Futur continuous and past perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Future Continious

- You use: will/be going to, be, and the past participle

They will be seeing her during her visit to France.
You are going to be waiting for her when the plane arrives tonight.

When can it be used?

For actions that are interrupted: 
I will be sleeping when you arrive at home tonight. 

This afternoon at 2, we are going to be watching the game.

For actions that occur at the same time: 

We are going to be sailing tomorrow and John will be driving down to meet us.

How to use WHILE with the Future Continuous

The action that is in the same clause as whule should be in the present continuous instead of the future continuous.

While you are cleaning up, I am going to be studying in my room.

Which sentence is correct?

While Dad is cooking dinner, I am going to be studying. 

While Dad will be cooking dinner, I am going to be studying. 

The same applies to: before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless. 

The action that is in the same clause as that word should be in the present continuous instead of the future continuous.

By the time she will be waking up, I will be chilling in my plane.

1. False
2. Correct

As soon as he is getting better, we will be planning our trip.

1. False
2. Correct

When they will be arriving, we are going to be leaving.

1. False
2. Correct

Past Perfect

You use: had + the past participle of the verb 

(= the base form with -ed added except for irregular verbs)

When do you use it? 

- For events in the past that happened before another event in the past. (expressed in past simple form) 

Example:

I had lived in Germany for a year before I moved back to England.

I had lived in Germany

I moved back to England

Unlike the present perfect you can use the past perfect in sentences where specific times are mentioned. 

He went to the bank at 10 a.m, where he was told that his wife had already come at 9.