Future-Continuous-Tense
Future Continuous/Progressive Tense
It is used to express a continued or an ongoing action in future.Uses of future continuous tense:
• It is used to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future.
Examples.
I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight.
I will be waiting for you when she your bus arrives.
Note: In the above examples the interruptions (marked in bold) are in simple present rather than simple future. This is because the interruptions are in time clauses, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses.
• It shows a complete action in the future that will happen in the normal course or events.
Example.
The government will be making a statement later.
• It is used to make a guess about the present.
Example.
My mother will be working now. (I think she is working now, but I am not completely certain.)
• It is used for asking information.
Examples.
Will you be bringing your friend to the party tonight?
Will Ali be coming with us?
• It is used for predicting or guessing.
Examples.
You will be feeling thirsty after working in the sun.
He will be coming to the meeting, I expect.
Sentence Structure of Future Continuous Tense
Structure of positive sentence:
Subject + will + be + (ing form of verb) + Object.
Simple Sentences:
She will be going to the market
They will be going to the market
He will be visiting his aunt’s home.
I will be visiting my aunt’s home.
It will be raining in winter.
We will be playing a cricket match.
Jack will be writing a letter.
You will be eating a burger.
Structure of negative sentence:
Subject + will + not + be + (ing for of verb) + Object.
Negative sentences:
They/We/You Will not Watching T.V.
He/She Will not Speaking French properly.
I Will not Visiting my aunt’s home.
It Will not Raining in Nepal daily.
Structure of interrogative sentence:
Will + Subject + be + (ing form of verb + Object?
Interrogative Sentences:
Will They/We/You Be Making a cake on Sunday?
Will He/She Be Taking too much tea?
Will I Be Visiting my aunt’s home?
Will It Be Raining in Bhutan daily?
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