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139 future perfect

| shall/will have + past participle

We use the future perfect to say that something will have been
completed by a certain time in the future.
ll have been here for seven years next Friday.
The painters say they'll have finished the downstairs rooms by
Tuesday.
A progressive form is possible.
I'll have been teaching for twenty years this summer.

140 future progressive

shall/will+ be +... -ing
We can use the future progressive to say that something will be going
on at a particular moment in the future.

TIME TOMORROW I'LL BI
ING ON A BEACH IN TUNISIA

PAST
{NOW}
ODOOODOOO

141 gender (masculine and feminine language)

English does not have many problems of grammatical gender: people
are he or she and things are it.
Note the following points:

Animats, cars and countries
People sometimes call animals he or she, especially pet animals like
cats, dogs and horses.
Go and find the cat and put him out.
Some people use she for cars, motorbikes etc; sailors often use she for
boats and ships.
‘How's your new car?’ ‘Terrific. She’s running beautifully.’
We can use she for countries, but itis more common.
He loves Spain — its culture, its history and its civilization.

(OR ... herculture, her history ...)