Future

Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Future continuous
Future continuous: form
❖ The future continuous is formed with will + be + the -ing
form of the verb.
❖ For the negative, we use the adverb not after will.
❖ For questions, we invert the order of will and the subject.
(+) This time tomorrow, I’ll be eating lunch on the plane.
(-) She won’t be planning any trips until after graduation.
(?) Will he be speaking with his advisor this afternoon?
Future continuous: affirmative
Future continuous: negative
Future continuous: yes/no and wh- questions
Future continuous: uses
❖ To describe continuous actions in the future: we use the
future continuous to talk about ongoing actions and events
we expect to happen at a future time.
Note: If the action is already in progress, we usually use
"still" in the sentence.
At this time next week we will be flying to Cancun.
We won't be staying with my parents this time. We'll be renting a condo
for the week.
When he's in his 50s, he'll still be dreaming of winning the lottery.
Future continuous: uses
❖ To make guesses about future actions: we can use the
future continuous to make guesses about what may be
happening in the present or in the future.

You won’t be getting into any colleges with these grades.

I’m sure my sister will be dating a new guy by next week.
It’s snowing heavily now. Our guests won’t be arriving on time.
I have a feeling she will be getting engaged during her vacation.
Future continuous: uses

❖ To make guesses about actions happening now: with this,

we are not actually talking about the future, we are talking
about the present. We are making a guess or assumption
about what is happening right now.
I’ll call my sister tomorrow since it’s late. She’ll be sleeping now.
Let’s get to the zoo. They’ll be feeding the animals now and we don’t want
to miss it.
Send your father an SMS. He’ll be arriving at the hotel now.
Could you turn on the TV? They’ll be showing the match now.
 Future continuous: uses
❖ To ask polite questions: the future continuous can be used
to ask questions in a polite and indirect manner when we
want to know what someone’s plans are.
Excuse me. Will you be using this chair? (=If you're not using it, may I take it?)
Will you be having dessert? (=would you like to order dessert?)
Will you be making a lot of photocopies? (=if so, may I use the machine
before you?)
How will you be paying for your hotel stay?
Future perfect
Future perfect: form
❖ The future perfect is formed using will + have + the past
participle of the main verb.
❖ To form the negative, simply add the adverb not after will.
❖ Questions are formed by inverting the order of will and the
subject.
I'll have graduated college in two years.
Don't worry. They won't have arrived at my house before I get there.
Will my son have recovered from the flu by next week?
Future perfect: affirmative
Future perfect: negative
Future perfect: yes/no and wh- questions
Future perfect: uses
❖ To describe a future action before another action: we
use the future perfect simple to describe an action that will
happen at some point in the future before another action.
If you son keeps working, he will have earned $100,000 by the time he
graduates.
I will not have finished my novel before I meet again with my publisher.
Will we have learned enough vocabulary to pass the exam in June?
Future perfect: uses
❖ To describe the duration of an action in the future: we
can use the future perfect to describe how long an action
will occur before a future time. We may know what the
exact time is but it's not important.

By next year we will have lived here for 25 years.

On June 1st, my parents will have been married for 50 years.
He will have saved a lot of money by retirement.
Future perfect: uses
❖ To describe certainty about the recent past: we can use
the future perfect to describe an event that we are sure has
happened very recently.

I'm sure my assistant will have finished the report by now.

Don't bother going. The train will have already departed by now.
I have to run. My guests will have arrived at my house by now.
The stores will have closed by now.
Future perfect continuous
Future perfect continuous: form
❖ This tense is formed using will + have + the past participle of
the verb be (been) + the -ing form of the main verb.
❖ To form the negative, we simply add not after will.
❖ To form questions, we invert the order of will and the
subject.

Next week I will have been working here for 20 years!

She will not have been working a year before she goes on maternity
leave.
Will I have been exercising enough to lose weight by my wedding?
Future perfect continuous: affirmative
Future perfect continuous: negative
Future perfect continuous: yes/no and wh- questions
Future perfect continuous: uses
❖ Duration before something in the future: we use this
tense to talk about situations happening between one point
in time (in the past, present or future) and continuing up
until another time in the future. We almost always use this
tense with a time expression.

When I finish this report, I will have been working for more than 24
hours without a break.
Next year I will have been living here for six years.
By the time we arrive will we have been traveling all night.
Future perfect continuous: uses
❖ Cause of something in the future: this tense can also be
used to show the cause and effect of the duration of an
action in the future.

We'll stop in New Jersey because the driver will have been driving for
four hours and must take a rest break.
I'm sure you'll get a great job because you'll have been working at
various internships every year that you've been at university.