2021-02-19 00:51:20
Further reading on the differences between
will be doing and
will have done Future Continuous (will +be +v-ing):
1- Future continuous is used to say that an action will be in progress at a specific time in the future:
- I will be helping him to do the task.
- In two hours she will be leaving work.
2- Future continuous is used for an action in progress in the future which is interrupted by a shorter action:
- I’ll be waiting for you when you get back.
- She will be sleeping when you phone her.
3- Future continuous is used to predict the present:
- Don’t call him now, he’ll be sleeping.
- Take your umbrella. It will be raining when you return.
4- Future continuous is used for arrangements, often as a reminder or warning:
- We’ll be leaving at 10 o’clock. (So, don’t be late!)
- I will be sleeping at 10 o'clock. (So, don't call me at that time!)
5- Future continuous is used to make polite enquiries about someone’s plans (without wishing to influence those plans):
- Will you be watching TV this evening? (You simply want to know if the TV will be free!)
- Will you be taking the car tomorrow? (I just want to know if the car will be free so I can take it in case you don't want to take it.)
6- We also use the future continuous to talk about complete actions (rather than ongoing actions) in the future (When we use it in this way,
will be (
doing) is similar to
will (
do) and
going to (
do):
- Later in the programme, I’ll be talking to the Minister of Education.
- The team’s star player is injured and won’t be playing in the game on Saturday.
Future Perfect (will + have +V-3
1- When describing an action that will be completed before another action or point in the future (The action will be completed between now and some point of time in the future.):
- She will have arrived before the meeting starts.
- By the end of this lecture, you will have understood the Future Perfect Tense.
2- We use the future perfect to say ‘how long’ for an action that starts before and continues up to another action or time in the future. Usually we need ‘for’ to indicate time duration of that action:
- By next Monday, we will have been married for six years.
- At 4 o'clock, I will have been up for 36 hours without sleeping.
3- We use the future perfect with a future time word, (often with 'by') to talk about an action that will finish before a certain time in the future, but we don't know exactly when:
- By 10 o'clock, I will have finished my homework. (= I will finish my homework some
time before 10, but we don't know exactly when.)
- By the time I'm sixty-four, I will have retired. (= I will retire sometime before I'm sixty.
Maybe when I’m fifty-nine, maybe when I’m fifty-two.)
4- Use 3: Certainty about the Near Past (to express conviction / confidence / belief / or assumption that something happened in the near past):
- The train will have left by now. We have to look for another way to get there. (I'm sure the train has left.)
- He will probably have noticed that his bike is broken.
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