In January, we discussed the difference between going to" and "will". Today, we'll look at other future tenses: future continuous, future perfect, and the future perfect continuous (plus review the future simple). By the end of this post, you will have learned how to use these tenses. :-)!
Future Simple: Review
a) make predictions
I think The Montreal Canadians will win The Stanley Cup next year.
b) offers to help/do a task
A: The phone's ringing.
B: Oh, I'll get it.
c) make promises
Sorry about the noise. It won't happen again.
d) talk about less definite plans.
I'm not sure what I'll do downtown. I'll probably have a coffee or something.
Future Perfect
The future perfect talks about actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
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Hollywood will have released 23 superhero movies by 2020.
Grammar: will have + past participle + by + time expression
Future Perfect Continuous
The future perfect continuous is for events/actions that started in present (or recent past) and will still be happening or just have finished by a specific time in the future.
A: Wow. Misako still has so much work to do.
B: Yes. She will have been working on that project for more than 12 hours by the end of the day.
Grammar: will have been + "ing" verb + time expression (x2)
Future Continuous
A: Hi, we'd like to book the group study room for tomorrow at 4:30, please.
B: I'm sorry. The student association will be holding a meeting there from 4:15 till 5.
Grammar: will be + "ing" verb (+ time expression)
To practice the future tenses above, please try the exercises below from examenglish.com.
1/ Future Perfect
2/ Future Perfect Continuous
3/ Future Continuous
Bonus Exercise
In the comments section, write a short paragraph about what you think the future will like. You can use any topic you're most interested in such as technology, sports, movies, your own future, etc.
For example:
People will be using holograms as displays in 2026.
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