Future continuous and future perfect

Actions in progress at a future time and actions completed before a future time

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1. 1
   Multiple choice

   This time tomorrow I on a beach in Spain.

   will have lainwill be lyinglieam lieWe use the future continuous for an action in progress at a specific future time.
2. 2
   Multiple choice

   By the end of this year, I my degree.

   will be finishingfinishwill have finishedam finishingWe use the future perfect for an action completed before a future time.
3. 3
   Multiple choice

   Don't call me at eight — I dinner then.

   will be havingwill have hadhavehadThe future continuous describes what we will be in the middle of at a future moment.
4. 4
   Multiple choice

   By the time you arrive, the film .

   will be startingstartshas startedwill have started'By the time' + future event often goes with the future perfect.
5. 5
   Fill the gap

   By 2030, scientists a cure for this disease.

   will be findingwill have foundfindfound'By' + a future time usually needs the future perfect.
6. 6
   Fill the gap

   At 10 a.m. tomorrow, we (fly) over the Alps.

   Answer: will be flyingAlso accepted: are going to be flyingThe future continuous is will + be + -ing.
7. 7
   Fill the gap

   She (work) here for ten years next month.

   Answer: will have workedAlso accepted: will have been workingWe use the future perfect to say how long something will have lasted by a future time.
8. 8
   Fill the gap

   Will you using the car this evening? I need it.

   havebebeingbeenThe future continuous can ask politely about someone's plans: 'Will you be using…?'
9. 9
   Fill the gap

   By the time we get to the party, everyone (leave).

   Answer: will have leftThe future perfect is will + have + past participle.
10. 10
    True / false

    This sentence is correct: 'This time next week, I will be travelling around Italy.'

    Answer: TrueWe use the future continuous for an action in progress at a future time.
11. 11
    Discussion question

    What do you think you will be doing this time next year?

    Sample answer: This time next year I'll probably be working in a new company, and I'll be living in my own flat.
12. 12
    Discussion question

    What do you hope you will have achieved in ten years' time?

    Sample answer: In ten years I hope I'll have started my own business and I'll have visited at least twenty countries.