Exercise 4 | Future perfect or Future perfect continuous

Future perfect simple or continuous - exercise 4

Match the following sentences.

1 We will have done it
2 We will have been doing it
a until lunch.
b before lunch.
Correct: 1b 2a

1 We will have rehearsed the play 2 We will have been rehearsing the play Correct:	a for two months in September. b by September.

1 I will have found enough mushrooms 2 I will have been looking for mushrooms Correct:	a for a couple of hours before lunch. b before you start cooking.

1 By Friday they will have dug up 2 Until Friday they will have been digging up Correct:	a the roads in King Street and George Street. b the roads in our town.

1 When he retires 2 If he finishes his last film Correct:	a he will have been making films for 30 years. b he will have made 30 films.

1 In two weeks' time 2 On 30 June Correct:	a I will have given up smoking. b I will have been trying to give up smoking for two months.

1 By the end of this season he will have played 2 By the end of this season he will have been playing Correct:	a for 10 months in this team. b 50 matches in this team.

1 She will have eaten her dinner 2 She will have been eating her dinner Correct:	a for an hour at 7 o'clock. b by 7 o'clock.

1 I'll have sent him an e-mail 2 I'll have been sending him e-mails for a couple of days Correct:	a before I leave the office. b today.

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