Future perfect vs Future continuous

What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences:
1. Next week we will have learned the future perfect.
2. Next week we will be learning the future continuous.
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Slide 1: Open question
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What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences:
1. Next week we will have learned the future perfect.
2. Next week we will be learning the future continuous.

Slide 1 - Open question

Future Continuous
To talk about an action which you know or think will be in progress at a certain time or during a certain period of time, in the future

Slide 2 - Slide

examples:
This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I can’t wait!
Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

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Future Perfect
To talk about an action which is going to be completed at or before a certain point in time of the future

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examples:
    I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2020.

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By 2050
Many people ... on the moon
A
will be living
B
will have lived

Slide 6 - Quiz

By 2050
The polar icecaps ... completely.
A
will be melting
B
will have melted

Slide 7 - Quiz

By 2050
All marine life ...
A
will be dying
B
will have died

Slide 8 - Quiz

By 2050
we ... all our shopping online
A
will be doing
B
will have done

Slide 9 - Quiz

Today is Monday. I am doing my driving test next Thursday.
"This time next week I ... (do) my driving test."

Slide 10 - Open question

You always have dinner at 8 p.m. What about tonight?
"... at 8 p.m. tonight?"

Slide 11 - Open question

The film starts at 7.30. We haven't arrived yet.
"The film ... by the time we arrive"

Slide 12 - Open question

We are living in this house now. We're moving in February.
"Next year, ... out of this house."

Slide 13 - Open question

Future perfect
questions:
Will you have finished this task by tomorrow?
Negations:
I won't have finished this task by tomorrow.

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Future continuous
questions
Will you be doing the test on Monday?
negations
I won't be doing the test on Monday.

Slide 15 - Slide

Homework Tuesday January 22nd
SB p 37 ex 5 & 6
SB p 160 ex 2

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