I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + will + be + -ing I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + will + have +
I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + won’t be + - V3
ing I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + won’t + have
Will + I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + be + - + V3
ing Will + I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they + have +
V3
* We form the future continuous with
will/may/might +be+ -ing. * We form the future perfect with will + have
* We use the future continuous to talk about +past participle
actions we believe will be progress at a future * We use the future perfect for actions that
time. will be completed before a certain time in the
In five years, I’ll be living in Paris and working as future.
a fashion designer. I will have finished the school by 2028.
* We can also use the future continuous to talk COMMON TIME EXPRESSIONS
about future plans. by, by the time, before, by tomorrow/7 o’clock,
I’ll be leaving at 3 p.m. I have an important next month, by Sunday/June, by this afternoon,
meeting. by the end of this year, etc.
* We put question words at the beginning of a
question.
What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
COMMON TIME EXPRESSIONS
tomorrow, tonight, this time tomorrow/next week,
in two/three days, in a week/month, soon, in 10
years time, etc.
A) Complete the sentences with the B) Complete the sentences with the
FUTURE CONTINUOUS form FUTURE FERFECT form
1) This time tomorrow I --will be lying -- (lie) 1) My students ---will have graduated ----
on a beach. (graduate) from the university by 2028.
2) Our teacher ---------- (correct) our exans all 2) You ---------- (finish) your homework when the
next week. programme starts.
3) She ---------- (eat) a sandwich during the 3) The quests ---------- (not arrive) by then!
break. 4) We ---------- (finish) all our exams by the end of
4) I ---------- (have) my piano lesson at this this month.
time tomorrow. 5) Mum --------- (set) the table by the time the
5) My sister ---------- (study) at a university quests arrive.
next year. 6) It ---------- (start) to snow by the time we reach
6) Don’t call me at 10 p.m. I ---------- (sleep). the hotel.
7) I’ve got exams next week. I ---------- (not 7) Brian ---------- (complete) the book by this
join) your party. summer.
8) Where ---------- you ---------- (stay)while 8) We ---------- (move) to our new house by May.
you’re on holiday? 9) By next month, I ---------- (buy) a new phone.
9) I ---------- ( make) a cake this afternoon. 10) I hope you ---------- (give) my umbrella back by
10) ---------- your parents ---------- (work) this tomorrow.
time tomorrow? 11) Dad ---------- ( not save) enough money by
11) This time next week I ---------- (fly) to then.
Rome. 12) By the time you arrive, we ------------ (start) the
12) What --------- you ---------- (do) in 5 years meal.
time? 13) Tom ---------- (finish) the grocery shopping by
13) My grandparents ----------- (visit) us next the time you get home.
Saturday. 14) ------ you ---------- ( retire) by the year 2027?
14) We ---------- (have) an exam at school at 4 15) The children ----------- (not sleep) when you
tomorrow. arrive.
C) Match the halves to make meaningful E) Are these phrases used with the
sentences. future continuous or the future perfect?
1) You can come over after dinner Put them in the correct columns.
( )
2) I believe that by the year 2040, ( ) When I’m 17…../ In half an hour …../By this
3) I wonder what kind of clothes weekend…../In 2040…../ By the time I’m 16
( ) ……/
4) In my opinion scientists In 5 months time…../Next summer…../By
( ) 2060…../
5) My dad cooks for the family. ( ) By lunchtime /By the end of this term…
6) I’m 17 years old ( )
7) In the next decades, ( ) FUTURE CONT. FUTURE PERFECT
8) Dad, have you mended my bike? 1. 1.
( )
9) I want to complete my project. 2. 2.
( )
10) By the time I arrived at the office, ( ) 3. 3.
11) My plane arrives at 10 tomorrow, ( )
12) By the time you turn back to your office, ( ) 4. 4.
a) they will have replied the offer 5. 5.
b) He will have cooked several meals for us by
the end of this week.
c) computers will have replaced teachers.
d) people will be going to the moon for their F) Put the sentences in NEGATIVE or
holidays. QUESTION
e) Will you be using the computer all day?
f) the secretary will have served some coffee for 1) We’re too late. By the time we get to the airport,
me. the plane will have flown. ( ? )
g) teenagers will be wearing in the future?
h) by then I will have finished my homework and ---------------------------------------------------------------
we can chat.
2) I’ll be working in 10 years time. ( - )
i) will have found life on other planets by 2060.
j) I hope I will have taken my driving licence this time next
year. ---------------------------------------------------------------
k) I’m sorry not yet. I will have mended it by the 3) By the time we get to the school, it will have
end of this weekend. stopped raining. ( ? )
l) so I will be flying to Rome at this time
D) Put the sentences in order ---------------------------------------------------------------
4) Tonight, they will be celebrating Arnold’s
1) May/have/his/by/He/paid/will/debt. birthday party at the new dance club. ( - )
--------------------------------------------------------------.
2) in/performing/more/Robots/the/will/future/be.
--------------------------------------------------------------. ---------------------------------------------------------------
3) new/bought/We/by/a/will/car/2026/have.
--------------------------------------------------------------. 5) By tomorrow, Emily will have finished her history
4) flying/30/having/in/We/be/cars/time/will/years. project. ( - )
---------------------------------------------------------------.
5) Linda/from/primary/first/by/will/graduated/school/
the /Tom’s/already/birthday/have.
---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------. 6) The boys will be having a camp by the lake at 10
-----------------------------------------------------------------. o’clock tomorrow. ( ? )
6) it/will/the/When/stopped/raining/home/Mandy/have/
reached. ---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------.
7) be/dad/an/will/My/in/time/repairing/my/hour/bike.
----------------------------------------------------------------.
8) the/will/end/by/My/to/started/of/have/a/this/sister/
university/winter.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------.
ANSWER KEY
A) 2-will be correcting 3-will be eating 4- will be having 5- will be studying
6-will be sleeping 7-won’t be joining 8-will you be staying 9- will be waiting
10-will your parents be working 11- will be flying 12-will you be doing 13- will be visiting
14- will be having
B) 2-will have finished 3-won’t have arrived 4- will have finished 5- will have set
6- will have started 7- will have completed 8- will have moved 9- will have bought
10- will have given 11-won’t have saved 12- will have started 13- will have finished
14-Will you have retired 15-won’t have slept
C) 1-h 2-c 3-g 4-i 5-b 6-j 7-d 8-k 9-e 10-f 11-l 12-a
D) 1- He will have paid his debt, by May
2- Robots will be performing more in the future.
3- We will have bought a new car by 2026.
4- We will be having flying cars in 30 years’ time.
5- Linda will have already graduated from the primary school, by Tom’s first birthday.
6- When it stopped raining, Mandy will have reached the home.
7- My dad will be repairing my bike in an hour time.
8. My sister will have started to a university, by the end of this winter.
E) FUTURE CONT. FUTURE PERFECT
1. When I’m 7… 1. By the time I’m 16 ……
2. In 5 months time… 2. By lunchtime…
3. In half an hour… 3. By the end of this term…
4. Next summer….. 4. By this weekend…
5. In 2040….. 5. By 2060…..
F) 1- Will the plane have flown by the time we get to the airport ?
2- I won’t be working in 10 years time
3- Will it have stopped raining by the time we get to the school ?
4- Tonight, they will not be celebrating Arnold’s birthday party at the new dance club.
5- By tomorrow, Emily will not have finished her history project.
6- Will the boys be having a camp by the lake at 10 o’clock tomorrow ?
