Futur continuous

Future Continuous

01

What is the future continuous tense ?

The future continuous tense is generally used to represent an event or action that is happening at a certain point in time in the future.

02

Structure

will + be + ING FORM OF THE VERB

Interrogative form

Affirmative form

Negative form

Will + sub + be + -ing form Will you be partying with us tonight? Will he be driving his new car ?

Sub + will not be + -ing form They will not be playing. They won't be playing. It will not be working. It won't be working.

Sub + will be + -ing form I will be studying. I'll be studying. She will be babysitting. She'll be babysitting.

04

Uses

When should we use the future continuous tense ?

Action in progress at or around a time in the future

action

Future

Now

• Don't phone me between 7pm and 9pm. I will be studying for the English exam.
• Next year, I will be driving a new car.

Asumptions

We also can use the future continuous tense to talk about what we assume is happening at the moment.

• Peter is very quiet. He'll be doing something wrong, I know it!

• Don't phone grandma now, she'll be doing exercise.

05

Signal words

We often use the future continuous with time expressions such as:

In … (in 2 weeks, in 3 months, in 5 years, etc)

This time … (this time tomorrow, this time next week, etc.)

When …

At + time … (at 7 tomorrow, at midday next Monday, etc.)

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

'll be watching

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

'll be watching

will be craming up

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

'll be watching

will be craming up

will be dancing

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

'll be watching

will be craming up

will be dancing

won't be playing

Put the verbs into the correct form of the futur continuous tense :

• At midnight we (sleep) .
• This time next week we (sit) at the beach.
• At nine I (watch) the news.
• Tonight we (cram up) for our English test.
• They (dance) all night.
• He (not/play) all afternoon.
• (drive/she) to London ?

will be sleeping

will be sitting

'll be watching

will be cramming up

will be dancing

won't be playing

Will she be driving

Make sentences from the jumbled words by using the given verbs in future continuous tense.

all next week / we / in the forest (not camp)at the exhibition / they / next month / Guernica / ? (display) by next Monday / at the hotel / we (not stay) Sarah / at this time this week / in the beach (sunbathe)

Make sentences from the jumbled words by using the given verbs in future continuous tense.

all next week / we / in the forest (not camp)at the exhibition / they / next month / Guernica / ? (display) by next Monday / at the hotel / we (not stay) Sarah / at this time this week / in the beach (sunbathe)

We won't be camping in the forest all next week.

Make sentences from the jumbled words by using the given verbs in future continuous tense.

all next week / we / in the forest (not camp)at the exhibition / they / next month / Guernica / ? (display) by next Monday / at the hotel / we (not stay) Sarah / at this time this week / in the beach (sunbathe)

We won't be camping in the forest all next week.

Will they be displaying Guernica at the exhibition next week ?

Make sentences from the jumbled words by using the given verbs in future continuous tense.

all next week / we / in the forest (not camp)at the exhibition / they / next month / Guernica / ? (display) by next Monday / at the hotel / we (not stay) Sarah / at this time this week / in the beach (sunbathe)

We won't be camping in the forest all next week.

Will they be displaying Guernica at the exhibition next week ?

Won't they be staying at the hotel by next Monday ?

Make sentences from the jumbled words by using the given verbs in future continuous tense.

all next week / we / in the forest (not camp)at the exhibition / they / next month / Guernica / ? (display) by next Monday / at the hotel / we (not stay) Sarah / at this time this week / in the beach (sunbathe)

We won't be camping in the forest all next week.

Will they be displaying Guernica at the exhibition next week ?

Won't they be staying at the hotel by next Monday ?

Sarah will be sunbathing in the beach at this time this week.

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