Cover of the textbook Performer B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - Grammar for the textbook Performer B2 - Student's Book with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Underline some examples of the future continuous and future perfect in the texts on pages 50-51 and justify their use.

Answer

Future Perfect

  • "By 2050, the world's population will have reached 9.9 billion people."
  • Justification: This sentence describes an action (reaching 9.9 billion people) that will be completed before a specified time in the future (by 2050).

Future Continuous

  • "Cities will be living in a cleaner, healthier environment."
  • Justification: This sentence uses the future continuous tense to indicate an ongoing action (living) at a specific future time (by the time mentioned, in a cleaner, healthier environment).