Grammar ---- the future

By the end of the century, we will have dis

covered other places in our solar syste

ms.

At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I w

ill be sitting in the front row and listeni

ng 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 described

would 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.