FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
The future continuous tense is used to express action at a particular moment in the future. However, the action will not have finished at the moment.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL BE	VERB  + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
You	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
He	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
John	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The boy	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
She	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Angel	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The girl	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
We	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
You	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
They	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The children	will be	studying	at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL NOT BE	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
You	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
He	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
John	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
The boy	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
She	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Angel	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
The girl	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
We	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
You	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
They	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
The children	will not be	playing	at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

WILL	SUBJECT	BE	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Will	I	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	you	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	he	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	John	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	the boy	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	she	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	Angel	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	the girl	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	we	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	you	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	they	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?
Will	the children	be	sleeping	at 7 a.m tomorrow?

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:

	subject	auxiliary verb		auxiliary verb	main verb
+	I	will		be	working	at 10am.
+	You	will		be	lying	on a beach tommorow
-	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 she will it will	he'll she'll 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 she will not it will not	he won't she won't it won't
we will not	we won't
they will not	they won't

We sometimes use shallinstead 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
	4 pm
		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.