I'll phone you at 7 o'clock." "Could you wait till 8? We ......................dinner by then.
will have had
will have
will be having
are going to have
Research says that by the time a person turns 18, he or she .................360,000 TV ads.
will have watched
will be watching
will watch
is going to watch
Some typical time expressions we find with future perfect simple are...
before ; by next year; by the time you arrive
this time tomorrow, tomorrow at 7, at 10 next Tuesday, etc.
since, for, longer than
last week, a year ago, in 2018
This time next week, I .........................................from a plane.
will be jumping
am going to
will jump
will have jumped from
I'm worried that I....................him tomorrow.
won't be seeing
won't have seen
won't see
am not going to see.
The form of future continuous is...
subject + <i>going to be </i>+ the ing-form of the verb
subject + <i>will have</i> + the past participle
subject + <i>will be</i> + the ing-form of the verb
subject + <i>will have been </i>+ the ing-form of the verb
By the time I'm 25, I...
had finished my studies.
will be finishing my studies.
am working.
will have finished my studies.
..........................by the time you're 60?
Will you be retiring
Will you retire
Will you have retired
Are you going to retire
This time tomorrow, I .............in the ocean.
will be swim
am swimming
will have swum
will be swimming
By June, I will...
...be passing all my subjects.
...have passed all my subjects.
...pass all my subjects.
...have been passing all my subjects.
How long have you lived in Italy? By the end of December, it ..........................a year.
will be
will be being
is going to be
will have been
We use future continuous to say that an action...
...will be in progress at a certain time in the future.
... might happen in the future.
...will be ongoing at a certain time in the future.
...will have finished before some time in the future.
Where should we meet this afternoon? I ................. for you in the library.
will have waited
will wait
will be waiting
am going to wait
Julie.................................this time next week. She'll be on holiday.
will work
doesn't work
won't have worked
won't be working
Do you think the mechanic...........................the car by tomorrow?
will have fixed
will be fixing
is going to fix
will fix
These signal words are often used with future continuous forms.
in 5 years' time, at 9 tomorrow, this time tomorrow
tomorrow, next week, in 2030
by next year, in two weeks' time, before
last week, 10 years ago, since