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Do you think you [complete] your work in time for dinner?
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Future pefect:
  • Do you think you will have completed your work in time for dinner?

How's that?

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It's a perfect future perfect.
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It's a perfect future perfect.
Hm. "Perfect" on each end.

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It's a perfect future perfect.
Hm. "Perfect" on each end.

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It's a per-futur-efect.

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Do you think you [complete] your work in time for dinner?


You could also use the simple future with will:-

Do you think you'll complete your work in time for dinner?

Future tense using shall or will
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You could also use the progressive form in speech.
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You could also use the progressive form in speech.
Do you think you'll be completing your work in time for dinner?
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