Future Continuous and Future Perfect LEVEL 400. ➔ The Future Continuous tense describes an...

Future Continuous and Future Perfect

LEVEL 400

➔The Future Continuous tense describes an activity that will happen before and after a time in the future.

➔We use it to say that something will be in progress at a particular moment in the future.

➔It is most commonly used used with "will" but is also possible with "be going to."

➔It is formed with will + be + verb-ing.

Examples- When you get home tonight, I‘ll be cooking

dinner.- When class finishes, it will still be raining.- You should not phone between 6pm and 7pm.

We will be having dinner during that time.- This time next year, I'll be studying in university.

➔The Future Continuous doesn't require consideration about plans, intentions, etc.

Examples- My plan:

○ At 8pm, I'll be sitting in a movie theatre.

- Prediction based on opinion: ○ It'll be raining when you get here in

November.

Examples- Prediction based on evidence:

○ They'll be celebrating tonight if this continues.

➔The Future Perfect describes an activity that will be finished before a specific future time.

➔It is formed with will have + past participle.

Examples- Hopefully, in 2015, I will have started my career.- If we get there too late tonight, the movie will

have already started.- By the time we get home, we will have gotten

very hungry.- We will have gone to bed before you call us at

12am.

➔ The Future Perfect is often used with the prepositions, "before," "by," or "by the time." ○ By + Noun, By the time + Clause (Subject +

Verb).

➔ The meaning of "by" is very similar to "before." More specifically, it means "no later than (a certain time)" or "at or before (a certain time)".

Examples- Before I go to bed tonight, I will have had a very

busy day today.- By the time you go back to your country, you will

have really improved your English.- She will have finished class by 4pm.- I will have returned these books to the library by

Wednesday.

➔Let's review the future tenses with an example class schedule for tomorrow:

◆8:30am - Start Class◆10:10am - Start Break◆10:30am - Finish Break◆12:05pm - Finish Class

- At 8:30am tomorrow, we start class. (Present Simple: Future event based on a timetable)

- At 9:00am tomorrow, we will be studying. (Future Continuous: Activity happens before and after

a specific time)

- At 9:00am tomorrow, we will have already started class. (Future Perfect: Activity has completed before a

specific time)

- At 10:10am tomorrow, we take a break. (Present Simple: Future event based on a

timetable)

- At 10:20am tomorrow, we will be taking a break. (Future Continuous: Activity happens before

and after a specific time)

- At 10:20am tomorrow, we will have started the break.

(Future Perfect: Activity has completed before a specific time)

- At 10:30am tomorrow, we resume class. (Present Simple: Future event based on a

timetable)

- At 11:00am tomorrow, we will be studying. (Future Continuous: Activity happens before

and after a specific time)

- At 11am tomorrow, we will have resumed studying.

(Future Perfect: Activity has completed before a specific time)

Future Continuous and Future Perfect