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monder78
Poland

Vocab question
 
Hello
Fellow teachers  how  would  you   fill in the  missing  gap ?
I  will have  seen that  film six  times   ................................ tonight .
 
The  words to  choose  from :  just, ever, before, yet, lately, never, since,  ever, for, after.
 
Thank  you in advance.
 

10 Feb 2021      





cunliffe
United Kingdom

Before. 
Maybe they are going to see that film that night, for the seventh time?  

10 Feb 2021     



s.lefevre
Brazil

 Can�t it be..?
I will have seen that film six times after tonight.

10 Feb 2021     



karagozian
France

Before

10 Feb 2021     



karagozian
France

@lynne What about " after " ? Would that be possible as well ??

10 Feb 2021     



karagozian
France

Stupid I am. Hadn�t seen Sylvia � s post.

10 Feb 2021     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Yes, it is after. Don�t know how I missed that. Monder, did you add �after� later? Otherwise, I need new specs.

10 Feb 2021     



monder78
Poland

Thanks a million. In fact , after was one of the option. I don�t get why it is like that. The  usual pattern to follow is  :
 
By next month  I  will have  been seeing Jake  for one year.
Can�t we leave the sentence without  anything   before tonight.
Cheers
 

10 Feb 2021     



monder78
Poland

Maybe    by  is  another alternative    option  , although  there is not such an option available.
 

10 Feb 2021     



L. habach
Morocco

before

10 Feb 2021     



yanogator
United States

After is definitely the best choice. Before really doesn�t fit very well, because the present perfect works better in that situation, although even that sounds a little awkward.
 
Remember that the future perfect is for action that will be completed in the future, and if you use before, the action is already completed now. Very strictly speaking, if you are going to see the film this afternoon, being the sixth time, you could use before, but that is a rather unusually constructed situation.
 
Bruce 

10 Feb 2021     

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