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Topic:
Writing New Year's Resolutions Using the Future Perfect and the Future
Perfect Progressive
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To begin the new year (and new millennium--yes, 2001
is the beginning of the new millennium and not 2000--click
here), we thought we would begin by giving you ideas on how to write
successful new year's resolutions. A new year's resolution is a goal you
set for yourself that you want to accomplish during the upcoming year.
The grammar often used in setting new year's
resolutions is the "future perfect" and
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The future perfect is
used to express an activity that will be done and finished before another time
or event in the future. For example:
I will go to California in May. I will see
you in June. By the time I see you, I will have gone to California.
(In other words, when I see you, I will have gone to California.)
NOTICE: When I
see you in June (the later event), I will have gone to California (the future
event that will be completed BEFORE I see you).
The future perfect is formed as the following:
(subject) + (will have) + (past participle)
I
will have
gone
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The future perfect
progressive is used in the same way, but it is used in a slightly
different way. The process of the first activity is emphasized, or it is
not finished, but rather it is still happening.
Frank will celebrate his 50th birthday next month
(the first event/activity).
By the time Frank celebrates his 50th birthday,
he will have been working at IBM for 28 years.
The future perfect progressive is formed as the
following:
(subject) + (will have been) + (verb -ing)
I
will have been going
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Quiz
Directions: Write the
following new year's resolutions in the grammar indicated in
parentheses. Use the phrase "by the time I..." when needed.
1. (future
perfect)
By June, (stop smoking)
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2. (future
perfect progressive)
By May, (exercising 3 days a week)
________________________________________________________
3. (future
perfect)
First event: Take
vacation in August. Second event: Go back to college.
________________________________________________________
4. (future
perfect progressive)
First event: Learn
to cook. Second event: See my family in April.
________________________________________________________
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1.
Answer: By
June, I will have stopped smoking for 6 months.
Explanation: The
first event here is stopping smoking. The second event is June
coming. Therefore, we get "By June, I will have stopped
smoking for 6 months."
2.
Answer:
By May, I will have been exercising for 5 months.
Explanation: Same as above but using
the future perfect progressive.
3.
Answer:
By the time I go back to college, I will have taken a vacation.
Explanation: The first event is
taking a vacation. The second event is going back to college
which is attached to the phrase "By the time I..."
4.
Answer:
By the time I see my family in April, I will have been learning to cook
for 4 months.
Explanation: Same as above but using
the future perfect progressive.
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Rules to Remember!
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Sometimes the future perfect and the future
perfect progressive have the same meaning. For example:
By the time Dr. Brown retires next month,
he will have been working at the hospital for 37 years.
By the time Dr. Brown retires next month,
he will have worked at the hospital for 37 years.
Both of the above have the same
meaning. It depends on the verb.
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The phrase "by the time" is often
used with the future perfect and the future perfect progressive, but it
is not always necessary.
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When
using the future perfect and the future
perfect progressive, the
phrase "by the time" can often be substituted for
"when." For example:
By
the time I buy my car, I will have gotten my driver's license.
When
I buy my car, I will have gotten my driver's license.
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