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Future Continuous, Future Perfect simple, Future Perfect continuous

1. Listen to the first verse and the refrain of “You will be mine” by Faith Hill and fill in

the gaps. You will be mine by Faith Hill

Heads I win, tails you lose

I always play by my own rules And I don't believe in wasting time So long before we end this night I _____ _____ _____ ____ I _____ _____ _____ you I _____ _____ _____ you

You will be mine I _____ ____ ______ you

Wrong or right I ___ ____ ____ heart

You will be mine

2. Discuss with your neighbor when the new tense is used. Use the timeline (Zeitstrahl) for your explanation.

How is this new tense constructed?

___will_______+_____have________+______pp (of main verb)_________

The __future___ __perfect simple__ is used:

PresentFuturePast

foractionsthatwillbecompletedinthefuturebeforeanotheractionorbeforeaspecifiedtimeinthefuture.

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3. What will you or won’t you do before you are 40. Write two sentences about

something that you will do and two sentences that you won’t do before you are 40. e.g. I will have a job.

1. ________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________

Complete the following sentences

1. By the time I am 40___I will have travelled to 30 countries._____

2. In 2030 ____I will be working as an engineer.________

3. By the end of this day ____I will have been studying for 7 hours_____

4. By the time I am 20_I will have completed my matura.____________

Future continuous

Form: _will__ +__be__+___-ing (of main verb)____ • This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting in the plane to New York. I can’t wait! • Don’t ring me at 6 o’clock in the morning. I’ll be sleeping at that time.

PresentFuturePast

foractionsthatwillbeinprogressaroundaspecifiedtimeinthefuture.Itcanalsobeusedasanalternativeforarrangedactionsinthefuture:We’llbeeatingoutwithfriendstomorrow.

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Future Perfect continuous

__will__ +_have__+_been + -ing (of main verb)__ • How long will you have been studying when you graduate? • Jason will be tired when he gets home because he will have been jogging

for over an hour.

4. Complete the sentences with the future continuous, future perfect or future perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

PresentFuturePast

foractionsinthefuturethatwillhavebeengoingonforacertaintimebeforeanotherpointoftimeoractioninthefuture–orevenbeyondthattime.

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5. Write a short paragraph about six important things that you will have achieved by the time you reach 75. For example, Tell us what you will be doing and where you’ll have been living. Use the future continuous, the future perfect and the future perfect continuous and construct at least two negated statements.

You may start like this By the time I reach 75, I will………