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Future Continuous Tense

The document discusses the future continuous tense. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "will" or "shall" plus the auxiliary verb "be" plus the main verb in its present participle form ending in "-ing". Examples are provided to illustrate how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in the future continuous tense. The tense expresses an action that will be ongoing or in progress at a particular time in the future.

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Future Continuous Tense

The document discusses the future continuous tense. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "will" or "shall" plus the auxiliary verb "be" plus the main verb in its present participle form ending in "-ing". Examples are provided to illustrate how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in the future continuous tense. The tense expresses an action that will be ongoing or in progress at a particular time in the future.

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FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

I will be singing

How do we make the Future Continuous Tense?

The structure of the future continuous tense is:

subject + auxiliary verb WILL + auxiliary verb BE + main verb

invariable invariable present participle

will be base + ing

For negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we insert not between
will and be. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and will. Look at
these example sentences with the future continuous tense:

auxiliary auxiliary main


  subject  
verb verb verb

+ I will   be working at 10am.

on a beach
+ You will   be lying
tomorrow.

- She will not be using the car.

- We will not be having dinner at home.

? Will you   be playing football?

? Will they   be watching TV?

When we use the future continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the
subject and will:

I will I'll
you will you'll

he will he'll
she will she'll
it will it'll

we will we'll

they will they'll

For spoken negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we contract with
won't, like this:

I will not I won't

you will not you won't

he will not he won't


she will not she won't
it will not it won't

we will not we won't

they will not they won't


 

We sometimes use shall instead of will,


especially for I and we.

How do we use the Future Continuous Tense?

The future continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the


future. The action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at that
moment. For example, tomorrow I will start work at 2pm and stop work at 6pm:

At 4pm tomorrow, I will be working.

past present future


4pm

At 4pm, I will be in the


   
middle of working.

When we use the future continuous tense, our listener usually knows or
understands what time we are talking about. Look at these examples:

 I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.


 They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.
 What will you be doing at 10pm tonight?
 What will you be doing when I arrive?
 She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.
 We 'll be having dinner when the film starts.
 Take your umbrella. It will be raining when you return.

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