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Complete the text with the future continuous or future perfect form of the

verbs in brackets. (5 pts)
OUR WORLD IN THE FUTURE
Six billion people live in the world today, but two hundred years from now, that number
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(grow) to twenty or thirty billion! So where will we all live? Many people
(live) in huge cities with populations of thirty or fifty million people. By
(build) houses on - or under the water too.
then, some people 3
By the year 2200, we 4
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(not eat) the same foods as we eat today, and we
(probably / speak) different languages too. Two hundred years from now,
the world will be a very different place!

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Answer:

Future continuous

We can use the future continuous (will/won't be + -ing form) to talk about future actions that:

will be in progress at a specific time in the future:

When you come out of school tomorrow, I'll be boarding a plane.

Try to call before 8 o'clock. After that, we'll be watching the match.

You can visit us during the first week of July. I won't be working then.

we see as new, different or temporary:

Today we're taking the bus but next week we'll be taking the train.

He'll be staying with his parents for several months while his father is in recovery.

Will you be starting work earlier with your new job?

Future perfect

We use the future perfect simple (will/won't have + past participle) to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I'll have finished cooking by then.

On 9 October we'll have been married for 50 years.

Will you have gone to bed when I get back?

We can use phrases like by or by the time (meaning 'at some point before') and in or in a day's time / in two months' time / in five years' time etc. (meaning 'at the end of this period') to give the time period in which the action will be completed.

I won't have written all the reports by next week.

By the time we arrive, the kids will have gone to bed.

I'll have finished in an hour and then we can watch a film.

In three years' time, I'll have graduated from university.

Step-by-step explanation:

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