Grammar 7A + 7B - Future Perfect and Future Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Any New Year's resolutions?

lesson goals

At the end of this lesson, 

I know how to use the future perfect and future continuous correctly.

But first

The future

What will happen

10 years from now?

50 years from now?

100 years from now?

Can you identify any forms of the future tense here?

What does the future perfect look like?

1. Next week, Jack will be married.
2. In two weeks, Sue will be dancing.
3. In 3 hours, Bob will have left.
4. I am going to have ice cream.

What does the future continuous look like?

1. Last week, Jack has married Jo.
2. In two weeks, Sue will be dancing.
3. Leslie is meeting Tim in two hours.
4. I am going to have ice cream.

Fifty minutes from now, we ____________ (finish) this English lesson.

1. will have finished
2. will be finishing

My sister is at university, but in two years' time, she _____________ (work).

1. will have worked
2. will be working

Hopefully, I _____________ (live, not) with my parents when I'm thirty.

I'm sure the party will be a surprise. Nobody _________ (tell) her about it.

According to the weather forecast, the sun ___________ (shine) all day tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's match - but I'm sad that Messi _____________ (play, not).

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Future continuous

Past continuous       Present continuous        Future continuous

I was waiting...        I am waiting....         I will be waiting...

Task

Do ex. 27 (c), 28, 29 (a,b)

pp. 152-154

Write a letter (30-40 words) for a time capsule. A time capsule is a container that’s to be opened at a specific time in the future, in your case: in 10 years’ time. In the time capsule, you put valuable items and a letter in which you write about what you think the future will be like. Use the future perfect and the future continuous. (use Stone 5)