1.5: Other Future Tenses

Question 1

Future continuous: Uses

Answer 1

1. Action in progress at specific time in the future
2. A future action which may have a result
3. A future action which may make another actuion possible/necessary
4. Asking poite questions about personal plans and arrangements

Question 2

What type of form of the future continuous is the following sentence?
- This time tomorrow, James and Ashley will be getting married

Answer 2

Action in progress at a specific time in the future

Question 3

What type of form of the future continuous is the following sentence?
Will you be going on a road trip this spring?

Answer 3

Asking a polite question about a personal plan/arrangement

Question 3

What type of form of the future continuous is the following sentence?
Tomorrow afternoon, she will be baking the cake, which we’ll enjoy during the celebration

Answer 3

Future action which may make another action possicle (cake cannot be eaten sf she does not make it)

Question 4

What type of form of the future continuous is the following sentence?
In a few weeks, they will be hiring more staff. This will hopefully ease our workload.

Answer 4

A future action that may have a result

Question 5

Future perfect simple: Use

Answer 5

Actions which we may expect to be completed by a particular time in the future

Question 6

Why is the future perfect simple used in the following sentences?
- He will have arrived by this evening
- I’m sure they will have finished the project by the time we get there.

Answer 6

Actiosn which we expect to be finished by a particular time in the future

Question 7

Future perfect simple: How is it made?

Answer 7

Affirmative: Subject + will have + past participle
Questions: Inversion of subject and will
Negatives: Add not