The Present and Past Perfect Continuous Tenses
The Future Perfect Tense
1. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
Example: Tom will have studied Criminal Law by the end of the first year. – Will Tom have studied Criminal Law by the end of the first year? – Tom won’t have studied Criminal Law by the end of the first year.
1. I’ll have found it out by the time you need it. 2. By the time you come home I’ll have finished preparing the report on enforcement of laws in Canada. 3. No doubt, by the time the police arrive they will have killed him. 4. By the end of this week the investigator will have collected all necessary proofs of his guilt. 5. They will have searched all territories by the midnight. 6. By the time they found him he will have been unconscious.
2.Change the following sentences using the Future Perfect:
1. We had got the results of the expert examination by the end of the working day. 2. Pretrial hearing had been over by the end of last week. 3. After they had finished questioning all the witnesses, we came to the important conclusion. 4. The prosecutor had already finished his speech before we came into the hall. 5. The quality of individual life in matters of education and welfare had improved by the new decade. 6. They had found the escaped prisoner before the sunset. 7. The police officers had developed several versions before they got some new information.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (Future Indefinite or Future Perfect):
1. He (to receive) the judicial decision by tomorrow. 2. He (to receive) the judicial decision tomorrow. 3. They (to inform) him of the penalty by noon. 4. They (to inform) him of the penalty at 12. 5. You (to meet) the accused in court tomorrow. 6. You (to meet) the accused in court by the beginning of the hearing. 7. You (to take) your examination in Criminal Procedure next week. 8. By the 20th of January you (to pass) your examination in Criminal Procedure, I hope.
4. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. До початку наступного року вони звільнять велику кількість засуджених. 2. Вони оберуть суд присяжних до кінця цього тижня. 3. Я гадаю, що присяжні досягнуть згоди щодо вердикту до наступного засідання. 4. Правоохоронні органи знайдуть та покарають злочинця до кінця місяця. 5. Суддя вже оголосить рішення, коли ти прийдеш. 6. Експерти вивчать всі докази до наступного тижня.
1. Read the situation and complete it as in the example (use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense):
Example: The rain started 2 hours ago. It’s still raining now. – It has been raining for 2 hours.
1. I started attending Civil Law classes in September. I’m still studying Law. 2. Our father began to work as a judge 10 years ago. He is still working. 3. The investigator started to question the criminal an hour ago. He is still doing it. 4. I began reading this law report half an hour ago. I am still reading. 5. Ann began looking for a job at the Prosecutor’s Office 6 months ago. She is still looking now.
2. Change the following sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous making necessary changes:
Example: Mark has been preparing for his exam in Constitutional Law for 3 hours. – After Mark had been preparing for his exam in Constitutional Law for 3 hours, he decided to have a rest.
1. He has been following a thief for an hour. 2. I have been writing a law report for half an hour. 3. They have been discussing the judge’s decision the whole day. 4. A doctor has been examining the victim for 10 minutes. 5. They have been discussing a new substantive law for a week already.
3. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Слідчий допитує підозрюваного вже годину. 2. Бійка тривала годину, коли приїхала поліція. 3. Поліція розшукує злочинця цілий рік. 4. Коли Джон закінчив університет, його брат працював суддею вже два роки. 5. Лікар оглядає жертву вже годину. 6. Законодавці обговорюють новий закон вже місяць. 7. Він допитував звинуваченого вже годину, коли інший слідчий повідомив про другу крадіжку майна.