1. FUTURE
PROGRESSIVE

2. USES
1. Indicates action which will
be taking place at some
time in the future.
2. Conveys a sense of ongoing
action in the future.

3. 3.Sometimes used
interchangeably with the
simple future tense.
4. Plans and intentions
5. Futurity

4. CONSTRUCTION
• Positive: will be/shall be + -
ing form of the main verb
• Negative: won’t be + -ing
form of the main verb for the
negative form.

5. EXAMPLES
 I will be your crying shoulder.
 I won’t give up on us.
 The publisher won’t be
expecting the final draft of your
novel until next month so you have
time to crank it out.

6.  When will you be leaving for
Paris?
 I will be working on this
tomorrow.
 My friends and I will be going to
Africa next month.

7. FUTURE
PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE

8. USES
1. Indicates action that is happening
for a long time and will continue
in the near future.
2. Used for an on-going action that
will be completed at some
specified time in the future.

9. CONSTRUCTION
• Positive: subject + will/shall have
+been + v1st form + ing + object +
for/since
• Negative: subject + will/shall not
have +been + v1st form + ing +
object + for/since

10. • Interrogative: will/shall + subject
+ have been + v1st form + ing +
object + for/since

11. EXAMPLES
 I shall not have been participating
in the competition since Tuesday.
 By next June we shall have been
living here for ten years.
 Will he have been writing letters
since 2000?