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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======The future perfect simple and continuous====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="127" id="84" style="width: 112px; height: 88px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/84_9a24c45826141bb416965346e113d2fe.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have cleared</span> that area before the new construction begins.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><img height="182" id="1444" style="width: 59px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1444_3d5c55b1eee80d1058448b5891a6ef19.jpg"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Jim <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have been working</span> for the company for 20 years next week. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>The company is giving him a gold watch. </span></b><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The future perfect simple </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>is sometimes referred to as 'the past in the future' as it is used to talk about an action or event from a future viewpoint. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The future perfect continuous </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><b>is used to talk about an action that will continue up to a specified future time. </b></span> <br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 127.6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>affirmative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'will' +'have' + past participle </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have eaten</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 127.6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 127.6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>negative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'won't' + 'have' + past participle</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">won't have eaten</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; tab-stops: 127.6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 127.6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>interrogative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>'will' + subject + 'have' + past participle</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Will </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have eaten</span>?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>affirmative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'will' +'have' +'been'+ present participle<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have been working</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>negative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'won't' + 'have' + 'been' + present participle</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">won't have been working</span>.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>interrogative: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'will' + subject + 'have' + 'been' + present participle</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Will </span>you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have been working</span>?</span></b><br></p> <p> </p></html> =====Uses of the future perfect simple===== <html> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Uses</span></b></p> </td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>When the action occurs before another action or specified time</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>By this time next week </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'ll have finished</span><span style="color: black;"> writing my report.</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Will </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">eaten</span><span style="color: black;"> before you go out?</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> won't have finished</span><span style="color: black;"> the project by the deadline.</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>To express duration with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">stative</span> and some mixed verbs</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Mr. Cook </span></b><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will have had</span></b><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> the report for a week by the time he reads it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>She<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> will have been</span><span style="color: black;"> in Tokyo for a month when we visit her. </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>How long </span></b><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will</span></b><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> I </span></b><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>have owned</span></b><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> this car when I have it re-sprayed next week? </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Reflecting on past or current experiences</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>or a plan</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>If I do nothing else, at least </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> will have written</span><span style="color: black;"> this novel.</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Making deductions about past or present events or situations</span></b></p> </td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Don't worry - I'm sure Karen </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will have called</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> him yesterday to cancel it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>There's no point calling him on his office number - he'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>ll have gone </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>to lunch.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><br></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>As with all future tenses the future perfect is not used in clauses that start with time expressions such as 'when', 'after', 'before' and 'as soon as'. 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mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Will </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">graduated</span> before your next birthday?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="209" id="568" style="width: 82px; height: 113px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/568_d6e54bb18bca9feea10f20a1c434bfe8.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> will have had</span> the baby by the time your parents fly over from Australia.</span> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: red;"><img height="100" id="1445" style="width: 113px; height: 83px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1445_977f9d5fc2b41c22f65c3ac4aeb70482.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">Do you think that the polar ice caps </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have melted</span><font color="#000000"> by 2050?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="92" id="219" style="width: 113px; height: 71px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/219_67b7ea4a8c1dc1738f23dfb088cffa20.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm sure it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will have stopped</span> raining by the time you get here.</span> </span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; 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height: 80px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/572_5b3d56e0970140454b678f493cf46360.jpg"><strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>How long <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will </span>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have been studying</span> English for by the end of this course?</span> </strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="138" id="270" style="width: 120px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/270_02802f47d21b326ecc0de66cb4c5cdd5.jpg"><strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'ll have been travelling</span> for over 24 hours by the time she gets here so she's going to be very tired.</span></strong></span><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p></html> =====Casual speech ===== <html><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>There is a second contracted form which is considered very informal and should only be used in informal spoken English:</SPAN></B></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>I'</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>'</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>You'</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>'</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; 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FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>She'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>It'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>We'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>They'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ll</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#000000>'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>ve</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>In <U>formal</U> conversations or formal writing, use the <U>full form</U>.</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>In <U>informal</U> conversations or informal writing, use the <U>contracted form</U>. </FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US></SPAN></STRONG> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US></SPAN></STRONG> </P></html> =====Uses of the future perfect continuous===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uses</span></b></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>To talk about an action that will continue up to a specified future time. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>By this time next week </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'ll have been travelling</span><span style="color: black;"> for three days.</span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about something that we assume is happening at the moment.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You should go home now; your parents </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>will have been worrying </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>about you all day. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about an action that we believe has been happening recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[It's not about the future.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Bankers </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>will have been asking</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> themselves if it was a good idea to relax the rules on mortgage lending or not.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>A 'specified future time' is often indicated with the use of 'by', examples:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p><p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>by Wednesday</span></b></p><p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>by three o'clock</span></b></p><p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>by the time he gets here</span></b></p><p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>by this time next year</span></b></p><p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]