Grammar ---- the future

By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar systems.

At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I will be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Professor Willard.

a) Future Perfect

b) Future Continuous

将来完成时态 1. 表示动作或者状态延续到将来某一时间为止已有若干时间 , 谓语动词常用延续性动词 , 并常伴有 for 引导的时间段。

By the end of next year I will have lived here for 18 years.

到明年末，我在这里就已经住了 18 年了。

The class will begin at 8:00. It will have been on for half an hour when you arrive at 8:30. When you come back, I will have been here for half an hour.

We will have graduated from high school by the year 2009.

2. 表示动作或者状态在将来某个时间之前完成 , 常与 by the time, when, before 等连用。谓语动词常用非延续性动词。

到 09 年时我们已经从高中毕业了。我猜当我来看你的时候你已经完成你的作业了。

I guess you will have finished your homework when I come to see you.

将来进行时态

将来进行时态只不过把时间放在了将来 , 所以将来进行时态表示将来某个时间点正在发生的动作或者将来某一段时间内一直在进行的动作。

进行时态的用法 : 某一时间点正在发生的动作 ; 或者某一段时间内一直发生的动作。

I will be visiting a friend in Guangzhou at 9 o’clock the day after tomorrow .Cathy will be doing his part-time job in the next summer vocation.

Complete these predictions about the world in 2020 by putting the verbs in brackets either in the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous.

will be using1. People (use) ____________ solar energy every day

2. People (use) ____________up all natural sources of oil

3. People (travel) ______________ into space on a regular basis

4. People (eat) ____________ only food created by specialists

5. Traditional farms (disappear) ___________________

will have used

will be traveling

will be eating

will have disappeared

6. Many new planets (discover) ______________________

7. Mars and Venus (explore) __________ ____________and (describe) ________ in detail

8. Scientists (study) _____________ the chance of people setting in other planets

been explored describedwould have

will be studying

will have been discovered

Look at the programme of the futurologists' conference and the cues below(1-7). Write full sentence using the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous.

1. 5 p.m. on Friday- Prof Howard Green gives a lecture on alternative sources of energy.

At 5 p.m. on Friday, Prof Howard Green will be giving a lecture on alternative sources of energy.

2. Saturday Lunchtime- the participants listen to two lectures.

By Saturday lunchtime, they will have listened to two lectures.

3. 2:30 p.m. on Saturday – everyone has lunch.

At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, everyone will be having lunch.

4. Saturday night- the participants have a reception.

On Saturday might, they will be having a reception.

5. Sunday morning- they identify a few problems of the future.

On Sunday morning, the participants will be identifying a few problems of the future.

6. Sunday noon- the participants attend the closing ceremony.

At noon on Sunday they will be attending the closing ceremony.

7. The end of the seminar –the futurologists discuss many important issues.

By the end of the conference, the futurologists will have discussed many important issues.