Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

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The Internet
Present co n tinu o u s I Future continuous I Future p e rfe ct sim p le I Future p e rfe ct con tinu o u s
Other future form s
Present continuous: 
The present continuous is used to talk about:
Definite arrangements in the future (with active verbs]
I’m m eeting John late r this afternoon.
I'm playing a com puter game w ith him later.
Future continuous: 
The future continuous is used to talk about:
A situation that w ill be happening at a particula r point in the future
This tim e next year, most people w ill be using 
the Internet every day.
Tom orrow afternoon, I'll be building my new 
website.
Future perfect simple: 
The future perfect sim ple is used to talk about:
Something that happens before a certain point of time in the future
Everyone w ill have learnt how to use the 
Internet in 50 years' tim e.
I w ill have spent over £200 on online 
shopping by the end of the week!
Future perfect continuous: 
The future perfect continuous is used to talk about:
Something that continues until a certain point of time in the future
Next m onth, I w ill have been w orking at this 
Internet design company fo r ten years.
Come on, it ’s my tu rn ! Soon you w ill have 
been surfing the net fo r over two hours.
Note: 
The future continuous, future perfect sim ple and future perfect continuous usually include 
a tim e reference, fo r example 
by 2020, in 20 years' time, by this time next year, next week.
See page 118 in the G ram m ar reference fo r more inform ation.