CLASS 18 – Unit 2 “Life on the edge” (page 19) – Thursday, 13th May

FUTURO CONTINUO, FUTURO PERFECTO SIMPLE &

FUTURO PERFECTO CONTINUO (WB page 111 and 112)

FUTURO CONTINUO (will be / won’t be + verbo principal en continuo)

FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Affirmative and Negative
I
You
He / She /It will be won’t
We be helping many people
You
They
Questions Short Answers
I
you
Will he / she / it be helping many people? Yes, you will
we you No, they won’t
they

• Usamos el Futuro Continuo con una expresión de tiempo futuro para hablar acerca de acciones
que estaran en progreso en un tiempo definido en futuro, especialmente cuando nos imaginamos a
nosotros mismos haciendo algo.
[This time tomorrow, we’ll be moving to our new house.]
• También usamos el Futuro Continuo para hablar acerca de una acción futura que esta fija o
decidida. No siempre es necesaria una expresión de tiempo. [Will Pete be playing at the concert?]

FUTURO PERFECTO SIMPLE (will/ won’t have + verbo principal en pasado participio)
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
Affirmative and Negative
I
You
He / She / It will have helped many people.
We won’t have
You
They
Questions Short Answers
I
you
Will he/ she /it have helped many people? Yes, she will
we No, they won’t
you
they
• Usamos el el Futuro Perfecto Simple para hablar acerca de una acción que ya estará completada
para un tiempo específico en el futuro.
 • A menudo usamos BY + UNA EXPRESIÓN DE TIEMPO para decir cuando la acción será completada.
También podemos usar BEFORE + UNA EXPRESION DE TIEMPO.
[Everything will have changed by the time you get back.]
[They won’t have finished the work before the weekend.]
• Una expresión de tiempo no es siempre necesaria.
[There’s no doubt she will have entertained her audience, but will she have changed their minds?]

FUTURO PERFECTO CONTINUO will / won’t have + been +

verbo principal en continuo (con ING)

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUO

Affirmative and Negative
I
You
He / She / It will have been working for this company for 20 years by this time
We (won’t) next week.
You
They
Yes /No Question Short Answers
I
you
Will he/ she /it have been living in Italy for long by Yes, I will
we the time (you) finish (your) studies? No, I won’t
you they

• Usamos el Futuro Perfecto Continuo para hablar de una acción que continuará en un tiempo
especifico en el futuro.
[How long will you have been studying when you graduate?]

• Con frecuencia usamos el Futuro Perfecto Continuo con una expresión de tiempo con FOR para
enfocarnos en la duración de una actividad.
[I will have been working for ten weeks on this project by the time I finally complete it.]

EXERCISES
1) Complete the sentences with the correct future forms below.

* will have been travelling * will be travelling * will have travelled

1. She ………… will be travelling ……………… to six countries in six months by February. X
2. I ………………… will have travelled ……………………..…. across Australia next month. X
3. We ……………… will have been travelling ……………… for more than four weeks by the time we finally arrive
in Darwin. GOOD

* won’t have studied * will have been studying * won’t be studying

 By the time I take my final exam, I ………… will have been studying..…….at this
college for four years.GOOD
5. They ……………… won’t have studied …………….. all the tenses in English by the end of
this year. GOOD
6. She ……… won’t be studying ……… ecology next year. She really doesn’t enjoy the subject. GOOD
 2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the future
continuous, future perfect simple or future perfect continuous.

1. By this time next year I ……………will be visiting……………… (visit) every major city in the UK. X
2. Over the next month they …………will appear………….. (appear) at all the major music festivals in the UK. X
3. You read so fast! You ………………………will have read………………………. (read) the whole book before dinner!
GOOD
4. He’ll be furious when we finally arrive – he ………will be waiting……….. (wait) for us for three hours! X
5. This time next month, we …………be sitting…….…………. (sit) on a beach and ……………………………
relaxing……………………….…………………… (relax) in the sunshine. GOOD
6. When we finish this trip we …………………will wear………..…….. (wear) the same clothes for six months. X

CLASS 18 – Unit 2 “Life on the edge” (page 19) Thursday, 13th May

Exercise 7 (page 19) – Escribe preguntas usando el Futuro Continuo, Futuro Perfecto Simple
o Futuro Perfecto Continuo.