Future perfect simple and continous

Future perfect simple and future continuous

Use
We use the future perfect simple to talk about an activity that will be finished by a specific time in the future.
They‘ll have finished building the bridge by
next January.
We use the future continuous to talk about an activity that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
This time next week I’ll be flying to Rome.

Form
Future perfect simple: we use will + have + past participle.
I’ll have finished my homework in an hour.
Future continuous: we use will + be + the -ing form of the verb.
In an hour, I’ll be getting ready to go out.




Activities

1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the future perfect simple or the future continuous.

1 This time next week will be skiing (ski) in the French Alps.
2 Greg is taking a year off to travel. By the end of next year he will has visited (visit) seven countries.
3 ‘What will you be doing this time tomorrow?’
‘I will be taking (take) my English exam.’
4 Don’t come round at six o’clock. I will still have done (still / do) my homework.
If you want to come round at seven, you can.
I will have finished (finish) it by then.
5 Jill has accepted a job abroad. This time next
month she will be working(work) in Paris.
6 Next year, I will have lived (live) in this house for ten years.


2 Complete the text. Use the correct form of the future perfect simple or the future continuous.

What will we be doing (do)
in a hundred years’ time? According to NASA Scientists we will be travelled (travel) in outer space. By the twenty-second century man will have developed (develop) a quick way of getting to the stars, and the
first long-distance spaceships will be leaving (leave) Earth.

However, these spaceships won’t be the first to explore outer space. Other spaceships will have already voyaged (already / voyage) into
the unknown. In fact, the first unmanned ship, Pioneer 10, was launched in 1972. Pioneer 10 will be in space for thousands of years, and in 32,000 years’
time it will pass a star called Ross 248.

By the time Pioneer 10 gets there, man will have already reached (already / reach) Ross 248 and will have colonized (colonize) the planets around it. What will these humans be doing (do) when Pioneer 10 passes by? Will they remember that it was the first spaceship to venture into outer space?


3 Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

1 This time tomorrow I’ll be watching TV
2 By next weekend I’ll have discover a new planet.
3 In six months’ time I’ll be studying
4 By the end of this year I’ll have visited London
5 In three years’ time I’ll be studying a lot.