I (cook) dinner by the time you get home. In a few minutes, I (wait) here for Graig for over two hours....

Let's fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses, using the future perfect tense where applicable:

1. I will have cooked dinner by the time you get home.

   • Here, the future perfect tense is used because the action of cooking will be completed before another action in the future (you getting home).

2. In a few minutes, I will have been waiting here for Craig for over two hours. Where can he be?

   • This sentence utilizes the future perfect continuous tense to emphasize the duration of waiting until a certain point in the future.

3. We’ll be halfway through the sponsored swim in one hour, so we will have been swimming for forty-eight hours non-stop by then.

   • Again, the future perfect continuous tense is appropriate here as it highlights the ongoing action of swimming that will reach a certain duration by a specified time.

4. They will not have finished painting the house by the time we get back from holiday.

   • The future perfect tense is used to indicate that the action of painting will not be complete before another future action occurs (us returning from holiday).

5. If she’s still on the phone at eight o’clock, Jan will have been talking to Melissa for over two hours.

   • The future perfect continuous tense is correctly used to show the duration of talking until a specific future moment.

6. At six o’clock this evening, we will not have been climbing for five hours but for seven hours.

   • This sentence uses the future perfect continuous tense to correct a misconception about the duration of the climbing activity by stating the accurate duration.

7. This time next month, you will probably have passed your driving test.

   • The future perfect tense suggests that the action of passing the driving test is expected to be completed by this time next month.

8. Will you have done all your homework by bedtime?

   • A question formulated in the future perfect tense, inquiring if the homework will be completed before bedtime.

9. Tomorrow Elaine will have been working on the project for ten days.

   • This uses the future perfect continuous tense to indicate the total duration of work on the project up until a specific future time.

10. We probably will not have left by the time you get home.

    • The future perfect tense is used to denote that the action of leaving is not expected to be completed before another future event (you arriving home).

These sentences demonstrate the use of the future perfect and future perfect continuous tenses to express actions that will have been completed or will have continued up to a certain point in the future.

I will have cooked dinner by the time you get home. I will have been waiting here for Graig for over two hours. We will have been swimming for forty-eight hours non-stop by then. They will not have finished painting the house by the time we get back from holiday. If she’s still on the phone at eight o’clock, Jan will have been talking to Melissa for over two hours. At six o’clock this evening, we will not have been climbing for five hours but for seven hours. This time next month, you will probably have passed your driving test. Will you have done all your homework by bedtime? Tomorrow Elaine will have been working on the project for ten days. We probably will not have left by the time you get home.

By the time you get home, I will have cooked dinner.

In a few minutes, I will have been waiting here for Graig for over two hours. I wonder where he can be?

We will have been swimming for forty-eight hours non-stop by the time we are halfway through the sponsored swim in one hour.

They will not have finished painting the house by the time we get back from holiday.

If she is still on the phone at eight o’clock, Jan will have been talking to Melissa for over two hours.

At six o’clock this evening, we will not have been climbing for five hours but for seven hours.

This time next month, you will probably have passed your driving test.

Will you have done all your homework by bedtime?

Tomorrow Elaine will have been working on the project for ten days.

We probably will not have left by the time you get home.