FUTURE CONTINUOUS
To indicate that we will be in the
middle of doing something in a
specified time in the future
You’ll recognize her when you
see her. She will be wearing a
yellow hat
Future actions in progress
Polite questions about somebody’s
intentions
REMEMBER!!!!
Future Continuous cannot be
used in sentences beginning
with: While, when, before, by the
time
FORM
(+) Subject +will be + Ving
(-) Subject + Will not be + Ving
(?) Will+ subject+ be + Ving
FUTURE PERFECT
To say that something will already have
happened before a certain time in the future
We’re late. I expect the film will already
have started by the time we get to the
cinema
REMEMBER!!!!
Future Perfect cannot be used in
sentences beginning with: While, when,
before, by the time, as soon as, if, unless,
etc. Instead of Future Perfect, Present
Perfect is used
Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4:30. So at 4 o’clock tomorrow
I _____________________________________________________________
Tom is on holiday. He has very little money and he is spending too much too quickly. Before the
end of his holidays, He _____________________________________________
You want to borrow your friend’s bicycle this evening.___________________________?
Jim always goes to bed at 11 o’clock. Tom is going to visit him at 11:30 this evening. When Tom
arrives, Jim _____________________________________________________
Choose the correct verb tense for each sentence:
1. By the time I'm 60, I ________ (lose) all my hair.
a) will have lost b) will lose
2. I won't be able to talk to you in 15 minutes because I ________ (do) my homework.
a) will do b) will be doing
3. By the time I get home, my wife ________ (eat) the whole cake.
a) will have eaten b) will be eating
4. I ________ (talk) to my son about his poor test results.
a) will talk b) will be talking
5. This time tomorrow I ________ (swim) in the ocean.
a) will swim b) will be swimming
6. I ________ (see) you at 7.
a) will have seen b) will see
7. By the time the guests arrive, I ________ (clean) the room.
a) will have cleaned b) will clean
8. I decided that I ________ (become) a doctor.
a) will be becoming b) will become
9. I ________ (travel) for the next month.
a) will travel b) will be traveling
10. I'm really tired today - I ________ (do) my exercises tomorrow.
a) will do b) will be doing