31. IELTS Task 1 : "Talking about the future with future perfect continuous tense"

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Today let’s take a look at the future perfect continuous tense and how it can be effectively used in the IELTS exam to explain what will be happening at a particular point in time in the future.

Firstly, how do we make the future perfect continuous tense? Basically, it is made in the following way:

will + (not) have + been + verb-ing

So how do we use the future perfect continuous tense? Basically it is used to show how long an activity or situation has been in progress before a specified time in the future. We usually mention the length of time. For example:

By the end of the month, I’ll have been studying at this school for four years.

Now let’s check out how the future perfect continuous tense can be used in a real IELTS style task 1 writing task. Check out the bar chart, then try and complete the sentences using the future continuous tense.

1. Twelve students ---- on Saturday afternoon.

2. The students ---- books on Saturday.

3. The largest group of students ---- this Saturday afternoon.

4. A similar number of students ---- and ---- this weekend.

5. A very small number of students ---- this weekend.

6. Approximately 15 students ---- this weekend.

Answers: 1. will be watching TV 2. won’t (will not) be reading 3. will be playing computer games 4. will be doing sport; studying 5. will be resting 6. will be seeing friends.

OK guys, so any time you get a chart that depicts something HAPPENING in the future, you can use the future perfect continuous tense to describe it. It’s definitely a great way to show off your knowledge of future time, and it you use it in the appropriate situation, you can get a high mark for your grammar criteria.

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