Future Perfect vs Future Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

The Future Perfect & Future Continuous

Welcome

Today's goals

At the end of class:

..... I can use the future perfect and the future continuous tenses correctly in sentences.

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Simple future

Discuss

What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences:

1. Next week we will have learned the future perfect. 

2. Next week we will be learning the future continuous. 

Future Perfect

To talk about an action which is going to be completed at or before a certain point in time in the future

Examples:

  -  I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
-  I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2030.

Future perfect

action that will be completed in the future either: 

BEFORE a specific moment or BEFORE another action takes place

Future perfect

Action that will be completed in the future either: 

BEFORE a specific moment or BEFORE another action takes place

Future perfect

Questions:

Will you have finished this task by tomorrow?

Negations:

I won't have finished this task by tomorrow.

Future perfect practice

Go to the website on the next slide

Practice the future perfect

www.perfect-english-grammar.com

Future Continuous

To talk about an action which you know or think will be in progress at a certain time or during a certain period of time, in the future

Examples:

- This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I can’t wait!

- Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Future continuous

Future continuous

Questions

Will you be doing the test on Monday?

Negations

I won't be doing the test on Monday.

Future continuous practice

Go to the website on the next slide

Practice the future continuous

www.perfect-english-grammar.com

By 2050
Many people ... on the moon

1. will be living
2. will have lived

By 2050
The polar icecaps ... completely.

1. will be melting
2. will have melted

By 2050
All marine life ...

1. will be dying
2. will have died

By 2050
we ... all our shopping online

1. will be doing
2. will have done

Today is Monday. I am doing my driving test next Thursday.
"This time next week I ... (do) my driving test."

You always have dinner at 8 p.m. What about tonight?
"... at 8 p.m. tonight?"

The film starts at 7.30. We haven't arrived yet.
"The film ... by the time we arrive"

We are living in this house now. We're moving in February.
"Next year, we ... out of this house."

Future perfect and continuous practice

Go to the website on the next slide

Practice both tenses mixed

test-english.com

I can use the future perfect and the future continuous tenses correctly in sentences.

Yes

No

Not sure...

I will see you after the Christmas break. If you have any questions during the break, please mail me.