The use of future continuous tense in English (EFL/ESL Grammar: English tenses)

The use of future continuous tense in English (EFL/ESL Grammar: English tenses)

 The future continuous or progressive is used to talk about actions that will happen in the future and continue to a certain point of time.

The form of the future continuous: 

Example:

• I will be studying English tomorrow from 2 to 4.
• I will be working on project tomorrow morning.

The use of future continuous tense:

1. The future continuous is used to talk about progressive actions and events that will happen in the future

Examples:

• I will be flying to Canada tomorrow.
• I will be playing football from 5.00 to 7.00 this evening.
• They will be watching a movie this night. Would you like to join me?
• She will be sitting next to the beach.

2. The future continuous is used to ask politely for or to do things.

Examples:

• Will you be joining us in the party tomorrow?
• Will you be sleeping with us tonight?
• Will she be coming with us?

Forms of future continuous tense

Notes:

• To express negation, we add (not) after “will”.
• To express interrogation, we invert “will” with the subject.
• “I’ll be studying” is the short form of “I will be studying”.
• “I won’t be studying” is the short form of “I will be studying”.

More Examples:

• Tomorrow, I will be swimming with my friends. You can join us.
• I will be doing some housework this evening. I can’t join you.
• She will be writing her article.
• They will be talking about the importance of education.
• She won’t be sitting here.
• Will he be coming to the party?

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