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The document discusses the future continuous and future perfect tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense and common time expressions used with each tense such as 'by tomorrow' or 'this time next week'.

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Future

The document discusses the future continuous and future perfect tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense and common time expressions used with each tense such as 'by tomorrow' or 'this time next week'.

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Future continuous

Future continuous: use


Actions in progress in the future

We use the future continuous for situations or actions that will be in


progress at a certain time in the future.

• This time next week, we‘ll be travelling to Paris.


• Tomorrow at 10, you‘ll be doing your exam.
• When you get off the train, I‘ll be waiting on the platform.
• In two months’ time, we‘ll be lying on the beach and drinking a
mojito.

Future arrangements (=present continuous)

We use the future continuous instead of the present continuous for future
events that have already been planned or decided.

• We’ll be coming next weekend.


• We’ll be leaving at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

Future continuous: signal words


As you can see in the examples above, we often use the future
continuous with time expressions such as:

• This time … (this time tomorrow, this time next week, etc.)
• When …
• At + time … (at 7 tomorrow, at midday next Monday, etc.)
• In … (in 2 weeks, in 3 months, in 5 years, etc)
• In …’ time (in 2 weeks’ time, in 3 months’ time, in 5 years time, etc)
Future perfect

Future perfect: use


Actions finished in the future
We use the future perfect for actions that will be finished before certain
time in the future.

• By 2050, researchers will have found a cure for cancer.


• By this time next year, I’ll have graduated.
• When you arrive tomorrow, we’ll have left.

Duration until some time in the future


We use the future perfect to talk about the duration of a situation until a
certain time in the future.

• By the time I leave, I will have been in England for 6 months.


• In 2 years, we will have been married for 20 years.
Future perfect: signal words
As you can see in the examples above, we often use the future
perfect with time expressions such as:

• By … (by tomorrow, by next week, by the end of the year, etc.)


• By this time … (by this time tomorrow, by this time next week, etc.)
• In … (in 2 weeks, in 5 years, etc.)
• When/Before …

By + time expression means ‘not later than’, ‘at’ or ‘before’ certain time.

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