Future continuous and

Future perfect simple

Future continuous Future perfect simple

 an action that will be in progress at a  an action/situation that will be

certain time in the future; fished before a certain time in the
future;
I’ ll be working on the water splash
tomorrow morning. I will have gone to bed by then!

1. Read Luke’s work timetable and complete the sentences with the
correct form ( future perfect or future continuous) of the verbs in the
brackets.

Timetable
9:00 – 10:00 tickets
10:00 – 12:00 roller coaster
12:00 – 1:00 restaurant
1:00 – 2:00 lunch break
2:00 – 6:00 water splash

1. By 9:00 Luke ___________________arrive) at Europa-Park.

2. At 9:30 Luke ___________________ (sell) tickets.
3. At 11:00 Luke __________________ (help) on the roller coaster.
4. By 12:01 ___________________ (finish) helping on the roller coaster.
5. At 12.30 Luke ________________ (serve) in the restaurant.
6. By 2:10 Luke _______________ (eat) his lunch.
7. At 3:00 Luke ______________ (work) on the water splash.
8. By 7:00 Luke ______________ (go home).

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 2. Complete the text with one word which best fits each gap.

To: Alex From: Theo

Subject: holiday

Hi Alex,

I’m going on holiday in the morning. We’ll be 1)____________ in a big hotel in

Crete for a week. It will take a few hours to get there as we’ll 2) ______________
travelling by car and by ferry. Dad says it’s as fast 3) ___________ going by plane,
but I don’t believe him! Still, by this time tomorrow afternoon we’ll arrived and
we’ll be swimming in the hotel pool. Generally, I 5) ___________ rather have an
active holiday, but mum and dad prefer 6) ____________ relax. I expect they
7) ___________ be sitting by the pool while I’m swimming!

Luckily for me there are some watersports on the beach. I think windsurfing
will be more fun 8) _____________ sailing, don’t you? Hopefully by the end of the
week I 9) ____________ have learnt how to windsurf really well. That would be
great! It will be 10) _____________ best holiday I’ve ever had. I’ll send you a
postcard!

Bye for now,

Theo

3. Complete the sentences in your own words.

1. This summer we ______________________________.
2. In a week’s time ______________________________.
3. In the middle of August __________________________.
4. In two week’s time I __________________________.
5. By the end of July I _________________________.
6. _____________________ by 15th September.

4. Time to talk
 What will you be doing next month?
 What will you have done by the time you’re thirty?

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Key:

1. 1) will have arrived 2) will be selling 3) will be helping

4) will have finished 5) will be serving 6) will have finished eating
7) will be working 8) will have gone

2. 1) staying 2) be 3) as 4) have 5) would 6) to 7) will

8) than 9) will 10) the

3) Possible answers: 1… will be going to my grandma’s house in the country.

2… we will have finished this unit.
3… we’ll be playing on the beach instead of studying.
4… will be travelling abroad.
5… will have finished school.
6… we’ll have gone back to school.

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