C he teaches a class

D he will have been teaching

3 We ______ a basketball match at five tomorrow afternoon.

A will have watched

B watch

C can watch

D will be watching

4 If he _______, don't interrupt him.

A still works

B is still working

C still has been working

D will still be working

5 If the horse wins tomorrow, he ______ twenty races in the past three years.

A will win

B would win

C will have won

D has won

Step 5 summary

The future continuous tense

Toby will be writing letter all afternoon tomorrow, because he wants to tell all his friends what he is going to do this summer.

(The whole afternoon tomorrow is a period of time in the future. It means the action write will continue for the whole afternoon.)

Toby won't be at home at 9 o'clock this Sunday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas then.

(The action climb starts before this Sunday and probably continues after it.)

The future continuous tense is normally used with a period of time or a point of time in the future.

The simple future tense

Toby will write to Colin and tell him about his new plan.

(The words will write express intention. The speaker announces an intended future action in accordance with Toby's wish.)