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Grammar Future perfect vs future continuous

A. Read the following voice mail and answer the questions.

1. Why won’t the man be contacting Dave on a regular basis?
2. Why will Dave not be receiving his money until next week?
3. What will have happened to the thief by this time next year?

An urgent voice message…
Hey Dave. The police are on to us. By the time you listen to this message, I’ll have left the country
and will be in hiding. Wherever I am, I won’t be contacting you on a regular basis. Don’t worry,
though, I’ll be sending you your share of the money as soon as I can. I’m hoping I’ll have accessed
some funds by next week and then you’ll be receiving your money via the usual channel –

The sound of a door being kicked in. A deep voice says:
Looks like you won’t be sending that money anywhere, anytime soon. And by this time next year,
you will have started a long prison sentence. Eric Francis, we are arresting you on suspicion of
theft. Now, turn around, hands behind your back the click of handcuffs being locked.

B. Discuss with a partner. Do you agree or disagree with the statements?

1. More people will be following a vegan diet in fifty years’ time.
2. By the year 2100, we will have stopped eating meat and fish completely.
3. In the next twenty years, we will have ended the excessive use of plastic to wrap our food.
4. By 2050, people will be shopping less in supermarkets and more in local markets.

C. Complete the sentences with the future continuous or future perfect.
1. We use to talk about an action which will be in progress at a particular point in the
future.
2. To make the , we use will + be + verb + ing.
3. To make the , we use will + have + the past participle of the verb.

4. The tells us about an action which will be completed by a particular point in the future.

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