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11
Future tenses
Use
Future perfect continuous
Match each use of the
future continuous
(a-c) to its corresponding example (1-3).
6
I won’t be working this time next
Monday – I’ll be skiing in
Switzerland.
Will you be seeing Jane
later? Could you give her
these documents?
Future continuous
Future perfect
Form: will
+
be
+ main verb +
-ing
AFFIRMATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will/
’ll be meeting
NEGATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will not/
won’t be meeting
INTERROGATIVE
Will
I/you/he/she/it/we/they
be
meeting
?
SHORT
ANSWERS
Yes
, I/you/he/she/it/we/they
will
.
No
, I/ you/he/she/it/we/they
won’t
.
AFFIRMATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will/’ll
have started
NEGATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will not/
won’t have started
INTERROGATIVE
Will
I/you/he/she/it/we/they
have
started
?
SHORT
ANSWERS
Yes
, I/you/he/she/it/we/they
will
.
No
, I/ you/he/she/it/we/they
won’t
.
Form: will
+
have
+
p.p.
of the main verb
AFFIRMATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will/
’ll have been sitting
NEGATIVE
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
will not/
won’t have been sitting
INTERROGATIVE
Will
I/you/he/she/it/we/they
have
been sitting
?
SHORT
ANSWERS
Yes
, I/you/he/she/it/we/they
will
.
No
, I/ you/he/she/it/we/they
won’t
.
Form: will
+
have been
+ main verb +
-ing
Χρησιμοποιούμε
future perfect continuous
για να
δώσουμε έμφαση στη χρονική διάρκεια μιας πράξης
πριν ή μέχρι μια συγκεκριμένη στιγμή στο μέλλον. Ο
future perfect continuous
συχνά χρησιμοποιείται με:
by … for
.
By the end of the year, he
will have been
working
here for 20 years.
Χρονικές εκφράσεις
που χρησιμοποιούμε με τον
future continuous
:
this time tomorrow
,
next week/
month
, κ.λπ.,
at 7:00 am tomorrow
,
two hours from
now
,
later
, κ.λπ.
Χρησιμοποιούμε
future perfect
για πράξεις που
θα
έχουν ολοκληρωθεί
πριν από συγκεκριμένη χρονική
στιγμή στο μέλλον.
Χρονικές εκφράσεις
που χρησιμοποιούμε με τον
future perfect
και τον
future perfect continuous
:
before
,
by
,
by then
,
by the time
,
until/till
(only in
negative sentences) κ.λπ.
Will you be going to the supermarket
later? I’d like you to bring me some
milk.
The local gallery will be hosting the
annual charity art show next month.
We can’t go to the pool at noon
tomorrow. They’ll be performing
maintenance work.
a
an action which will be in progress at
a stated future time
b
asking someone politely about their
plans or arrangements
c
an action that will definitely happen in
the future as a result of a routine or
arrangement.
1
b
2
3
How long will we have been
hiking till the next rest stop?
I hope it won’t have grown dark
by that time!
We’ll have been walking for
three hours. And, don’t
worry, we’ll have ended our
hike long before it gets dark.
A
B
She will be meeting
her friends at the
cinema tonight.
C
D
