THE FUTURE: THE FUTURE: FUTURE PERFECT,FUTURE PERFECT,

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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Let’s have a “flash forward”. Imagine yourself this time next Saturday. It’s afternoon, so .....what do you think I’ll be doing?

This time (at 17:00) next Saturday, I’ll be having a siesta

That’s something in progress at some time in the future. It’ll have started before 17:00 and it’ll continue after 17:00

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: Subj +WILL+BE+V –ING Meaning: action in progress in a point in the future.

– Emphasis on the PROCESS

By 9:00 tomorrow I’ll be passing the test.

Let’s practice!

I’ll be watching football this time on Sunday

He won’t be studying English this time tomorrow

What will you be doing in three years time?

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What will John’s future be like?

By the time John is 20, he will have planted, fertilized and harvested a crop of cannabis.

Two years later the FBI will have arrested him, put him on trial and sent him to jail.

So, when he’s 22, he will have been sent to jail

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Form: Subj+ WILL+HAVE+ V PAST PARTICIPLE Meaning: completed action before a point in the future.

– Emphasis on the RESULT

By 9:00 tomorrow I’ll have passed my test.

Let’s practice!

What’s the meaning of these sentences?– When we get to the cinema, the film will have

started– John won’t have found anywhere to park– Will you have finished this tomorrow

afternoon?

What will you have finished by the end of this year?

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Complete this sentence: We’ll go out when he ....... comes After when, before, after, until, as soon as we

use present time, even though we refer to future time (we use present Subjunctive in Spanish)

I’ll be here until she arrives (‘hasta que ella llegue) As soon as my dad comes, we’ll start eating (‘tan

pronto como mi papá venga’)