Future perfect simple future perfect progressive

/ will/shallhave will/shall have been

You willhave will have been

He willhave will have been

She will havereceived it will have been living here for 20 years

It will haveby then wll have been by the end of the year

We will/shallhave will/shall have been

You willhave will have been

They willhave will have been

Uses of the future perfect simple and progressive tenses

9.43.1 'The past as seen from the future'

We often use the future perfect to show that an action will already be completed by a certain time in the future:

/ will have retired by the year 2020

(That is before or in the year 2020, my retirement will already be in

This tense is often used with by and not till/until + time [> 7.34] and with verbs wh,ch point to completion: build, complete finish etc We also often use the future perfect after verbs like believe expect'hope suppose.

/ expect you will have changed your mind by tomorrow

The continuation of a state up to the time mentioned

What is in progress now can be considered from a point in the future-By this time next week I will have been workinq for this company for 24 years We will have been marrieda year on June 25th

The 'going to'-future

Form of the 'going to'-future

going to arrive tomorrow

The going to-future is formed with am/is/are going to + the base form of the verb

I	am
You	are
He	is
She	is
it	is
We	are
You	are
They	are

9 Verbs, verb tenses, imperatives

9.45 The pronunciation of 'going to'

There can be a difference in pronunciation between be going to (which has no connexion with the ordinary verb go) and the progressive form of the verb go. In: I'm going to have a wonderful time' going to is often pronounced

in everyday speech. [gənə]

In: I'm going to Chicago' going to can only be pronounced or [gəʊintə]

Uses of the 'going to'-future