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3.2. The Future Continuous – the Present Continuous.

Though the two tenses have much in common (they both express future without intention), they differ in the following points:

a) The Present Continuous implies a deliberate future action.

b) The Future Continuous usually implies an action which will occur in the normal course of events. It is less definite and more casual than the Present Continuous.

Compare:

I am seeing Ann tomorrow (it implies that Ann or the speaker has deliberately arranged the meeting).

I’ll be seeing Ann tomorrow (it implies that Ann and the speaker will meet in the ordinary course of events; perhaps, they study together).

The Present Continuous can only be used with a definite time and for the near future while the Future Continuous can be used with or without a definite time and for the near or distant future.

Compare:

I am meeting her tomorrow.

I’ll be meeting him some time/next summer (or without a time expression at all).

The Future Continuous can also be used like other Continuous tenses to express an action which will continue for some time without definite limits. When used in this way with a time expression it implies that the action will start before the time mentioned and probably will continue after it. This time tomorrow I’ll be flying to Rome.

3.3. The Future Perfect Continuous – the Future Perfect entry test

1. Open the brackets using either the Future Perfect Continuous or Future Perfect.

  1. By the time they get home Dad (1) (to go) to the airport.

  2. By the time you finish the work I (2) (to fix) supper and (3) (to wait) for you for half an hour.

  3. In 10 minutes you (4) (to stand) in front of the mirror for an hour and a half. You (5) (to choose) which dress to put on by this time?

  4. I hope you (6) (to take) a decision by the time we meet again.

  5. The guests (7) (to leave) by the time the children go to bed, I think.

  6. In a few minutes' time I (9) (to stand) here in front of the theatre and (10) (to wait) for her for almost an hour. As soon as the clock strikes seven I'll leave.

  7. Is there any hope he (11) (to find) the key by the time the children get home from school?

  8. By the time you join us we (12) (to try) to persuade her to go with us for 2 hours.

  9. We (13) (to do) the greater part of the work by the time you are ready to assist us. By this time we (14) (to do) it for several months.

  10. I am sure, by the time you phone he (15) (to buy) the tickets and (16) (to inform) me about the time of his departure. By this time I (17) (to wait) for this reasonable step for two weeks.

  11. By the end of this spring they (18) (to repair) their new house and will go to see it. By this time they (19) (to repair) it for 2 years.

  12. By the end of the year he (20) (to work) for this company for 30 years. He likes his job and isn't going to quit it.

  13. My parents (21) (to be married) for 60 years by next May. They have always been a wonderful couple.

  14. – You have been translating the text for 2 hours. – I'm sure, I (22) (to finish) it by 5 o'clock. – By this time you (23) (to sit) here for 5 hours. Is it as difficult as that?

  15. My children became keen on video games when they went to school. By 2009 John (24) (to be) keen on them for 5 years and Nick (25) (to be) crazy about them for 7 years by that time.

  16. By the time they return we (26) (to discuss) the plan since 9 o'clock. I'm afraid, we (27) (to finish) only by 7.

  17. My parents have always lived in this house. They (28) (to live) in it for 50 years by next winter.

  18. She (29) (to give) us her final decision by Monday. By this time she (30) (to think) over it for 3 days.

  19. – By the time my sister is twenty she (31) (to learn) English for 15 years. – Do you think by the time she is twenty she (32) (to be able) to speak it as a native speaker? – I'm absolutely sure, she will.

  20. My brother (33) (to try) to learn Spanish for 3 years by September. But I don't think, he (34) (to achieve) any good results by this time. I'm so pessimistic because by next May I (35) (to learn) German for 6 years, but I must admit, I don't know it.

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