Unit 10 will be doing and will have done
a.First study this example situation:
Tom is a football fan, and there is a football game on television this evening. The game began at 7:30 and ends at 9:15. Ann wants to go and see Tom this evening and wants to know what time to come over:
Ann: Is it all right if I come over at about 8:30?
Tom: No, don't come then. I'll be watching the game on TV.
Ann: Oh. Well, what about 9:30?
Tom: Yes, that'll be fine. The game will have ended by then.
b. We use will be doing (future continuous) to say that we will be in the middle of doing something at a certain time in the future. The football game begins at 7:30 and ends at 9:15. So during this time, for example at 8:30, Tom will be watching the match.
Here are some more examples:
- You'll recognize her when you see her. She'll be wearing a yellow hat.
- This time next week I'll be on vacation. I'll probably be lying on a beautiful beach.
Compare will be doing with the other continuous forms:
Bill works wevery morning from 9 o'clock until noon. So:
- At 10 o'clock yesterday he was working. (past continuous - see Unit 12)
- It's 10 o'clock now. He is working.(present continuous - see Unit 1)
- At 10 o'clock tomorrow he will be working.
c. You can also use will be doing in another way: to talk about things that are already planned or decided:
- I'll be going downtown later. Can I get you anything?
With this meaning wil be doing is similar to am doing (see Unit 4a);
- I'm going downtown later.
We often use will (you) be -ing? to ask about people's plans, especially when we want something or want somone to do something:
- "Will you be using your bicycle this evening?" "No, you can take it."
- "Will you be passing the post office when you go out?" "Yes, why?"
d. We use will have done (future perfect) to say that something will already have happened before a certain time in the future. Tom's football game ends at 9:15. So after this time, for example at 9:30, the game will have ended. Here are some more examples:
- Next year is Ted and Amy's 25th wedding anniversary. They will have been married for 25 years. (Now they have been married for 24 years.)
- We're late. I guess the movie will already have started by the time we get to the theater.
UNIT 10 Exercises
10.1 Make sentences with will be -ing.
Example: I'm going to watch television from 9 until 10 o'clock this evening.
So at 9:30 I will be watching television.
- Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to play tennis from 3:00 to 4:30. So at 4:00 tomorrow I will be playing tennis.
- Jim is going to study from 7:00 until 10:00 this evening. So at 8:30 this evening he will be studying.
- We are going to clean the apartment tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 o'clock. So at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning I will be cleaning the apartment.
10.2 Write three sentences, one each about the past, present, and future. Bob always reads the newspaper in the morning. It always takes him half an hour, from 8:00 until 8:30. So:
- At 8:15 yesterday morning Bob was reading the newspaper.
- It's 8:15 now. He is reading the newspaper.
- At 8:15 tomorrow morning he will be reading the newspaper.
10.3 Ask question with Will you be -ing?
Example: You want to borrow your friend's bicycle this evening.
(you / use / your bicycle this evening?)Will you be using your bicycle this evening?
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You want your friend to give Jean a message this afternoon.
(you / see / Jean this afternoon?) Will you be giving Jean a message this afternoon?
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You want to use your friend's typewriter tomorrow evening.
(you / use / your typewriter tomorrow evening?) Will you be using your typewriter tomorrow evening?
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Your friend is going shopping. You want to him/her to buy some stamps for you at the post office.
(you / pass / the post office while you're downtown?) Will you be passing the post office while you're downtown?
10.4 Use will have done.
Example: Tom and Ann are going to the movies. The movie begins at 7:30, and it is already 7:20. It will take them 20 minutes to get there. When they get there, (the film / already / start) the film will have already stated.
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Jim always goes to bed at 11:00. Peter is going to visit him at 11:30 this evening.
When Peter arrives, (Jim / go / to bed) Jim will have already gone to bed.
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Tom is on vacation. He has very little money and he is spending too much too quickly.
Before the end of this vacation, (he / spend / all his money) he will have already spent all his money.
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Sue went to Canada from the U.S. almost three years ago. Next Monday it will be exactly three years since she arrived.
Next Monday (she / be / in Canada / exactly three years) she will have already been in Canada exactly three years.
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