FL2 ch6 future perfect and continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school

Grammar p64

You can:

- recognize and make the future perfect

- recognize and make the future continuous

- know when to use which  

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

will + be + verb + ing

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 Perfect

will + have + pas participle (3rd row/-ed)

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

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

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

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

Now

Make sure you ask any questions you might have!

End-of-lesson Test questions

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

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

Grammar p64

You can:

- recognize and make the future perfect

- recognize and make the future continuous

- know when to use which  

On a scale of 0 to a 100, how well do you feel you understand the subjects future perfect and future continuous?

0100

Homework

Extra

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read about these tenses and practise them

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

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some more practice

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