Future continuous and future perfect

Do you know how to use phrases like I'll be

studying or I'll have finished?

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Look at these examples to see how the future
continuous and future perfect are used.

-In three years' time, I'll be studying medicine.

-In five years' time, I'll have finished studying
medicine.
Grammar explanation
Future continuous
We can use the future continuous (will/won't be + -ing form) to talk about
future actions that:

will be in progress at a specific time in the future:

When you come out of school tomorrow, I'll be boarding a plane.
Try to call before 8 o'clock. After that, we'll be watching the match.
You can visit us during the first week of July. I won't be working then.

we see as new, different or temporary:

Today we're taking the bus but next week we'll be taking the train.
He'll be staying with his parents for several months while his father is in
recovery.
Will you be starting work earlier with your new job?
Future perfect
We use the future perfect simple (will/won't have + past participle)
-to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I'll have finished cooking by then.
On 9 October we'll have been married for 50 years.
Will you have gone to bed when I get back?

-We can use phrases like by or by the time (meaning 'at some point before') and in or
in a day's time / in two months' time / in five years' time etc. (meaning 'at the end of
this period') to give the time period in which the action will be completed.
I won't have written all the reports by next week.
By the time we arrive, the kids will have gone to bed.
I'll have finished in an hour and then we can watch a film.
In three years' time, I'll have graduated from university.
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getting old?

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-Claire: Do you think you'll still be …………….. here ten years
from now?
-Ben: I hope not! I don't think I'll be able to stand it here for
that long! I think I'll have quit by then. I hope I'll be ……………..
my own company by then. How about you?
-Claire: Well, in ten years, I'll have …………….. my student loans.
I think I’ll still be here, but with any luck, I'll have transferred
to the European office.
-Ben: It's scary to think of the future, isn't it? Who knows – we Missing
could both be Words
…………….. with lots of kids by then!  paid off
Claire: Ha!  married
Ž  working
 running
1. We'll have ___________ a bit of Korean by the time you come to Seoul.
We're starting classes next week.
2. By June next year, I _____________ have retired from work.
3. In their retirement, they’ll ___________living in a small house in the
mountains.
4. Take some keys with you – I'll probably be ____________a shower when
you get back.
5. Next week we’ll _____________ been together for two years.
6. I'm taking the day off on Friday – I __________be working.
7. Our table at the restaurant is at 1 p.m. Do you think we'll have
_________lunch by 3 p.m.?
8. Come and find me when the film finishes. I'll be __________a coffee in the
bar next door.
1. Five years from now, will you be studying a foreign language? Which
one?
2. 10 years from now, will you have moved to another country?
3. Everyone is using tablets these days, so by 2022, will books have
disappeared?
4. In 20 years' time, will robots be living with us?
5. By the year 2040, will the earth population have peaked at 20 billion?
6. In 10 years' time, do you think you will have a flying car?
7. By the year, 2030, will petrol vehicles have become obsolete?
8. In 10 years' time, will renewables have overtaken fossil fuels?
9. By the year 2030, will we have found life in other planets?
10.In 10 years' time, will we be using translating apps to speak foreign
languages?
When will you graduate?

How will you use English in the future?

Will humans ever meet aliens? What will the meeting

be like?

What kind of sci-fi movie will the future be like? (The

Matrix, Terminator, i-Robot, Minority Report etc.)

Do you think houses will be more environmentally

friendly in the future?
Where will we get our energy when we run out of oil?

How will India and China affect the environment in the

future?

What will happen if we keep polluting the

environment?

Will the climate keep changing or go back to normal?

Will science find a solution to the environmental

problems we have? What kind of solution will it be?
What will you do this weekend?

Do you want to get married? When will you get married?

Will you have children?

What will life be like when you are 40?

Will computers ever take over the world?

Will we be able to add machines to our body to improve it in the future?

How will fashion change in the future?

After you graduate will you go for a higher degree like an
M.A. or a Ph.D?

What kind of music will your children listen to?

When will humans live on another planet?

What will you do after this class?

What will you do after you finish university?

What will you do before you get married?

After your children grow up what will you do?

Where will you move after you finish university?

How will electronics be different?

In 50 years there are projected to be 10 billion people on

the earth. How will that affect the future?

How will medicine and health care change in the future?

China’s and India’s populations and economies are

growing quickly, what do you think China and India will
be like in 50 years?
What other things will change about life in the
future?

How do you think you will change in the future?

Where will you be and what will you be doing in 10

years?

What is something that will happen in the future

that you are looking forward to?

How will you change the world?