Navigate C1 1.2 continuous

This time tomorrow morning I ... grandma

• will be visiting

• will visiting

• will be visited

• will have visited

Answer explanation

This time tomorrow = specific time in the future, we use FUTURE continuous WILL+BE+Ving for this

Look! He ... through the hoop!

• jumps

• is jumping

• will have jumped

• has been jumping

Answer explanation

Look! = look now, at this happening now -> present continuous

We ... here for 2 hours now! When will the doors open?

• are waiting

• were waiting

• had waited

• have been waiting

Answer explanation

for 2 hours = perfect tense, so per

... you ... Mark today?

• have you seen

• have you been seeing

• will have you been seeing

• were you seeing

We ... for about an hour before we found the building

• are driving

• have driving

• were driving

• had been driving

Answer explanation

we found the building = main event

we HAD been driving = before the main event

She ... yesterday at 5 p.m.

• was working

• had been working

• is working

• will be working

Answer explanation

specific time in the past = past continuous

By the time I retire, I .... here for 20 years.

• will have working

• will have been working

• will be working

• am working

Answer explanation

Will have been working = future perfect continuous

1) started working in the past

2) work now

3) will work in the future

BY THE TIME you retire you reach a certain period or working

I'm thinking it's not such a good idea

• correct

• not correct

Answer explanation

IT'S OK

for some verbs (e.g. like, be, hope, think), we can sometimes use the continuous form to express or emphasize that the state, feeling or attitude is at a particular time and possibly temporary.

I'm hoping he's ok

• correct

• not correct

Answer explanation

for some verbs (e.g. like, be, hope, think), we can sometimes use the continuous form to express or emphasize that the state, feeling or attitude is at a particular time and possibly temporary.

I'm wanting some coffee now

• correct

• not correct

Answer explanation

want is a state verb and isn't normally used with ING