FUTURE PERFECT

Form: will + have + - ing

Use: -We use future perfect to talk about completed action or event in the future. We often use by or before + a time expression to say when the action will be finished Everything will have changed by the time you get back. They won’t have finished the work before the weekend. -A time expression is not always necessary. There’s no doubt she will have entertained her audience, but will she have changed their minds?

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: Will + have + been + -ing

Use: -We use the perfect continuous to talk about an action that will continue up to a particular time in the future. How long will you have been studying when you graduate? -We often use the perfect continuous with a time expression with for to focus on the duration of an activity. I will have been working for ten weeks on this project by the time I finally complete it.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the future continuous, future perfect and future perfect continuous. 1.By this time next year I ____________ (visit) every major city in the UK. 2.Over the next month they ______ (appear) at all the major music festivals in the UK. 3.You read so fast! You _______ (read) the whole book before dinner! 4.He’ll be furious when we finally arrive- he ______ (wait) for us for three hours! 1.Will have visited 2.Will be appearing 3.Will have read 4.Will have been waiting