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NEW INSPIRATION 4
Grammar EXTRA! Worksheet 1
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Future continuous and future perfect
1 Choose the correct en ding a or b for each s entence.
1 By 2020 the world’s population will …
a have reached eight billion.
b be reaching eight billion.
2 In the next twenty years peo ple will …
a have talked to their houses.
b be talking to their houses.
3 By 2020 scientists will …
a have invented glasses on which we watch videos.
b be inventing glasses on which we watch videos.
4 By 2020 some things won’t …
a have changed.
b be changing.
5 Before the end of the twenty-first century we will …
a have found life on other planets.
b be finding life on other planets.
6 In 2020 we will …
a have worn the same clothes.
b be wearing the same clothes.
2 Complete each senten ce with the c orrect form of the verbs in bracket s. Remember to add be or have.
1 By this time next year, I’ll (go) to college.
2 By 2020 scientists will (invent) frid ges which read the use- by date on milk.
3 In 2020 we will all (drive) electric c ars.
4 By 2020 doctors will (find) cures to most diseases.
5 Within the next twenty years we’ll all (work) from home.
6 But will we (create) a better life?
3 Are these s entence s correc t (✔) or incorrect (✘)? Rewrite the in correc t sentenc es.
1 Life will be changing a lot by 2020.
2 In twenty years we’ll all be living longer.
3 By 2020 doctors won’t be treating people any more.
4 In 2020 people will have worked long er hours.
5 By 2020 our lives will have changed a lot.
6 Will we have eaten different types of food in 2020?
Remembe r
• Future continuous – will / won’t + be +
present participle (verb + - ing):
They will be working longer hours.
• Future perfect – will / won’t + have +
past participle:
Scientists will have invente d earrings
that take our pulse.
