Perplexing sentences
1- I will be studying my lessons while my father ......the match tomorrow.
a) will be watching b) is watching
My answer is (a), but my friend says ," We don't use future continuous after time conjunctions"
2- I will be watching TV. (Change into passive)
My answer is:
TV will be being watched by me.
My teacher, who is a nonnative speaker, says the correct answer is : TV will be watched by me.
Is he right?
3- I think that I ......on the project for the next 15 to 20 years.
a) will be working b) will work
My answer is (a). I would like to know the difference between using will + inf. and the future continuous to predict the future.
4- In 2030, we ........people with diabetes.
a) will help b) will be helping
My answer is: (a) & (b) are OK.
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the match tomorrow. a) will be watching b) is watching My answer is (a), but my friend says ," We don't use future continuous after time conjunctions" "while" can be interpreted in two ways here, either as a time conjunction, in which case (b) is correct, or as a contrastive conjunction, in which case (a) is correct. I would guess that the former interpretation is intended.
- the match tomorrow.
- a) will be watching b) is watching My answer is (a), but my friend says ," We don't use future continuous after time conjunctions" "while" can be interpreted in two ways here, either as a time conjunction, in which case (b) is correct, or as a contrastive conjunction, in which case (a) is correct.
- I would guess that the former interpretation is intended.
- Omar Ahmed 2- I will be watching TV.
- (Change into passive) My answer is: TV will be being watched by me.
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Omar Ahmed1- I will be studying my lessons while my father ......the match tomorrow. a) will be watching b) is watching My answer is (a), but my friend says ," We don't use future continuous after time conjunctions"
"while" can be interpreted in two ways here, either as a time conjunction, in which case (b) is correct, or as a contrastive conjunction, in wh
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