FUTURE TENSES UPPER

FUTURE TENSES UPPER

FUTURE CONTINUOUS 

1. FOR EVENTS IN PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE
We use the future cont to say that sth will be in progress at a particular moment in the future. 


for example: 
This time tomorrow I will be having breakfast with my family.

2. EVENTS THAT ARE FIXED OR EXPECTED TO HAPPEN

Future cont is also used to refer to future events which are fixed or decided or which are expected to happen in the normal course of events.

For example:

Professor Baxter will be giving another lecture on Roman glass making at the same time next week

3. No idea of making decisions

The future cont is useful if we want to show that we are not talking about making decisions but about things that will happen anyway.

For example:

A: Shall I pick up the laundry for you?

B: Oh, no! Don't make a special journey.

A: It's OK! I'll be going to the shops anyway.

FORM OF THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

THE FUTURE PERFECT

The future perfect can be used to say that something will have been completed by a certain time in the future.

For example:

We'll have finished planting the new trees by Wednesday.

This government will have ruined the country before the next election.

FORM OF THE FUTURE PERFECT

THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

We can use the future perfect continuous to say 'how long' for an action that continues up to another point in the future. The second point can be a time or another action. Generally, we need 'for + length of time' and if we use 'when' or 'by the time', we usually use the present simple.

For example:

In April, she will have been teaching for twelve years.

By the time you arrive, I'll have been cooking for hours!

Multiple Choice

In a ten years' time most people ........................................... smart watches. (wear)

• will be wearing

• will have worn

• will have been wearing

Multiple Choice

Hurry up or the coach .............. before we reach the station. (leave)

• will be leaving

• will have left

• will have been leaving

Multiple Choice

When you get up tomorrow morning, I .............. already .................................. to Cork. (drive)

• will be driving

• will have droven

• will have been driving

Multiple Choice

On 1 July Marion .............................................. engaged for a year. (be)

• will being

• will have been

Multiple Choice

A:Why are you so angry?

B: They .......................................................... the road by the end of this year.

• will be repairing

• will have repaired

• will have been repairing