Future perfect
future continuous
exercises with answers

Exercise 1

Choose the correct tense - future continuous or future perfect?

In twenty years' time most people ___ the Internet.
(will be using, will have been using)

By this time next year we ___ into our new house.
(will be moving, will have moved)

---

clear show check

---

In twenty years' time most people around the world  will be using will have been using the Internet.

By this time next year we  will be moving will have moved into our new house in South Carolina.

When he retires, he  will have been working will be working in the same company for fifty years.

By 2050 well-off holidaymakers  will have been travelling will be travelling to the Moon.

As soon as we reach the Italian coast, we  will have sailed will have been sailing for a week.

They  will have built will be building the new train station in our town by November.

I  will be looking will have looked for a new job while you are on your holiday in Madrid.

He will come back in summer. By then he  will be staying will have been staying in Cork for two years.

At midnight the speakers  will have been presenting will have presented their projects for more than ten hours.

When we go to see our kids, they  will be will have been at the summer camp for two weeks.

In a fifty years' time thousands of endangered species  will be disappearing will have disappeared from this planet.

In a few hours' time we  will be sitting will have been sitting on the plane flying to Costa Rica.

I'll meet you at four o'clock. - At four? I'm afraid I  will have taught will be teaching English.

I suppose we  will have replaced will be replacing the wheels before you come back from the shop.

Shall I buy a pizza for dinner? - There's no need. I  will be cooking will have been cooking as usual.

I'm sorry, we can't come tonight. We  will have watched will be watching the new documentary on TV.

I hope that my new laptop  will be delivering will have been delivered by the end of this week.

clear show check

Future perfect simple and continuous exercises with answers and grammar rules for intermediate - advanced learners of English as a foreign language.

Future continuous and future perfect

The future continuous is used for activities that will be in progress at a point of time. The future perfect is used for activities that will be completed before or at a certain time in the future.

Examples of future continuous:

At 8 o'clock I will be travelling to Dorset.
I'll be sleeping when you come back.
Josh won't be working this time tomorrow.
Will you be using the computer tonight?

Examples of future perfect:

I will have sent the project by Friday.
On 11 August this year we will have been married for five years.
Marion won't have made the meal by noon.
Will you have finished your work when we return?

top