Learning English

... I'll have made my future plans!

BBC Learning English went out onto the streets of London to find out about people's future plans. The people we spoke to used the future perfect tense in their answers, just for you.

By the end of this activity, you'll have listened to three different people, and completed a quiz!

To do

Have a listen to Aly, Chris and Robin, and then do the quiz to test how much you understood. Take a look at the vocabulary box if you need some help with tricky words.

Listen to the audio and complete the activity

Take note - hopefully, maybe

Did you notice these sentences?

• I will also have maybe made my way through most of Bach's keyboard works...
• in five years' time I hopefully will have visited Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Australia...
• By this time next year I will have hopefully seen most of the Scandinavian countries...

When we use the future perfect to talk about plans, we're not always completely sure that our plans will actually happen! That's life. To show this, we often use words like hopefully, might, or maybe. They can be used before will, before have or before the past participle.

Your plans!

Now it's your turn! In fewer than 100 words, write about your future plans - using the future perfect tense, of course!

Tell us what you will have done...

• ... by the end of this week
• ... in one years' time
• ... in five years' time

If you need to remind yourself about the future perfect, have another look at Session 2.

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Here are some of the comments that we received:

Rimou, Algeria

   I got many plans for the future started with , i hopefully will have visited London it is my dream city , i would also like to have seen Paris, Canada.

   By a year from here i have succeeded in my baccaloreat exam .

Uliana, Moscow, Russia

I’m already 27 years old. So I’ll hopefully have gotten married by the next year and I’ll maybe have had two children by my 32. I want to change my car as soon as possible, because, it’s so old. It got dangerous riding by this. I’ll have collected enough money in next 1.5 years.

In generally, we will have bought a country house with my future husband in 10 years and moved there for permanent living.

I am creasy about travelling. I try travel abroad twice a year. But it needs more time and money. Next three years I’ll have probably go to South America and Austria (for snowboarding).

Antonio, Brazil

By the end of this year I'll have installed solar panels in my small farm to produce electricity.

In thee years time I'll might have retired as civil servant.

In about five years time I will have hopefully moved to Brasilia, Brazil's capital. By this time I'll have completed my English course.

Mario, Italy

For a start, by the end of this year I will have finished this BBC Learning English intermediate course. Then I have planned that in five months' time I will have hopefully begun my project about promoting a new website on the Internet and that's why English language plays a key role in it. I hope that by this time next year my new website will have been visited by millions of people of all over the world. What is this my new website about? Well, I don't know yet, but I think that by the end of this year I will have come up with something.

Juan Carlos, Colombia

hello everybody, by the end of this exercise with fewer than 100 words, I hopefully will have told you my future plans.

First of all I want to tell you my short-term plans, in second place I want to tell you my medium-term plans and finally I want to tell you my long-term plans.

By the end of this week, I will have finished the different activities of my work and I maybe will have gone to a costume party.

By end of next year I will have changed of job and I probably will have bought my first car.

Now I am studying english and in five years' time, I hopefully will have visited Europe especially London because I would like to go to  headquarter  of BBC and meet you.

Manuel Alegría

It´s very important spend your time well. There are lot of things to do in life. As far as I concern, by the end of these year, I´d like finish my master in Contemporary History that I´m studying in the University of Cantabria. Besides, by the last day of next month, I´ll have been to Bilbao to learn the last tendencies in artistic modern buildings in Europe. All those things could leave me exhausted. That´s the reason why I´ll have tried rest going to the mountains, to rest going for a walk and seeing the marvelous landscape in middle of the autumn.

Taras, Ukraine

By the end of this week I hopefully will have completed unit 26 of BBC learning English intermediate course and not only. I will might have passed "LingoHack", "6 minute English" and other programs. In one years' time I'll've may found a good paid job and in five years' time I will probably be able to afford to travel all over the world and deny myself nothing!

Gabriella

I'm a Economist, but I'm not working at moment. By the end of this week I will have done 23 years old. Yeah! It's my birthday next friday. 

I'm looking for a job, and in one years' time I'll have hopefully to work in a bank, I really like the work there. And I will have studied more about finances. 

I love traveling and in five years' time I will have hopefully to visited more places in Brazil, the city's here is awesome.

Ewa, Poland

By the end of this week I'll have written my tale story.

What's about the further future? In one years' time I'll have hopefully made my way through my English and in five years' time I'll have maybe passed international exam at the alpine guide.

John Leung

I will have completed  the new electronic product in my work by next year. Actually, I will have tested the Bluetooth module in the texting lab and have got the passing result in the year. I have just discussed with the engineers about the detail. I will have come back to my home tonight.

Leeseul, South Korea

By this time next year, I will have started my working holiday plans.

I will be living in Victoria, Canada. 

maybe it's difficult to get a job but I'm not really worried about it. I'll win through in the end.

and by the end of working holiday, I will have hopefully improved my English skills. 

and then, I want to go to another country for working holiday. maybe it will be London.

Manuel Juan, Spain

In six months' time I'll have travelled to Greece with some members of my family.By the first days of next April we'll have prepared and packed our luggage and will have dreamed with the landing in Athens airport.

We are looking forward to live, for a few weeks, in Greece,that legendary country.To know Athens,Piraeus' harbour, the Aegean Sea,Macedonia,etc will be gorgeous.

Seven months from now,at the end of April 2016,we'll have come back to our town and we we'll have ended the spring's travel.

Tam

I am a student. I have many intensions for future and then i will tell you about my plans. 

In the freshman year, i will have studied english well about listening, speaking & writing skills. So I will have spoken with foreiner more confidently. 

By the end of the freshman year, i may be will have studied piano. it is my dream and i hopefully will play piano well.

Specially I do like traveling, and country which i wanna come most is Singapore. I probably will have come this beautiful country and maybe i will have seek for a job for one years then come back Viet Nam.

in ten years' time, i want to become a success woman.

I can do what i want, and enjoy my wonderful life.

Mohamed Rikaz

1- i will have visited Switzerland within next two years.

2- Sara hopefully will have accomplished his project in the last of this year.

3- My father will have maybe bought a car next if he gain more profit in his business.

4- Hopefully i will have become a businessman in three years' time.

5- My company will have become a leading company within five years.   

Cristiane, Brazil

 I´m a pediatrician  and I live in south of Brazil.

By the end of this month I ´ll have finished my nutrition classes, and by the end of this year I´ll have concluded my course conclusion paper.

In five years time, I hope, I´ll have had a job in this area.

Cassiana

My name is Cassiana. I’m an 34 years old doctor, specialised in ophthalmology.

My plans for the future are simple…

I will get married with Valdir in may 28th of 2016, and we are preparing the wedding. By the end of this week I will have finished the guest’s list.

My fiancé is living in another city and I wish in one years’ time to be living with him.

In five years’ time I will have had 2 children. I prefer a boy and a girl, but whatever comes will be great.

Sandy Quan

I moved back to China in March this year from the UK.  By the end of this year I will have been living in guangzhou for 9 months.  I love travelling and am keen to explore the southeast Asia countries, particularly Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.  I am using my family home in Guangzhou as a hub.  I have visited Las Vegas, Perth, Sydney, Singapore, Langkawi and Bali within a space of 5 months and I hopefully will have visited the other SE Asia countries which I have never been.  I am also a ACCA students and I have passed two out of the five papers at professional level.  I should have completed the rest of the three papers by march 2016.  Hopefully after I have passed all the exams I will have become a qualified accountant and I will have found a job in one of the top notch accountancy firm. 

Herry Rudolf Valiant, Indonesia

Hello everybody, i’m Herry one of many college students who live and study in Yogyakarta, a very nice city in Indonesia. I’m also studying English autodidactly now, and have been doing this for a while (I’m very grateful to BBC for helping me with this).

I’m doing my essay as one of the requirements of my graduation, and by the end of this week i hope that i will have finished 3rd of 6 chapters. I’m planning to be graduated by the start of next year as a civil engineer so i can propose for a job in construction company with the certificate.

In one year time i will hopefully have a proper job and build a foundation from there. I always have an ambition to build my own company, so, having a significant amount of experience during the employee time will be one step closer to that goal and in five years time i might have owned my own company and found my fortune.

End of Session 4

So, that's the end of this session!

Next, we visit Gulliver on his travels once more - he's trying to escape from the land of the giants - but first he has to persuade the King of Brobdingnag to let him leave...