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Future perfect simple and future continuous

Future perfect simple and future 2 Complete the text. Use the correct form of
continuous the future perfect simple or future
continuous.
Use
We use the future perfect simple to talk about an What 1 we (do)
activity that will be finished by a specific time in in a hundred years time? According to
the future. NASA Scientists we 2 (travel)
Theyll have finished building the bridge by in outer space. By the twenty-second
next January. century man 3 (develop) a
We use the future continuous to talk about an quick way of getting to the stars, and the
activity that will be in progress at a specific time first long-distance spaceships 4
in the future. (leave) Earth.
This time next week Ill be flying to Rome. However, these spaceships wont be the
first to explore outer space. Other
Form spaceships 5 (already / voyage)
Future perfect simple: we use will + have/has + into the unknown. In fact, the first
past participle. unmanned ship, Pioneer 10, was launched
Ill have finished my homework in an hour. in 1972. Pioneer 10 will be in space for
Future continuous: we use will + be + the -ing thousands of years, and in 32,000 years
form of the verb. time it will pass a star called Ross 248. By
In an hour, Ill be getting ready to go out. the time Pioneer 10 gets there, man
6
(already / reach) Ross 248
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct and 7 (colonize) the planets
form of the future perfect simple or the around it. What 8 these
future continuous. humans (do) when Pioneer 10
passes by? Will they remember that it was
1 This time next week we (ski) the first spaceship to venture into outer
in the French Alps. space?
2 Greg is taking a year off to travel. By the
end of next year he (visit) 3 Complete the sentences with your own
seven countries. ideas.
3 What will you be doing this time tomorrow? 1 This time tomorrow Ill be
I (take) my English exam.
4 Dont come round at six oclock. I 2 By next weekend Ill have
(still / do) my homework.
If you want to come round at seven, you can. 3 In six months time Ill be
I (finish) it by then.
5 Jill has accepted a job abroad. This time next 4 By the end of this year Ill have
month she (work) in Paris.
5 In three years time Ill be
6 Next year, I (live) in this
house for ten years.

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