Future perfect / Future Continuous
This time next week, I ............ on the beach (sunbathe)
will be sunbathing (future continuous)
A: Excuse me. What time ................ (the bus/arrive)
does the bus arrive (timetables)
Your sister says that she is feeling cold. The window is open. You offer to close it.
I´ll close the window (on-the-spot decision)
This time tomorrow, John will be lying on the beach
RIGHT
It took me a week to get ......... corona virus, but I´m better now
OVER
A: "Have you finished decorating your house yet?"
B: "No, but I ................ by Friday"
will have finished (future perfect simple)
A: It´s cold in here
B: You´re right. I ............. (close) the window
will close (on-the-spot decisions / offer)
You have been invited to a party next weekend, but you can´t go. You phone your friend to tell him.
Sorry, I won´t be able to come to your party
Peter will help you when he will have finished his dinner
WRONG!
when he has finished / finishes his dinner
Try not to let your exam results get you ............ Don't give up!
DOWN
A: "Are you typing another report?"
B: "Yes. By the time I finish this one, I ............... twenty three reports today!"
will have typed (future perfect - actions finished before a stated future time)
A: What are your plans for this summer?
B: I .............. (spend) a few weeks with my cousins. I have already arranged it with them
am spending (fixed arrangements in the near future)
You get up in the morning and look out of the window. You see big black clouds in the sky. You tell your brother about the weather
It´s going to rain (present evidence)
Stop that noise or I´m going to take your toy away
WRONG!
I´ll take your toy away (threat)
I have been working late all week and I need to get ............ this weekend.
AWAY
A: "Those two people have been dancing all evening"
B: "Yes. By 11 o´clock, they .......... for four hours"
will have been dancing (future perfect continuous - emphasis on the duration of the action)
A: Look at that boy!
B: Oh yes! He .............. (climb) the tree
is going to climb (prediction based on an evidence)
Your friends want you to go away with them next weekend. You have already planned to spend the weekend with your parents. Tell your friends.
Sorry, I am going to spend the weekend with my parents.
Sorry, I am spending the weekend with my parents.
By the end of the year, Mrs Evans will be teaching for thirty years
WRONG!!!!
Mrs Evans will have been teaching for thirty years
I can't get ......... this book because the first chapter is so boring!
INTO
A: "........................ to the supermarket today?"
B: Yes. Do you want me to get you something?
Will you be going (future continuous - when we ask politely about someone´s plans for the near future to see if our wishes fit in with their plans)
By the end of next month, Sam ........... (finish) the project.
will have finished
You want to go to the doctor tomorrow. You have everything arranged. Your appointment is at 10 am
I am having an appointment tomorrow at 10 am (present continuous for future arrangements)
The film starts at half past six
RIGHT!
THROUGH