Future perfect and future continuous

FUTURE PERFECT

USE
● We use the future perfect to say that something will be finished by a particular
time in the future.
● We often use the future perfect with ‘​by​’ or ‘​in​’.
● ‘​By​’ means ‘​not later than a particular time’​ and ‘​in​’ means '​within a period of
time​’. We don’t know exactly when something will finish.

FORM
will​ + ​have​ + ​past participle
EXAMPLE

- I think astronauts will have landed on Mars ​by​ the year 2020.
- I will have finished ​in​ a hour and then you can use the computer.
- I promise I will have done all the work ​by​ next Saturday. (We don’t know ​exactly
when he will finish the work – maybe Thursday, maybe Friday – but definitely before
Saturday.)
- In 5 years time I will have finished university and I will be able to earn some money
at last.
 FUTURE CONTINUOUS

USE
● We use the future continuous to talk about something that will be in progress
at or around a time in the future.
● We can use the future continuous to talk about what we ​assume i​ s happening
at the moment.

FORM
will​ + ​be​ + ​infinitive​ + ​-ing
EXAMPLE

- The kids are very quite. They will be doing something wrong, I know it!
- Do not phone grandma now, she will be having dinner.
- This time tomorrow we will be sitting on the beach. I can not wait!
- Do not ring at 8 o’ clock. I will be watching a soap-opera.
COMPARE FUTURE PERFECT & FUTURE CONTINUOUS

These people are standing in a queue to get into the cinema.

Half an hour from now, the cinema will be full.

Everyone ​will be​ ​watch​ing​ the film.

Three hours from now, the cinema will be empty.

The film ​will have finished​.
Everybody ​will have gone​ home.
 EXERCISES
Fill in the verbs in brackets in the Future Perfect and Future Continuous.

1. It…….when I reach a Bangkok. ​( to rain) will be raining

2. Anne…….her bike next week. ​(to repair) will have repaired
3. Tomorrow at nine I..…..a test. ​(to write) will be writing
4. We..…..the washing by 8 o’clock. ​(to do)will be doing/will have doing
5. Paddy…….to the party on Saturday. ​(to come) will be coming
6. She.......Paris by the end of next year. ​(to visit) will have visited
7. I…....this by 6 o’clock. ​(to finish) will have finished
8. We…....him tomorrow. ​(to meet) will be meeting
9. This time next week he…....to South Africa. ​(to fly) will be flying
10. Sam…….by next week. ​(to leave) will have left
11. She…....this with her mother tonight. ​(to discuss​) will have discussed
12. At 6 o’clock on Friday they…....the new song. ​(to sing) will be singing
13. The police…....to driver. ​(to arrest) will be arresting
14. They…....their essay by tomorrow. ​(to write) will have written
15. You…..…pizza soon. ​(to eat) will be eating
16. Paolo........the teams. ​(to manage) will be managing
17. Amy…....a video when I arrive tonight. ​(to watch) will be watching
18. She..…..when you telephone her. ​(to sleep) will be sleeping
19. If we can do that – then we…....our mission. ​(to fulfil) will have fulfilled
20. They…....in Budapest just about now. ​(to arrive) will be arriving

Fill in the Future Perfect and Future Continuous.

1. At 3 I have a short meeting with Jane. I ................by 4. ​(to finish) will have finished
2. for me when I get off the plane? ​(to wait)
.................
will be waiting
3. Call me after 3. I ...........home by then. ​(to come) will be coming will have
4. Don't call me between 8 and 9. I ..............my favourite soap opera. ​(to watch)watched
5. I promise that when you will .... tomorrow morning, the sun ....... ​(to shine)be shining
will be lying
6. I'm going on holiday. This time next week, I ..................on the beach. ​(to lie)
will be finishing will be getting
7. I think she ............... cleaning before I............. home. (to finish, to get)
will be starting
8. We're late. The film .............by the time we .....to the cinema. ​(to start, to get) will be getting
9. We'll wait for Jane to arrive and then we will ...............dinner.
be having
​(to have)
10. Everyone ........... when Tom .......... at his surprise party. ​(to hide, to arrive)
will have hid will be arriving

Type the correct verb in the correct form:

arrive cook disappear do finish have move pay
be finishing
1. By the end of the month, I'll ........................... off my bank loan.
2. Don't ring me before 7.30 because I'll ...........................
be having dinner.
be doing
3. They say we'll ........................... much higher temperatures here if global
warming continues.
be moving
4. Some islands in the Pacific Ocean will ........................... by 2150.
5. They've been painting the house all week, but hopefully
they'll ...........................
have disappeared by tomorrow.
have paid
6. If all goes well, we'll ........................... into our new house by this time next
month.
be coooking
7. What do you think they'll ........................... at the moment?
8. Do you think Mum and Dad ...........................
be arriving home yet?