).
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by either of these two tenses may begin
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in the past.
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EXERCISE 26 � Looking at grammar. (Charts 3-5 and 3-6)

Choose the correct verbs.
A Hospital Stay
1. Roger will get to the hospital early tomorrow morning.
He will stay I will have stayed there for a week. He is
going to have back surgery.
2. When Roger leaves the hospital, he will stay I will have stayed
there a week.
3. After Roger has back surgery, he will go I will have gone
to the recovery room.
4. When Roger wakes up, he will be I will have been asleep for six hours.
5. When Roger first walks, he will need I will have needed assistance.
6. By the time Roger can walk unassisted, he will have I will have had many hours of physical
therapy.
7. Several specialists will help I will have helped Roger by the time he goes home.

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