Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.
EFL STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL FRAMEWORK
STRUCTURES USE
Future continuous, Future continuous
Will + be + verb -ing indicates prior planning.
It is used to:
Affirmative Sentences
● Describe an action
that will occur at a It is possible to contract
Subject + will + be + specific point in the subject pronouns with the
verb -ing future.
● Indicate
predictions or
Negative Sentences
expected trends
Subject + will not
(won’t) + be + verb ● Ask about
-ing someone's plans
in a polite way.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
RULES EXAMPLES COMMENTS
Future continuous can be
emphasizes the action in ● At 10 pm, Sherlyn will be used as an alternative to
progress. studying for a French present continuous future
quiz. to refer to events that have
Contractions
already been planned or
decided.
- On Christmas, my
auxiliary verb -will.
family and I will be
● He'll be ● In 2 weeks, Josh and Luis staying in the Rose
playing will be attending a Hotel in Manabí.
● He'll not be project on bullying. —----------------------------
going Stative verbs
When we use stative verbs
Stative verbs refer to
with continuous tenses, the
states, so they are not meaning changes. For
used in continuous tense. example, with perception
● Carla usually takes long verbs:
naps. She will be
sleeping when her mom - Zoey will be seeing
arrives. her best friend
tomorrow.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.
Questions
Will + subject + be +
verb -ing + ?
- Yes, I will. / No, I
won’t.
Information Questions
Wh- word + will +
subject + be + verb
-ing + ?
(We want to know if - In that case we
our wishes fit in with could use future
their plans) perfect tense.
● Refer action that
Time expressions
will definitely
These expressions
happen as a result
indicate that the action will
of a routine or an
be in progress at a
arrangement certain time.
On the other hand, we can - Next …. (week)
use future continuous to - In … (1 hour; 2
make predictions about days)
the present: - At….
- This time … (
● Annie has a meeting tomorrow; next…)
in Quito this - Later / tonight /
afternoon. She will this… (afternoon…)
be driving now. - When… (use simple
present tense*)
Verb -ing:
Verbs ending in “e”
Delete the e and add -ing.
love - loving
Except: see -seeing
● Sue Sue will be buying
tickets for the concert later
because she is working
now.
● What will you be doing
this time tomorrow?
● Tom won’t be watching
the movie with her mom at
night because he is tired.
● When it stops raining, will
you be going to the
cinema?
(It refers Zoey’s plan: to
meet his friend )
Time expression
Note: If the time
expression goes at the
beginning of the sentence
it’s necessary a comma to
separate the next action:
- When Alice's mom
wakes up at 8 am,
Alice will be
preparing a
delicious breakfast.
—----------------------------
STILL
With the term "still", the
"future continuous" refers to
events that are already
happening now and that
we assume will continue
into the future:
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.

Monosyllabic verbs
- The essay is
If the verb ends in C + V + complex, so I believe
C, double the last in 2 hours, Jules will
consonant and add ing. still be writting it.
● Will you be free at 8 pm?
win - winning -No, I will be eating by
then.
Verb ending in “y”

Add “ing” after “y”.

study - studying
● This time next Monday, the
Verbs ending in “ie”: CEO will be giving a talk
on business management.
Change -ie to -y. And add
-ing.

Lie - Lying

● In June, Julio and Alice

will be skiing in Alaska.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.
STRUCTURES USE
Will + have + main FUTURE PERFECT
verb(past participle) Action that will be
completed in the future,
either:
Affirmative Sentences
A. Before a specific
moment.
Subject + will + have
have + main verb(past
B. Before another
participle) action takes place.
Negative Sentences The future perfect is used
to describe an event that
Subject + will not will be finished by a
particular time in the future.
(won’t) + have +
main verb(past
participle)
Questions
● Duration before
something in the
FUTURE PERFECT
RULES EXAMPLES
Focused more on the
result of the action.
Contractions
It is also possible to
contract subject pronouns
with auxiliary verb + 'not'
● I'll not have +
verb PP.
● He'll/She'll/It'll
not have +
verb PP.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
● FOR
This connects a
period of time in
the future to a later
time in the future.
COMMENTS
● When Patricia gets home
tonight, I will have had ● Sometimes, you can
dinner already. use the future perfect
tense and the simple
future tense
interchangeably.
But without
● What time will Alex have
prepositions such as
finished work?
before or by the time
that make the
sequence of events
clear, you need to use
the future perfect to
show what happened
first.
● By next Saturday Juan
and Maria will have
returned from Mexico. Note
The second action is
always in the Present
Simple tense.
● The past participle
of “to get” is gotten
in American English.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.
Will + subject + have + Future
main verb(past (Non-Continuous
participle) + ? Verbs)
Information Questions
Wh- word + will +
With non-continuous verbs
subject + have + main and some non-continuous
verb(past participle) + uses of mixed verbs, we
? use the future perfect to
show that something will
continue up until another
action in the future.
Example:
● I will have been in
Paris for three
months by the time I
leave.
● How much money will In British English,
● BY / BY THE Belen and Karla have the past participle is
TIME / BY THEN / spent by the end of their got.
WHEN English course?
Time expressions
This is used when ● We can use phrases
something like by… or by the
happened before time (meaning 'at
(not later than) a
some point before')
specific time in the and in or in a day's
● On Sunday, Ana will have
future. waited for 2 months for time / in two
the concert. months' time / in
● ALREADY five years' time etc.
(meaning 'at the end
This shows that of this period') to give
something will the time period in
finish earlier than which the action will
another event in be completed.
the future.
● By 2026, I will have lived
in Cuenca for 10 years.
● BEFORE
This can be used
to emphasize the
sequence of
● Leonardo will have
events in the
talked with his friends
future.
about planning his sister's
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.

birthday before his sister

arrives.

● When she wakes up,

Marina will have gone to
school.

● We will have studied in

the University for 4 years
by the time we get a
degree.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

STRUCTURES USE RULES EXAMPLES COMMENTS

Will + have + been + ● It is used to say Use the time duration: ● I know that tomorrow's trip Highlight the duration of the
verb -ing what will happen at next will go well because I will action.
a SPECIFIC time in month have been preparing for ● She will have been
the future. week this for a long time. playing tennis for
● It is used to indicate several hours by the
Affirmative Sentences weekend
that something you end of the day.
year
started in the past
Subject + will + have + or what you have day
been + verb -ing been doing in the
present will Also use the time
continue until expressions: ● I don't know what's going
another action or to happen to my
Negative Sentences moment in the relationship next year
future. because I will have been We can replace WILL with
Subject + will not ● Describes ongoing traveling for several GOING TO.
Future action or months. Gerardo is going to have
(won’t) + have + been
activities completed been building his house for
+ verb -ing
after a certain 2 years when he has all the
instant of time All of these expressions money.
mean at the end of a
● The action that will period of time.
have started, will ● We will have been
continue for some meeting to discuss sales
Questions time and will
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.
Will + subject + have +
been + verb -ing + ?
Information Questions
Wh- word + will +
subject + have + been
+ verb -ing + ?
Also:
● To show cause and
continue in the plans at the end of the
future either: day.
❖ Before a specific
time or
❖ Before another
action takes
place ● She will have been What is the difference
These expressions refer eating healthy for 2 weeks between future perfect
to a specific point in time by the end of the month. simple and future perfect
or a period of time.
continuous?
FOR
This connects a period
of time in the future to a ● We will have been
later time in the future. training in this gym for two
- Duration years by 2024.
effect:
Indicate Stative verbs refer to
consequences of states, so they are not
an action in the used in continuous tense.
future
● I will have been studying
at this university for 4
years by the year 2024.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.

● The thesis is almost done,

so Efrain will not have
been doing it for a long
time tomorrow.

● Will Carlos have been

buying shoes for 3 hours
by midday?

● On the weekend, at 5
o'clock, they will have
been playing in the yard
for several hours.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.

● The machine will have

been working for 5 hours
by noon.

● My mom will have been

cooking for several hours
by the time we get back
from the trip.

● Pam will need to rest a lot

tomorrow because she
will have been doing
homework all night, and
she will be exhausted.
Names: Johanna Duchi, Belen Tenesaca, Gabriela Lema.