Future Perfect vs Future Continuous

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Grammar 7 - Future

Future perfect & future continuous

What's the difference

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 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

Will + be + verb ing

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 Perfect

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

will + have/has + past participle

Examples:

  -  I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
-  I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2020.

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, ... out of this house."

Future perfect

Questions:

Will you have finished this task by tomorrow?

Negations:

I won't have finished this task by tomorrow.

Future continuous

Questions

Will you be doing the test on Monday?

Negations

I won't be doing the test on Monday.

Grammar 8 - Indirect speech/ reported speech