Future Lab

Talking about the future

will be + -ing This time tomorrow, I'll be flying to London.

An action in progress at a specific future time: At 9 tonight we'll be watching the match.
Polite questions about plans: Will you be using the laptop later?
Typical expressions: this time tomorrow / next week, at 8 o'clock tomorrow, in ten years

will have + past participle By 2035, scientists will have found new cures.

An action completed before a future time: I'll have finished my essay by Friday.
How much / how many by then: By June, I'll have uploaded 200 videos.
Typical expressions: by, by the time, by the end of, before

At 8 pm I'll be doing my homework.I'll be in the middle of it. (in progress)

By 8 pm I'll have done my homework.It will be finished. (completed)

Future Continuous	I'll be working · I won't be working · Will you be working?
Future Perfect	She'll have left · She won't have left · Will she have left?

will	predictions, instant decisions, promises · I think robots will do most jobs.
be going to	plans and predictions with evidence · I'm going to study medicine.
Present Continuous	fixed arrangements · I'm meeting Ana on Friday.
Present Simple	timetables · The film starts at 8.30.

devicea phone, tablet, laptop…

gamingplaying video games

toolsomething that helps you do a job

wirelesswithout cables (Wi-Fi)

user-friendlyeasy to use

cutting-edgethe most modern and advanced

equipped withhaving the things it needs

capable ofable to do something

enablemake something possible

browselook around the Internet

upload / downloadsend to / get from the Internet

install / update / upgradeput in / get the newest version / get a better one

deleteremove a file

back upmake a copy of your files

deny accessnot let someone in

go viralspread very fast online

Interview Prep · ask your partner

Answer with full sentences and give a reason. Then swap roles!

Question 1 / 100 pts