Future Perfect and Future Continuous
Future Perfect and Future Continuous
What will you be doing this time tomorrow? What will you have finished by next week? Learn two tenses that let you talk precisely about the future.
Future Continuous
will be + -ing
👉 An action in progress at a specific moment in the future:
This time tomorrow I will be flying to Rome.
At 8 pm tonight she will be working.
👉 Also for plans/arrangements (polite, no decision needed): Will you be joining us for dinner?
Future Perfect
will have + past participle
👉 An action completed before a point in the future — look back from the future:
By Friday, I will have finished the report.
In two years, she will have graduated.
👉 Time markers: by, by the time, before, in + period.
Continuous or Perfect?
👉 Ask: is the action still running or already done at that future point?
At 6 pm I will be cooking dinner. (in the middle of it)
By 7 pm I will have cooked dinner. (it’s ready)
👉 Bonus: Future Perfect Continuous — will have been + -ing — for duration: By June, I will have been working here for ten years.
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