Future Perfect and

2 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
The Tour
Tour de
de France
France
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
Ironman Triathlon
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
The Raid
Raid World
World Cup
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
Use
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
on consumed
equipment, 6,000
the energy
clothing, calories.
theyand
are
By the start of the race , athletes will have spent a lot of money.
expending.
entry fees.

now

past future
 Form
Form 11
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.

They will have endured dehydration.

 Future
Future Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Progressive 11

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 three years future

began running will enter race

 Future
Future Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Progressive 22

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 future

will begin trekking will begin paddling

 Form
Form 22
Use will / won’t + have been + base form +
-ing to form the future perfect progressive.

for three
She will have been running
years.

Some
won’t have been training very long.
racers

Riders will have been eating all day.

 Time
Time Clauses
Clauses
Use the future perfect or future perfect
progressive with the simple present to show the
relationship between two future events.

simple present future perfect

First, millions of spectators line up.
First, millions of spectators line up.
When the race starts
starts, millions of spectators will have lined up.
Then
Thenthe
therace
racestarts.
starts.
now

past future
 Look at the checklist. Use future

Practice 1 perfect and future perfect

progressive to say what Ann will
have done by the start of the race.

Example:

Shewater
Fill will have filled her water bottles.
bottles
She will have collected her race
Collect race number
number.
She willequipment
Check have checked her equipment.

She
Packwill have packed
energy bars energy bars.
She will have been warming up for
Warm up / 45 min.
45 minutes.
She willbriefing
Attend have attended a briefing.
She will have been training for 6
Train / 6 months
months.
 Adverbs
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
Practice 2 week. Make sentences with already
and yet describing what he will or
won’t have done by Wednesday night.

By Wednesday night, he
he won’t
will have
won’t have
havealready
gotten
swum
biked run
taken
biked
25
10
a miles
miles
3015
a
checked
done
massage
some
and miles
yoga yet.
with
weightclass.
cleanedyet.
miles. hills.
training.
his bike.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

•run 10 •run 10 •run 10 •bike 25 •swim 10
miles miles miles miles miles
•do weight •check and •bike 15 •do weight •run 15 miles
training clean bike miles with training •get massage
•take yoga hills
class
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