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THE FUTURE:

FUTURE PERFECT,
FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FUTURE TIME CLAUSES

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS


Lets have a flash forward. Imagine yourself this time next Saturday. Its afternoon, so .....what do you think Ill be doing? This time (at 17:00) next Saturday, Ill be having a siesta Thats something in progress at some time in the future. Itll have started before 17:00 and itll continue after 17:00

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS


Form: Subj +WILL+BE+V ING
Meaning: action in progress in a point in the future. Emphasis on the PROCESS By 9:00 tomorrow Ill be passing the test.

Lets practice!
Ill be watching football this time on Sunday He wont be studying English this time tomorrow What will you be doing in three years time?

FUTURE PERFECT

What will Johns future be like?


By the time John is 20, he will have planted, fertilized and harvested a crop of cannabis. Two years later the FBI will have arrested him, put him on trial and sent him to jail. So, when hes 22, he will have been sent to jail

FUTURE PERFECT
Form: Subj+ WILL+HAVE+ V PAST PARTICIPLE
Meaning: completed action before a point in the future.
Emphasis on the RESULT

By 9:00 tomorrow Ill have passed my test.

Lets practice!
Whats the meaning of these sentences? When we get to the cinema, the film will have started John wont have found anywhere to park Will you have finished this tomorrow afternoon?
What will you have finished by the end of this year?

FUTURE TIME CLAUSES


Complete this sentence: Well go out when he ....... comes After when, before, after, until, as soon as we use present time, even though we refer to future time (we use present Subjunctive in Spanish) Ill be here until she arrives (hasta que ella llegue) As soon as my dad comes, well start eating (tan pronto como mi pap venga)

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