We use the future continuous for situations or actions that will be in progress at a certain time in
the future.
•This time next week, we’ll be travelling to Paris.
•Tomorrow at 10, you’ll be doing your exam.
•She will be studying in the library all evening.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Time Expressions with The Future
Progressive
•In the future
•Next week
•Next time
•Next year
•At this moment next year
•At this time tomorrow
•At 5 p.m tomorrow…
•This time next saturday
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
We use thefuture perfect simplefor actions that will be finishedbefore certain
time in the future.
•By 2050, researcherswill have founda cure for cancer.
•By this time next year, I’ll have graduated.
•By eight o’clock tomorrow, She will have taken off for Japan.
•She won´t have finished the essay by Friday
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
We can also use the future perfect simple to talk about the duration of a situation until a certain
time in the future (with stative verbs).
By the time I leave, I will have been in England for 6 months.
In 2 years, we will have been married for 20 years.
Do you think she’ll have seenthe doctor by four o’clock?
Time Expressions Used with Future
Perfect Tense
•By + …
•By the time
•Before
•Until/till
•By then
•By the end of + …
•By tomorrow
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We use the future perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about the duration of a situation
until a certain time in the future.
By the end of the year, she will have been working on the publication for over 10 years.
In April, he will have been teaching for twelve years.
We won´t have been travelling for very long when we arrive in Paris.
Time Expressions Used with Future Perfect
Progressive
•By + this year/ month/ week
•Next year/ month/ week
•For + an hour, for 5 years
•By then
•Since morning, since 1995
•By tomorrow