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Future Continuous

The Future Continuous tense is formed using the structure: subject + will + be + present participle. It expresses actions that will be ongoing at a specific future moment, often with examples provided for clarity. Negative and question forms are also explained, along with common contractions used in spoken English.

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Future Continuous

The Future Continuous tense is formed using the structure: subject + will + be + present participle. It expresses actions that will be ongoing at a specific future moment, often with examples provided for clarity. Negative and question forms are also explained, along with common contractions used in spoken English.

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Future Continuous

How do we make the Future Continuous tense?


The structure of the Future Continuous tense is:
subje + auxiliary verb + auxiliary + main verb
ct WILL verb BE
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:
subje auxiliary auxiliary main
ct verb verb verb
+ I will be working at 10am.
+ You will be lying on a beach
tomorrow.
- She will no be using the car.
t
- We will no be having dinner at
t home.
? Will you be playing football?
? Will they be watchin TV?
g
We sometimes use shall instead of will, especially for I and we.
Contraction with Future Continuous
When we use the Future Continuous tense in speaking, we
often contract the subject and WILL:
I will I'll
you you'l
will l
he will he'll
she she'l
will l
it will it'll
we we'll
will
they they'
will ll

In negative sentences, we may contract with won't, like this:


I will not I won't
you will you
not won't
he will he won't
not she
she will won't
not it won't
it will not
we will we
not won't
they will they
not won't
How do we use the Future Continuous tense?
The Future Continuous tense expresses action at a particular
moment in the future. The action will have started 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
4p
m
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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