Future Continuous & Future Perfect

Future Continuous (will be + V-ing) describes an action in progress at a specific future time: This time tomorrow, I will be flying to London. Future Perfect (will have + V3) describes an action completed before a specific future time: By 2030, she will have graduated.

Future Continuous: will + be + V-ing. Use it for an action in progress at a stated future time (at 8 pm tomorrow), or for something that will happen as a natural result of routine or arrangement: Don't call at 9 — I'll be sleeping. Future Perfect: will + have + V3. Use it for an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future, often with 'by': By the time you arrive, I will have finished cooking. We can also use Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + V-ing) for duration up to a future point: By June, she will have been working here for five years, though the main forms here are the simple future continuous and future perfect.

+ will + be + V-ing / will + have + V3

• At 7 pm tomorrow, I will be having dinner.
• By next year, they will have finished the project.

− won't + be + V-ing / won't + have + V3

• She won't be working next Monday — it's a holiday.
• He won't have finished the report by Friday.

? Will + subject + be + V-ing...? / Will + subject + have + V3...?

• Will you be using the car this evening?
• Will they have arrived by midnight?

• ENThis time next week, I will be lying on a beach in Spain.

  KZКелесі аптаның осы уақытында мен Испанияда жағажайда жатамын.

  RUВ это время на следующей неделе я буду лежать на пляже в Испании.

• ENDon't phone at 8 — we will be watching the final.

  KZСегатте 8-де қоңырау соқпаңыз — біз финалды көріп отырамыз.

  RUНе звони в 8 — мы будем смотреть финал.

• ENBy the time we get there, the film will have started.

  KZБіз жеткенде, фильм басталып кеткен болады.

  RUК тому времени, как мы приедем, фильм уже начнётся.

• ENShe will have finished her homework by six o'clock.

  KZОл үй тапсырмасын алтыдан бұрын аяқтап үлгереді.

  RUОна закончит домашнее задание к шести часам.

• ENI will be travelling all day tomorrow, so I can't meet you.

  KZЕртең мен күні бойы сапарда боламын, сондықтан сізбен кездесе алмаймын.

  RUЗавтра я буду путешествовать весь день, поэтому не смогу с тобой встретиться.

• ENBy 2025, scientists will have developed new vaccines.

  KZ2025 жылға қарай ғалымдар жаңа вакциналар жасап шығарады.

  RUК 2025 году учёные разработают новые вакцины.

• ENThis time tomorrow, we will be flying over the ocean.

  KZЕртең осы уақытта біз мұхит үстінде ұшып келе жатамыз.

  RUЗавтра в это время мы будем лететь над океаном.

• ENWill you be needing the laptop this afternoon?

  KZБүгін түстен кейін ноутбук керек пе?

  RUОн вам понадобится ноутбук сегодня днём?

• ENBy the end of the year, he will have saved enough money for a car.

  KZЖыл соңына қарай ол көлікке жеткілікті ақша жинап үлгереді.

  RUК концу года он накопит достаточно денег на машину.

• ENThey won't have finished building the bridge by next summer.

  KZОлар көпірді келесі жазға дейін салып бітірмейді.

  RUОни не успеют достроить мост к следующему лету.

• ✗ At 8 pm I will watch TV.

  ✓ At 8 pm I will be watching TV.

  A specific future moment of an ongoing action needs Future Continuous.

• ✗ By 10 pm, I will finish my homework.

  ✓ By 10 pm, I will have finished my homework.

  Completion before a future point needs Future Perfect.

• ✗ By next year, they will have build the house.

  ✓ By next year, they will have built the house.

  Future Perfect needs the past participle: built.

Future Continuous vs Future Perfect

Future Continuous shows an action in progress at a future moment (at 8 pm I will be cooking). Future Perfect shows an action finished before a future moment (by 8 pm I will have cooked dinner).

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