Mastering the Future Perfect and Future Continuous Tenses

Mastering the Future Perfect and Future Continuous Tenses

Learning Objective

Understand the usage and structure of the future perfect and future continuous tenses.

What do you already know about the future perfect and future continuous tenses?

Future Perfect Tense

Describes an action that will be completed before a certain time in the future. Formed with 'will have + past participle.'

Future Perfect Tense Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the future perfect form of the verbs in parentheses.

Future Perfect Tense Exercise 2

Rewrite the sentences using the future perfect tense.

Future Continuous Tense

Describes an ongoing action that will be happening at a specific future time. Formed with 'will be + present participle.'

Future Continuous Tense Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets in future continuous tense.

Future Continuous Tense Exercise 2

Write sentences about what each person will be doing at a specific time in the future.

Review and Practice

Combine the future perfect and future continuous tenses in sentences to demonstrate understanding of both tenses.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.