What will we be doing in the future? After reviewing the past year and seeing what you've done, it's time to see what you will do differently in the future. To do so, let’s see how to make predictions using the future continuous, future present perfect and future present perfect continuous tenses.
So, what will you have done or be doing in the future?
We use the future continuous (“will” + gerund)…
When a long future action is interrupted by another shorter action, or by a specific time.
He will be cooking dinner, when she gets home.
He will be cooking dinner at twelve o’clock.
Or when two future actions happen at the same time.
My robot will be cooking dinner, while I read the newspaper.
It will be cooking and washing the dishes.
We use the future perfect simple (“will have” + past participle)…
When an action happens before another action in the future, or before a specific future time.
By the end of the century, man will have landed on the moon.
Or when a situation is expected to last until a specific future time.
I will have traveled to the moon by the time I am 60 years old.
We use the future perfect continuous (“will have been” + gerund)…
When an action is expected to last until a specific future time.
I will have been traveling for eight hours before she gets home.
Or when a future situation is expected as a result of a continuous action in the future.
I will be very tired later because I will have been traveling in my rocket ship for over eight hours.
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