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future continuous vs future perfect continuous

The document explains the differences between future continuous and future perfect continuous tenses, highlighting their usage in various contexts such as unfinished actions, predictions, finished actions, fixed arrangements, cause and effect, and polite inquiries. Future continuous is used for actions in progress at a specific future time, while future perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action up to a certain point in the future. Examples illustrate how each tense is applied in different scenarios.

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future continuous vs future perfect continuous

The document explains the differences between future continuous and future perfect continuous tenses, highlighting their usage in various contexts such as unfinished actions, predictions, finished actions, fixed arrangements, cause and effect, and polite inquiries. Future continuous is used for actions in progress at a specific future time, while future perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action up to a certain point in the future. Examples illustrate how each tense is applied in different scenarios.

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Future

continuous VS
Future perfect
continuous
HUMOYUNMIRZO RAXMATALIYEV
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We use the future continuous to refer to temporary actions and events
that will be in progress at a particular time in the future:
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Emphasising the length of an event at a time in the future


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1.Unfinished Actions
Future continuous to discuss unfinished actions that tend to continue
happening in the future
Future perfect continuous to talk about an ongoing action that will continue
until a certain point in the future.

I will be hiking at 9 in the morning.

I will have been hiking for four hours by 9 in


the morning.
2. Predictions
future continuous to predict.

He will be throwing a party like last


year.
Here, we are talking about a prediction about a future event.

He will have been throwing a party


like last year.
Here, we are not making any predictions for the future.
3. Finished Actions
future perfect continuous to talk about an action that will finish just before
another action

When you come over, I will have been cooking .

Here, we are showing two actions that will be happening in order.

When you come over, I will be cooking.


Here we are talking more about future plans rather than naming actions.
4. Fixed Arrangements
Future continuous tense to review or remind an event.

We will be leaving for the party at 6.


Here, we are reminding others of an event that will occur at a certain time.

We will have been leaving for the party at 6.


Here, we are not reminding others of an arrangement.
5. Cause and Effect

y will lose their voice because they will have been


king non-stop .

we are referring to the cause of something that has happened.

y will lose their voice because they will be talking non


we are naming to events rather than showing what is the cause of what.
6.Polite Enquiries
When you want to be more polite while trying to ask a question, you will
use future continuous tense.

Will he be attending the event?


Here, we are politely asking for information about a certain situation.

Will he have been attending the event?


This example is not as polite as the first example.

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