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alive, dollars, face, feel, find, hard, kills, lately, life,line, make, right, river,
signs, sleep, sold, stars, take, vine, word, wrong, young,
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1. swinging a. stars
2. four-letter b. vine
3. flashing c. word
4. counting d. signs
deceive (v)
dead (adj),
courageous (adj)
Present simple
Present continuous
Present perfect continuous
Future continuos
Infinitive
Imperative
Present simple in passive voice
6.–Discuss about the meaning of the song. Why has he not been able to sleep lately?
Does it have to do with money, love, society?
2. Listen to the song again and complete the following table with as many nouns, verbs and
adjectives you can find in the text.
3. Read the song and find a synonym for the following words:
Synonym in the
Word
song
Frightened
Smashed
Misplaced
Desires
Affliction
Yell
Accuse
Aims to review and extend students’ awareness of Future Perfect and
Future Continuous,
and give controlled and semi-controlled practice in them, in the context of
future goals.
Exercise instructions
Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the future perfect
simple or future perfect continuous.
1 I came to live in Spain in 2007. Next year I (be) here ten years.
2 Where on earth is Tony? I'm tired of waiting for him. Soon we (wait) here
for an hour.
3 Well, Mary, in six months we (be) married twenty-five years. How about a party
to celebrate?
4 I'm going to be a very rich man. I'm sure that by the time I'm forty I (make) my
first million.
5 Alex: Well, Rosie will be in Madrid by now.
Jim: She was here but she (left) by now. She said she was going at three
o'clock. It's half past three now.
Practice 2 - Future perfect simple or continuous
Put the verbs in brackets in the future perfect. Use the future perfect continuous
where possible.
1. Don't arrive at the cinema after 9 o'clock. The film…… (already/start).
2. If he doesn't arrive soon, I……….. (wait) for almost an hour.
3. By the end of our holidays, we…………. (meet) so many interesting people.
4. How long ………(you/live) here this time next year?
5. How many books (you/read)……….. by this time next year?
6. Mark and Julia fight almost every day. By next year, I think they……….
(divorce).
7. Call me back in an hour. My job interview (finish)………… by then.
8. She'll be very tired when she gets here. She (travel)………… for almost two
days.
9. Don't come too early. The film (not/download) ………..fully.
10. You should wake him up in an hour. He (sleep)……… for almost 12 hours!
11. I hope John doesn't lose his voice at the end of the concert. He (sing)
………..all evening
Warm up!!!
Give the students about 5 blank flashcards each. They have to write a time in the
future on each card e.g. next Wednesday, 5pm tomorrow, 2030 etc.
Place all the flashcards facedown and mix them up.
The students need to take turns choosing a card, and then asking another student a
question which has to include the time mentioned on the card and has to be in
either the future perfect or continuous.
The other student has to answer the question also using the future
perfect/continuous.