2 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive Extreme

2 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive Extreme Races Focus on Grammar 4 Part II, Unit 6 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Tour de France is a popular cycling race that takes place every year in July. Teams of nine riders bike 3, 427 km through the French countryside. By the start of the race, 15 million spectators will have lined up to watch the race. Riders try to intake 300 -400 calories an hour during the race. At the end of an average day, they will have consumed over 6, 000 calories. As a group they will have drunk 42, 000 bottles of water.

Ironman Triathlon The Ironman is the most grueling triathlon. The fittest of athletes will swim for 2. 4 miles, bike for 112 miles, and then run a marathon (26. 2 miles). Participants will have been training for many months prior to the race, which officially ends after 17 hours. At that point, many racers won’t have finished yet. Contestants who do finish, however, will have fulfilled a lifelong dream.

The Raid World Cup The Raid is a multi-sport adventure race that takes place in a different country every year. Teams who complete the race will have had a great adventure, and they will have gained a broader cultural awareness. The race continues 24 hours a day. By the end of the course, most participants will have endured dehydration and sleep deprivation.

Use the future perfect to talk about a future action that will already be completed by a certain time in the future. Athletes Racersspend need to a lot constantly of money At the end of the day, racers willreplenish have consumed 6, 000 calories. on equipment, the energy clothing, theyand are By the start of the race , athletes will have spent a lot of money. expending. entry fees. now past future

Form 1 Use will/won’t + have + past participle to form the future perfect. Contestants will have fulfilled a dream. Some racers won’t have finished the course. will have endured dehydration. They

Future Perfect Progressive 1 Use the future perfect progressive to talk about an action that will be in progress at a certain time in the future. By her first Ironman race, race she will have been running for three years. now past future three years began running will enter race

Future Perfect Progressive 2 In the future perfect progressive, the action may start sometime in the future or it may have already started. By the time the team begins paddling, paddling they will have been trekking for 18 hours straight. now past 18 hours will begin trekking future will begin paddling

Form 2 Use will / won’t + have been + base form + -ing to form the future perfect progressive. will have been for three running years. Some racers won’t have been training very long. Riders will have been She eating all day.

Time Clauses Use the future perfect or future perfect progressive with the simple present to show the relationship between two future events. simple present First, millions of spectators line up. future perfect When the race starts, millions of spectators will have lined up. Then the race starts. now past future

Practice 1 Look at the checklist. Use future perfect and future perfect progressive to say what Ann will have done by the start of the race. Example: Shewater will have filled her water bottles. Fill bottles She will have collected her race Collect race number. She willequipment have checked her equipment. Check She have packed Packwill energy bars. She willup have Warm / 45 been min. warming up for 45 minutes. She willbriefing have attended a briefing. Attend She will have been training for 6 Train / 6 months.

Adverbs Use already and yet with the future perfect to emphasize which event will happen first. When he starts this race, he will have already run three marathons. By the time deadline, some contestants won’t have finished the race yet.

Look at Ali’s training schedule for next week. Make sentences with already and yet describing what he will or won’t have done by Wednesday night. Practice 2 By Wednesday night, he he won’t will have won’t have already gotten swum biked run taken biked 25 10 a miles a checked done 3015 massage miles yoga yet. with class. yet. hills. some and cleaned weight miles. training. his bike. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday • run 10 miles • do weight training • run 10 miles • check and clean bike • take yoga class • run 10 miles • bike 15 miles with hills • bike 25 miles • do weight training • swim 10 miles • run 15 miles • get massage

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