Question

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS  Rewrite the following sentences. Use the underlined verbs and keep the same meaning. 1. It will rain for 24 hours and it will stop raining in the morning. When it stops raining in the morning, it ........................................................................... for 24 hours. 2. I'll learn French for seven years and then I leave school. I .................................................................................. French for seven years before I leave school. 3. We moved in Hastings 18 years ago and we will live here for another two years. In a two years's time we ....................................................................... at this place for two decades. 4. I'll work in my office for a couple of hours and you'll get up at last. By the time you get up I ................................................................. in my office for a couple of hours. 5. The farmer's family started picking strawberries last Friday and they will continue till Friday. On Friday the farmer's family ........................................................................ strawberries for a week. 6. In Monaco it will be one month since Darren started sailing on his yacht. Darren ................................................................ on his yacht for a month when he lands in Monaco. 7. The computer will update its operating system first. It will start working in five minutes. The computer .......................................................... its operating system for about five minutes before it starts working. 8. We used the Internet for the first time nearly twenty years ago. By the end of this year we .................................................................... the Internet for twenty years. 9. In July it will be one year since Maggie started singing in the choir. In July Maggie ................................................................................................... in the choir for a year. 10. Shall I turn off the gass? It will be 10.15 and the water has nearly been boiling for twenty minutes. Shall I turn off the gass? The water .................................................................................... for twenty minutes at 10.15.

Answer 1

When it stops raining in the morning, it will have been raining for 24 hours.

I will have been learning French for seven years before I leave school.

In a two years's time we will have been living at this place for two decades.

By the time you get up I will have been working in my office for a couple of hours.

On Friday the farmer's family will have been picking strawberries for a week.

Darren will have been sailing on his yacht for a month when he lands in Monaco.

The computer will have been updating its operating system for about five minutes before it starts

working.

By the end of this year we will have been using the Internet for twenty years.

In July Maggie will have been singing in the choir for a year.

Shall I turn off the gass? The water will have been boiling for twenty minutes at 10.15.