Throughout this unit, you have looked at various ways of talking about future time in English. In this lesson, you will look at two more advanced future forms: the future continuous and the future perfect simple.
Future Continuous
The future continuous is used to talk about temporary actions or events that will (not) be in progress at a specific future time. It is formed with will + be + present participle (-ing) and requires a specific future time reference such as a time expression or a dependent clause expressing a shorter action or event happening at the same time.
- She will be working in the library all morning.
- I won't be attending your class on Tuesday.
- They will be studying when you get home tonight.
- We will be discussing this topic until it's time for lunch.
Note that the verbs in the dependent clauses are in the present simple and not a future form.
Future Perfect Simple
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