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• Express general future plans with expect, hope, intend, or plan + infinitive.
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• Express general future plans with expect, hope, intend, or plan + infinitive. Ex: Jon expects to enter Harvard next year.
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• Use the perfect (past) form of the infinitive for an action that will or might take place before a specified time in the future.
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• Use the perfect (past) form of the infinitive for an action that will or might take place before a specified time in the future.
Ex: Mary’s goal is to have paid off all her loans by the end of next month.
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• FINISHED FUTURE ACTIONS
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• Use the future perfect for an action that will be completed by a specified time in the future.
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• Use the future perfect for an action that will be completed by a specified time in the future.
Ex: How much money will you have saved by next year?
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• Use the present perfect in an adverbial clause to differentiate between a completed future action and one that will follow it.
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• Use the present perfect in an adverbial clause to differentiate between a completed future action and one that will follow it.
Ex: Once I’ve saved up enough money, I’ll visit Morocco.
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Watch out!
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• Don’t use the future perfect in adverbial clauses.
Ex: Once I’ve saved up enough money, I’ll have visited Morocco.
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QUIZ
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• Directions: Use the cues to write sentences about future plans and finished future actions.
1. Jessi ____ (to expect, to complete) her MBA this semester and then she ___ (to hope, to find) a position on Wall Street.
2. Paulina __ (to hope, to visit) Bali before the monsoon season hits.
3. Hasan ____ (to put) 7% of his pay in IBM stock by the end of the year.
4. Hiko __ (to return) from her trip to Beirut in time for Rupi’s surprise birthday party.
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• Directions: Use the cues to write sentences about future plans and finished future actions.
1. Jessi expects to complete her MBA this semester and then she hopes to find a position on Wall Street.
2. Paulina hopes to visit Bali before the monsoon season hits.
3. Hasan will have put 7% of his pay in IBM stock by the end of the year.
4. Hiko will have returned from her trip to Beirut in time for Rupi’s surprise birthday party.
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