Future Cont FORM UHe/They will (tl) be working, Will Vefthey be working? Yes, I/he/they will No, W/heythey won't. He/They will net (won't) be working, ‘The future continuous Is used: for an action which will be in progress at a stated future time This time next week, Il be skiing in Austria. ‘ for an action which wil definitely happen in the future as the result of a routine or arrangement. Soca) ‘No, Til do i Til be seeing them atthe meeting anyway. (They have a meeting every week. He will definitely see the rest ofthe team because i's already planned) ‘¢ when we ask politely about someone's plans for the near future (What we want to know is if ‘our wishes fit in with their plans.) Couid you get me a sand: (wich, please? You want to ask your friend to do something for you. Use the prompts below to make questions, as in the example. You want your friend to buy you something at the ‘supermarket. (go to) Will you be going to the supermarket? ‘You want your friend to post a letter for you. (go to) You want to use your friend's bicycie today. (use) ‘You want your friend to give a letter to Jeff soon, (see) Put the verbs In brackets Into the future ‘simple or the future continuous. Kevin: Shall we go to the beach tomorrow? Ruth: Well, 'm working in the morning, but | 4) phone... (phone) you when | finish, Kevin: ‘Shall we ask Ben and Linda to come with us? Ruth: Yes. 2) : (see) Linda at work in the morning, so 13) (ask) her then, Kevin: If they want to come | 4) (ick) you up from work and we can all go together Ruth: Great! Just think, we 5) 10 (swim) in the sea this time tomorrow! | can't wat! Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense. ‘A: Are you looking forward to your holiday? B: Oh, yes! This time next week I. lil be lyin. (lie) on the beach. |We're having a party on Saturday. (Oh, good. 1 (make) a ‘cake to bring along, Have you finished that report yet? Yes. (give) it to you in a minute Why are you buying all those vegetables? Because | (make) ‘vegetable soup, This writing is too small for me to read. Give it to me and | (read) itto you 1 (stay) at Claire's house tonight. Alright. | won't expect you home, then Would you like to join me for lunch today? Yes, please. | - (meet) you at half past one. ae Brox @rorar > (yourhelp) me with the shopping tomorrow? Of course, ‘Are you excited about your trip? Yes. This time tomorrow | : (sit con the plane. ‘A: [can't hear the television very wel BI (um up) the volume. e2oFuture Perfect FORM He/She/They will (1) have lett. Will he/she/they have left? Yes, he/sheithey will No, he/sheithey won't, He/SherThey will not (won't) have lett. finished before a stated future time. They will have fin- ished their meeting by four o'clock this atternoon, ‘The future perfect is used in sentences with the fob lowing time expressions: by, by the time, before, until, by then, ete. The future perfect continuous Is used wit Future Perfect Continuous FORM You/We will (1) have been working. Will lyou/we have been working? Yes, l/we will No, liwe won't. WouWe will not (won') have been working. ‘The future perfect is used for an action which will be | The future perfect continuous Is used to emphasise the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future. By the time Rick retires, he will have been working for the same company for thirty years. a by... for ‘Note: After the time expressions by the time, until, before, we use the present simple because they introduce time clauses. The future perfect and the future perfect continuous may come elther before or after the time clause. ‘Study the following examples: 8) | will have tidied up by the time you get back, time clause b) By the time time clause [A The people below are al friends. What do they ‘hope they will have done by the time they are thirty years old? Using the prompts below, make sentences, as in the example. eg. Alec hopes he will have travelled all over the world by the time he's thirty. | wre . ‘Alec: travel all Mark:start his Moira: become over the world own business famous 4 5 6 Kate: make Jack: build his Ted: have his hher frst collection own house _ first exhibition finishes work, we will have been waiting for more than an hour. B The same people will be thirty-five years (ld in a month's time, What will they have been doing by the end of next month? Using the prompts below, make son- tences, as in the example. 1 Alec / travel /ten years By the end of next month, Alec will have been travelling for ten years. 2 Mark /run /own business / eight years 3. Moira / star in fims / six years 4. Kate / design clothes / four years 55 Jack / build houses / ten years 6 Ted / paint /fiteen years36 rms Put the verbs in brackets into the future Perfect or the future perfect continuous. 1. By o'clock, she ..will have been studying... study) for six hours. 2. By the end of next month, Sam (finish) the project. 3 He (notistart) painting the kitchen before Tuesday. 4 By the time she arrives in Paris, she (travel) for four hours. 5 Ihope | (oxy) my own house by the time I'm thirty-five. 6 By Saturday, Lisa (ier) {or two weeks, 7 Hopetully, they (learn) everything by the time they sit the exam. 8 By 4 o'clock, | (sit in the hairdresser’ for three hours. 9 By Christmas, | (work) for this company for eighteen months. 10 By next weekend, Brian (move) house. 11. Hopetully, the builders (finish) building the house by next month, 12. By Tuesday, Alan (sail) for twelve days. 13. By tomorrow moming, she (sleep) for twelve hours, EQy croose ne correct answe 1. ‘What are you thinking about? This time next week, |... on the beach.” ‘A. will have sunbathed B will be sunbathing © will have been sunbathing 2 “Have you finished decorating your house yet?” “No, but | by Friday. A will be finishing B will have been finishing © will have finishes 3 ‘Have you just moved here? ‘No. | here for two years next month, A wil be living B will have been living © have lived 4 to the supermarket today?” "Yes. Do you want me to get you something? ‘A Will you have gone B Will you have been going © Will you be going 10 ‘Can you give Steve a message for me?” ‘Certainly 1 him at work later on today.” ‘A willbe seeing B will have seen will have been seeing “You've been working hard all day. "Yes. At3 o'clock, | for six hours. A wll be studying B will have been studying © will have studied "Sarah has gone tothe cinema to see that film again. “Tknow. After this time, she it five times! A will have seen B will have been seeing € willbe seeing “John has an exam tomorrow, doesn't he?” “Yes. In fac, atthis time tomorrow, he... the exarn.” A will have been sitting B willbe sitting © has sat “Ate you typing another report?” "Yes. By the time I finish this one, 1 three reports today!" ‘A. will have been typing B will have typed © willbe typing “Those two people have been dancing all evening.” "Yes. By 11 o'clock, they for four hours.” will have been dancing B will have danced willbe dancing twenty: Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect. > | can't come shopping on Saturday morning because I ..will/ll be working... (work) That's a pity, Don't phone me later than midnight because | (sleep) then. Shall | give you a call at about 10:30, then? ‘Come to my house at six o'clock, (youltinish) your ze @>o homework by then? ‘A: Have you made the preparations for the party? B: Not yet, but I {finish them by this evening, A (youlgo) to James’ party on Saturday night? Yes. Would you mind giving me a lit? There's a meeting tomorrow at 4 o'clock. {can't go if itis that late. 1 (leave) by then, BPPeFuture Review of Future Forms * future simple: a) In predictions about the future usually with think, believe, be afraid, probably, etc. 2g. | believe ite will change in the 21st century b) for on-the-spot decisions or offers. 29, It's late, I take a taxi home. I'l lend you my car if you want ©) for actions/events/situations which will definitely happen in the fut we cannot control. e.g. Winter will set in early this year. 4) for promises, threats, warnings, requests, hopes, etc. 9. Stop talking or Ml send you out ofthe class. (warning) 42) for plans, Intentions or ambitions. e.g. ’m going to buy a sports car. ) In predictions when there Is evidence that something will happen in the near future. e.g. Someone's going to fall over that box if you don't move it © present continuous: for fixed arrangements In the near future. e.g. He's fying o Turkey next month. He has already booked his fight. © present simple: for timetables/programmes. e.g. The ferry leaves at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. future continuous: 2) for actions which will be in progress at a stated future time, ‘eg. This time next week he'll be flying to Morocco. ») for actions which will definitely happen in the future, as a result of a routine or arrangement. ¢.g. il be seeing Jim at work later on today. +e) when we ask politely about someone's plans for the near future, in order to see if ‘our wishes fitn with thelr plans. e.g. ‘Will you be going tothe dentist this afternoon?” "Yes, why?" Can you make an appointment for me to see him? be going to: ea are e.g. We will have returned home by Sunday afternoon, ‘© future perfect to emphasise the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future. haart leanne aon of aon va cen ein i 1A: What ...2re you doing... (you/do) tonight? 7 A: Have you been waiting in this queue long? BI (leave) at 7 o'clock B: Yes. By 4 o'clock, | (go) on holiday. (plan) to do this summer? 2 A: Excuse me, what time BI (spend) a few weeks with my (the bus/arrive)? ‘cousins, | have already arranged it with them, eet arcade tons EQS nana ‘B: Okay, | (take) it to the dry cleaner’s tomorrow. 1 Next Monday. Amanda 1) will have been starting/ 5 A: Is Jerry coming to the theatre with us next week? is starting work. She 2) is going to workiwill work B: I don't know, but! for a large company in the city centre. By the end of (see) him at football practice tomorrow. | Text week, she 3) will be finishing/will have finished (ask) him then. her training,2. My parents have been married for almost thity years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be cele- bbrating/will have been celebrating their 30th wed: ding anniversary. They 2) will have been living/will ‘be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday, and, by the time my father is sixty, he 3) will workiwill have been working for the same company for forty years. Put the verbs In brackets into the correct future tense. Dear Victoria, ‘The holidays are coming and I've made lots of plans. This ime next week, | (1). be buying... (buy) Christmas presents for my family and friends. | @) (get) everything in one day, so that I can enjoy myself forthe rest of the holidays. ''m staying at home with my family on Christmas Day, but two days later | (3) (leave) for Austria. Becky and | (4) (spend) a week there skiing. Im sure we ©)... senssnsnn (RAVE) & wonderful time. When I come back from Austria | (6) i : (probably/have) a party, because its my birthday on January Sth. | a (be) nineteen! hope you @) (come). ‘Well, I must go now. I'm going to help my mother with the housework. See you soon! Love, Penny. ‘Study the following situations, then make ‘sentences using the correct future tense, 13s In the example. 1. Your sister says that she is feeling cold. The window is open. You offer to close it. Pl close the window. 2 You have been invited to a party next weekend, but ‘you can't go. You phone your friend to tel him. 3. You get up in the morning and look out of the win- dow. You see big black clouds in the sky. You tell your brother about the weather. 4 Your friends want you to go away with them next weekend. You have already planned to spend the weekend with your parents. Tell your fiends. Put the verbs in brackets into the Correct future tense. 1 My grandmother is very old. She ...will be. be) ninety next month. 2 Im afraid | (fai) my exams this year. 3 This time next week, they (lie) (on a sandy beach, 4 The team (leave) the office by 9 o'clock tomorrow. 5 By 10 o'clock, Sue (drive) for twelve hours, 6 Jenny (s00) Paul at work, so she can give him the leter. 7 The film (stant) by the time they get to the cinema 8 Tom expects he (get) a pay rise soon 9 By 6 O'clock, the secretary (type) for three hours. 10 hope | (buy) my own car by the time I'm thirty. 11. By next week, they (lve) in this town for two years, 21 {help} you carry your shopping, 13 Martin (do) the work by Sunday evening, 14 Mother (go) to the supermarket tonight. She has already made her shopping list. 1 The play (stan) at 6 o'clock, Qy socerine te corect tense, 1. When we go to Paris, we will climbjwill have climbed the Eiffel Tower. 2 James will have completed|will have been com- leting his studies by the end of the year. 3. By the time I get home, Iwill have been walk- ingiwill walk for three hours. 4 Kim will be performingiwill have been performing in the school concert next week. 5 We're too late to catch the bus. twill golwill have gone by now. 6 We've run out of milk. Really? | will buyiwill have been buying some more this afternoon 7 This time tomorrow, Iwill have been leavingiwill bbe leaving for the airport. 8 Sam will work/will have been working here for two ‘years on Monday. 9 ‘will collectiwill have collected you trom Peter's house on my way home. 10. Julia will have found|will be finding the note | left for her by now.GB), mre ren nt te caret hte tone. 1 Laura and George ...2re going... (go) on holiday next week. They've already bought the tickets. 2 Wash your hands. Dinner (be) ready in five minutes, 3 The baby keeps closing his eyes. He (fall asteep soon. 4 We (notigo) to Penny's party tonight because Jack is working 5 We're very late. Mum (return) home by now. 6 The football match ina few minutes. We'd better hurry up. 7 Jane will have to get up early when she (stan) her new job. al (meet) Nick at the airport at 6 o'clock this evening, 6 Correct the mistakes. This time tomorrow, John is lying on the beach, Peter will help you when he will have finished his dinner ‘Shall you do the shopping for me, please? ‘Sarah will ish decorating the Christmas tree by ‘midnight. ‘Where do you spend your holidays this summer? [was turning on the heating. I's cold in here. The film has started at half past six ‘Stop that noise or I'm going to take your toy away. Moira can type these reports as soon as she will ‘come back from her lunch break 10 Pethaps the Jacksons have visited us tonight. 11 By the end of the year, Mrs Evans willbe teaching for thity years 12. Jennifer will move to her new flat on Saturday. She has already arranged it (begin) Answer the following questions about yourself. 1 What are you doing at the weekend? 2 How long will you have been studying English by the end of tis term? How much money will you have saved by the sum- mer? ‘What will you be doing this time next week? ‘What do you think ife will be lke in the future? ‘Where are you going next summer? What wil you have done by the end of today? How many meals will you have eaten by the end of today? Fut es] ‘ask about sth borrow sth from sb ask sb for sth explain sth to sb engaged to sb interested in sth ‘but engaged in sth invite sb to a place ‘married to sb laugh at sbjsth brillantigood/bad at sth listen to sb/sth ‘but weak in look at sb/sth QD, rn ne correct proportion. 1 I'm not interested ..(".. spots 2 Did you ask Katie Joe's new address? 3 Stuart borrowed a suit ‘Andrew for the wedding, 4 wish | was briliant English. 5 How can explain this mess ‘my parents? 6 She wanted to invite Adam her house for dinner, but she didn't know what to cook. 7 The boys laughed thelr teacher when he tipped, 8 You shoul listen 8 Wealllooked 40 Toms martes 41 James is good History 12 He asked 13 Mary s engaged be rude to interupt your parents’ advice the sky as it started to rain, Nicole Maths, but weak her husband's health ‘conversation. It would continue do, complete sth contain one's emotions wait 1) delay 2) rob a place By ruin ne consct pats 1. Could you hold ..0". someone at the door 2 Martin couldn't hold carry on (with): ‘a moment, please? There is his tears. He was so upset, 3 The doctors carried tests on the patient, 4 Cary the exercise until | come back 5 The robbers held ‘bank and escaped with lots of money. 6 We were held because there had been a car accident in the city centre,