Unit 14. Future Perfect

Exercise 1. Make sentences interrogative.

Example: By 2014 public’s trust and sense of security will have increased. (When /What) – When will public’s trust and sense of security have increased? What will have increased by 2014?

1. The barrister will have answered your claim by Friday. (Who/When) 2. You can’t go to the solicitor’s office at five. By that time he will have gone away. (Who/When) 3. The rate at which the legal profession grows is terrific and by the 21^st century the number of lawyers will probably have outpaced the rate of population growth. (What/When) 4. By 2100 the world’s population will have increased to 20 billion. (When/What) 5. The earth’s supplies of coal will have run out by 2025. (When/What) 6. I hope that the trial will have finished by 3 o’clock. (When/What) 7. The news about his imprisonment will have appeared in the press by tomorrow’s morning. (Whose/When) 8. The advocate will have made some preparation before the trial begins. (Who/What) 9. They will have made some arrangements for the case by 1 o’clock. (Who/For what) 10. Everything will have been ready before the trial begins. (What/When) 11. The barrister will have come to the courthouse long before the beginning of the proceedings. (Who/Why) 12. The detective will have looked through a criminal record of the offender before a cross-examination. (When/What)

Exercise 2. Open the brackets and put the verb into the correct form.

Example: The solicitor … his work by 6 p.m. (to finish). – The solicitor will have finished his work by 6 p.m.

1. His uncle … a will before he is taken to hospital (to make). 2. By the time the trial is over the press … everything (to know). 3. Before the advocate hears from his client again he … inquiries about offender’s past (to make). 4. Before the judge leaves the courtroom he … a verdict (to announce). 5. They believe that their brother … before he has problems with the police (to reform). 6. Jurors … evidence before they make a decision (to discuss). 7. Sam … the last paragraph of the report by the end of his working day (to write). 8. I hope you … my request by tomorrow (to forget). 9. He … a prisoner for five years by next summer (to be). 10. Authorities … people the truth by the time the scandal begins (to tell). 11. Ask him by what time he … his research (to finish). 12. I hope all the problems … by a new year (to disappear).

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs.

passed left come suffered found stopped solved

published replaced escaped taken closed finished

Example: By 2015 scientists … new methods of identifying criminals. – By 2015 scientists will have found new methods of identifying criminals.

1. Before this law comes into force a lot of people... from that problem. 2. In 20 years computers … over many of activities that people perform today. 3. Students … their exams by June. 4. By this time next year he … his book on criminal law. 5. I hope we … to agreement by the end of the negotiation. 6. By the end of the day he … this problem. 7. By the time the police get there, all criminals …. 8. If you arrive late, a bailiff … all the doors. 9. By the time we get home, the snow …. 10. If I don’t get there by noon, the barrister …. 11. By 3 p.m. the trial …. 12. By 2050 machines … people at almost all industries.

Exercise 4. Correct the mistakes where necessary.

Example: In three years’ time I will has become a lawyer. – In three years’ time I will have become a lawyer.

1. By the time he reveals the truth, the barrister has made up his mind. 2. In two hours we will have decide what to do with this offender. 3. In December Mark will haveben a sheriff for six years. 4. Soon we have know the truth. 5. According to the latest forecast, the crime rate will decreased greatly by next year. 6. It’s no use calling Jack at the office, he willhave left by 2 o’clock. 7. The document isn’t ready yet, the secretary has typed it in half an hour. 8. By the beginning of the election campaign this candidate wills have overcome his opponents. 9. In two years’ time he will havebecame a Queen’s Counsel. 10. I’m sure all problems will have disappear when a real inspector talks with him. 11. The mayor will give official explanation of the accident by noon. 12. The suspect will has given all the stolen things to the police before the beginning of the trial.

Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. К 2020 году вся система судов изменится. 2. К началу года этот законопроект вступит в силу. 3. Все моральные нормы изменятся к началу века. 4. К концу своего срока президент выполнит все свои предвыборные обещания. 5. Все поправки к законопроекту будут готовы к 1 сентября. 6. Когда он выйдет из тюрьмы вся жизнь станет другой. 7. Они проведут опрос общественного мнения к началу избирательной кампании. 8. Министр внутренних дел обещает, что уровень преступности снизится на 10% к концу года. 9. ФБР обработает все данные о террористических актах к началу конференции по борьбе с экстремизмом. 10. Правительство запретит все азартные игры к 2015 году. 11. Пока полиция найдет преступника, он успеет спрятать все улики. 12. Когда законодатели изменят все недостатки в новом законопроекте и примут его, он уже потеряет свою актуальность.

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