Future Perfect
Simple vs Continuous
What is the difference between the sentences?
In TWO years’ time I’ll write my novel.
In FOUR years’ time I’ll have been writing my novel.
In six years’ time I will have written my novel.
What is the difference between the sentences?
In TWO years’ time I’ll write my novel.
In FOUR years’ time I’ll have been writing my novel.
In six years’ time I will have written my novel.
Certainty
A goal, finished
Plan: in progress, incomplete
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
WILL HAVE + PARTICIPLE
(+) I will have read a book.
(-) He won’t have finished the exam at 12.
(?) Will you have finished your workout?
By this time next year, I will have graduated
A estas alturas el año que viene, me habré graduado
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
WILL HAVE BEEN + -ING
(+) I will have been reading a book for 2 hours.
(-) He won’t have been teaching for three years.
(?) Will you have been drawing when I come to pick you up?
By 2035, I will have been watching birds for years. I will be an expert.
I will have been painting the walls for three hours by 6pm
Speak up: Can you TRANSLATE these?
A. She will have been working for over 8 hours by the time her children arrive.
B. He will have been studying English for 3 years next month.
Speak up: Can you TRANSLATE these?
A. She will have been working for over 8 hours by the time her children arrive.
Ella habrá estado trabajando durante más de 8 horas para cuando lleguen sus hijos (equivalente a futuro perfecto continuo)
B. He will have been studying English for 3 years next month.
Él habrá estado estudiando Inglés durante 3 años el mes que viene.
So,�in short...
WHEN DO I USE EACH?
will have + partic.
- Goal I’ll reach�by X time.
- Some verbs: achieved, finished, passed, found, reached, won, passed, retired, fulfilled…
will have been -ing
- Goal still in progress at X time
BOTH:
Time adverbs:
❥ When...
❥ By the time…
❥ By the end…
Last (but not least):
How to use BY THE TIME/WHEN
Example:
Example:
When/By the time my sister graduates, I will have left Spain.
Es un adverbio de tiempo que se puede utilizar con tiempos verbales varios.
Significa “para X fecha”: By the time + Present simple, Future Perf/continuous
When/By the time she arrives, �I will have been studying� for two hours.
(That’s the end of the theory for you!)
Speak up: what will you be like at age 70?
Discuss which picture represents yourself better and why:
Speak up: what will you be like at age 70?
Think/write two sentences using the future perfect and two sentences using the future perfect continuous. Examples:
“I will have tried parachuting when I am 70
I will have probably written a recipe book.
I will have probably been living in Portugal”