Passages 12A

Moving Around

Future continuous and future perfect

Do you know how to use phrases like

- I'll be studying or I'll have finished?

Look at these examples to see how the future continuous and future perfect are used.

In three years' time, I'll be studying medicine.

In five years' time, I'll have finished studying medicine.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Multiple Choice

Next year I'll ... at university

• have studied French

• be studying French

Multiple Choice

By this afternoon, I … the lawn with a push mower.

• Will have saw

• Will have seen

• Will have been mowed

• Will have mowed

Multiple Choice

At this time tomorrow, I … to pay off my debts.

• Will have money

• Will have offered

• will have offered

• Will have had money

Multiple Choice

Select the correct sentence on future perfect

• I will be reading this book

• I will have read this book by tomorrow

• I go to read the book tomorrow

• I won’t Reading the book tomorrow

Future perfect

We use the future perfect simple (will/won't have + past participle) to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

- The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I'll have finished cooking by then.

- On 9 October we'll have been married for 50 years.

- Will you have gone to bed when I get back?

Let's try these exercises!

Multiple Choice

I ________ by then.

• will be leave

• will have left

• will leaving

• Will left

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence of the future perfect

• Jenny will not have saved enough money yet.

• Jenny won’t be saving enough money

Multiple Choice

We _________________________fluent in Spanish by the time we leave for Mexico next month.

• will have becoming

• will become

• will be becoming

• won’t have become

Multiple Choice

by the time I finish this course, I ............. ten test

• take

• took

• have taken

• will have taken

Multiple Choice

by the time I finish this course, I ............. ten test

• take

• took

• have taken

• will have taken

Future perfect progressive

Multiple Choice

She _______________ the book for four months by the end of October.

• won't have written

• won't been writing

• won't have writing

• won't have been writing

Multiple Choice

Jane _____________ when she comes home, because she ______________________ over 24 hours.

• will be very tired - will have been flying

• will have been being very tired - will have flown

• is going to be very tired - will have flown

• will have been being very tired - will have been flying

Multiple Choice

The company ________________ the the contract for two months by June.

• will have been negotiated

• will have been negotiating

• won't be negotiating

• isn't going to negotiate

Multiple Choice

Before they come, we ____________________ the house for 5 hours.

• will have cleaned

• will be cleaning

• will have been cleaning

• are going to be cleaning

Multiple Choice

Before they come, we ____________________ the house for 5 hours.

• will have cleaned

• will be cleaning

• will have been cleaning

• are going to be cleaning

Now, let's look at the actual difference

Future Perfect Vs. Future Perfect Progressive

• Future Perfect: WILL + HAVE + P.P.

• Future Perfect Progressive: WILL + HAVE + BEEN + -ING VERB

Multiple Choice

We ____ (look for) him for 40 days by next Saturday.

• will have looked for

• will have been looking for

Multiple Choice

Drive faster! If you don't hurry up, she ____ (have) the baby by the time we get to the hospital.

• will have

• will have had

• will have been having

Multiple Choice

I have not travelled much yet; however, I ____ (visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

• will have visited

• will have been visiting

Multiple Choice

By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ____ (drive) more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

• will have drove

• will have been driving

• will have drived

• will have driven

Multiple Choice

He _____ (read) this book for 15 days by the end of this week.

• will have read

• will have been reading

Multiple Choice

By 2021 we _____ (live) in Madrid for 20 years.

• will have lived

• will have been living

Multiple Choice

She ____ (sleep) for 10 hours by 11 o'clock.

• will have slept

• will have been sleeping

Multiple Choice

By the end of the month, I ____ (live) in this town for ten years.

• will have lived

• will have been living

Multiple Choice

By 9 o'clock, we ____ (finish) our homework.

• will have finished

• will have been finishing

Multiple Choice

By 9 o'clock, we ____ (finish) our homework.

• will have finished

• will have been finishing

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