Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Future Continuous
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We use the Future Continuous (Progressive) to indicate that we will be in the middle of doing something in a specified time in the future.
Use
- Future actions in progress.
- Guesses about the present or the future.
- Polite questions about somebody's intentions*.
*Remember
If you want to learn about somebody's intentions, you should never use the Future Simple. Using the Future Simple implies that you want to influence somebody's decision. Questions become much more objective if formed in the Future Continuous.
- Will you come home? (= I want you to come home)
- Will you be coming home?
Form
Contracted forms (more)
WILL = 'LL
Example: She'll have been = she will have been
WILL + NOT = WON'T
Example: She won't have been = she will not have been
Positive sentences:
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Verb + ing |
| I/you/we etc. | will | be | sleeping/taking |
In positive sentences we use the contracted form of will ('ll).
She'll be having a bath when I'm back home. (Use 1)
Tomorrow at nine, I will be hosing off (=washing with a hose) my car. (Use 1)
This time next week, I will be throwing a party. (Use 1)
I'll be watching TV when my mother arrives. (Use 1)
They will be getting home just about now. (Use 2)
Remember
Like any of the Future Tenses, Future Continuous cannot be used in sentences beginning with: while, when, before, by the time, if, etc.
By the time, you will be finishing your paiting.
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| Tomorrow at this time, I will be getting bored at school! (Use 1) |
Questions (interrogative sentences):
| Auxiliary verb | + | Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Verb + ing | ? |
| will | I/you/we etc. | be | dancing/taking |
Will she be cooking when we knock at the door? (Use 1)
Will Mark be playing football at 6 p.m.? (Use 1)
Will you be using the screwdriver? (Use 3)
Negative sentences:
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Verb + ing |
| I/you/we etc. | won't | be | trying/taking |
In negative sentences we use the contracted form of will not (won't).
We won't be having supper tomorrow before 8 o'clock. (Use 1)
I won't be learning English tomorrow at this time. (Use 1)
John won't be sleeping now (= I think John isn't sleeping now) (Use 2)
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