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Grammar Worksheet

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 the future 
Use continuous.
We use the future perfect simple to talk about an
activity that will be finished by a specific time in the What 1……………… we ……………… (do)
future. in a hundred years’ time? According to NASA
They‘ll have finished building the bridge by Scientists we 2……………… (travel) in outer space.
next January. By the twenty-second century man 3………………
We use the future continuous to talk about an activity (develop) a quick way of getting to the stars, and the
that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. first long-distance spaceships 4……………… (leave)
This time next week I’ll be flying to Rome. Earth.

Form However, these spaceships won’t be the first to


Future perfect simple: we use will + have + past explore outer space. Other spaceships
participle. 5
……………… (already / voyage) into
I’ll have finished my homework in an hour. the unknown. In fact, the first unmanned ship,
Future continuous: we use will + be + the -ing form of Pioneer 10, was launched in 1972. Pioneer 10 will be
the verb. in space for thousands of years, and in 32,000 years’
In an hour, I’ll be getting ready to go out. time it will pass a star called Ross 248.

By the time Pioneer 10 gets there, man


6
……………… (already / reach) Ross 248 and
7
……………… (colonize) the planets around it.
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct 
What 8……………… these humans ………………
form of the future perfect simple or the  (do) when Pioneer 10 passes by? Will they remember
future continuous. that it was the first spaceship to venture into outer
space?

1 This time next week we ……………… (ski) in


the French Alps.
2 Greg is taking a year off to travel. By the end of 3 Complete the sentences with your own 
next year he ……………… (visit) seven
countries. ideas.
3 ‘What will you be doing this time tomorrow?’
‘I ……………… (take) my English exam.’ 1 This time tomorrow I’ll be …………………
4 Don’t come round at six o’clock. I ………………………………………………
……………… (still / do) my homework. 2 By next weekend I’ll have …………………
If you want to come round at seven, you can. ………………………………………………
I ……………… (finish) it by then. 3 In six months’ time I’ll be …………………
5 Jill has accepted a job abroad. This time next ………………………………………………
month she ……………… (work) in Paris. 4 By the end of this year I’ll have ……………
6 Next year, I ……………… (live) in this house for ………………………………………………
ten years. 5 In three years’ time I’ll be …………………
………………………………………………

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