Future continuous and future perfect
Describe activity in progress at a future time; Describe completion by a future deadline; Emphasise duration continuing up to a future point.
1. Which sentence describes an action in progress at a particular future time?
Multiple Choice20sAAt eight tomorrow, I'll be presenting the results.✓BBy eight tomorrow, I'll have presented the results.CAt eight yesterday, I presented the results.DBy eight tomorrow, I present the results.💡 The future continuous presents the action as ongoing at eight.
2. The future perfect simple describes an action that will be complete before a stated future time.
True / False20sTrue ✓False💡 Will have + past participle looks back from a future deadline.
3. This time next month, we will _____ travelling across Canada.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedbe💡 The future continuous is will + be + verb-ing.
4. Which sentence says the work will be complete before Friday?
Multiple Choice20sAWe will have finished it by Friday.✓BWe will be finishing it at Friday.CWe have finished it by next Friday yesterday.DWe will have been finish it by Friday.💡 By Friday establishes a deadline and the future perfect marks prior completion.
5. Match each time focus to its example.
Matching30sIn progress at a future time→At noon, I'll be interviewing candidates.Completed by a deadline→By noon, I'll have interviewed six candidates.Duration up to a future point→In June, I'll have been working here for ten years.Deadline not achieved→They won't have arrived by midnight.💡 The future continuous and two future perfect forms encode different viewpoints.
6. By the end of the decade, the city will _____ doubled in size.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedhave💡 The future perfect is will have + past participle.
7. Put the chunks in order to describe an action in progress tomorrow.
Put in Order30s- 1.They
- 2.will be flying
- 3.over the Atlantic
- 4.this time
- 5.tomorrow.
💡 Will be flying presents an action in progress at the future reference time.
8. Which sentence most strongly emphasises the length of the activity?
Multiple Choice20sABy September, she will have been researching the topic for two years.✓BBy September, she will have completed two reports.CIn September, she will be giving a talk.DShe researches the topic every September.💡 The future perfect continuous highlights duration up to September.
9. The future continuous is formed with will + have + verb-ing.
True / False20sTrueFalse ✓💡 Will have belongs to future perfect forms, not future continuous.
10. Use the past participle of finish: Don't call at half past eight; we won't have _____ dinner by then.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedfinished💡 The negative future perfect says dinner will not be complete by that deadline.
11. Which time phrase most naturally introduces a future-perfect deadline?
Multiple Choice20sAby the end of the week✓Bat the momentCevery TuesdayDwhile yesterday💡 By establishes the future point before which completion is expected.
12. Match each future-time situation to the sentence that expresses it.
Matching30sThe meeting with inspectors will be in progress at 3 p.m.→At 3 p.m. tomorrow, we'll be meeting the inspectors.The inspection will be complete before 3 p.m.→By 3 p.m. tomorrow, we'll have completed the inspection.A five-year period of residence will be reached next April.→By next April, I'll have been living here for five years.A holiday activity will be in progress next Friday.→This time next Friday, you'll be relaxing on the beach.💡 At/this time signals an action in progress; by signals completion or accumulated duration up to a future point.
13. Use the -ing form of manage: Next week, he will have been _____ the team for exactly a year.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedmanaging💡 Will have been managing emphasises duration up to next week.
14. 'By tomorrow evening, we will have reached the coast' means the arrival is expected before or no later than that time.
True / False20sTrue ✓False💡 The future perfect with by presents the event as complete by the deadline.
15. Which negative sentence is correctly formed?
Multiple Choice20sAThe builders won't have finished by Monday.✓BThe builders won't be have finished by Monday.CThe builders don't will have finished by Monday.DThe builders won't have finish by Monday.💡 The negative future perfect is won't + have + past participle.
16. Put the chunks in order to make a future perfect sentence.
Put in Order30s- 1.The council
- 2.will have replaced
- 3.all the old lights
- 4.by
- 5.next winter.
💡 The sentence states that replacement will be complete by the future deadline.
17. At ten tomorrow morning, I _____ be sitting my final exam.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedwill💡 Will be + -ing forms the future continuous.
18. Which sentence correctly uses a stative verb for a future deadline?
Multiple Choice20sABy then, we will have known each other for twenty years.✓BBy then, we will have been knowing each other for twenty years.CBy then, we will be know each other for twenty years.DBy then, we have been knew each other for twenty years.💡 Stative know normally takes the future perfect simple, not a continuous form.
19. 'At six, I'll have finished the report' means the writing will definitely be in progress at exactly six.
True / False20sTrueFalse ✓💡 The future perfect focuses on completion, not activity in progress.
20. Use the past participle of rise: Experts predict that by 2050 the global population will have _____ significantly.
Fill the Gap20sAcceptedrisen💡 Will have risen is the future perfect for the completed change by 2050.