Future progressive
Future Progressive Tense
Future Progressive Tense Examples
The future progressive tense
The future progressive tense
will + subject + be + verb (ending in -ing) ?
will + not + be + verb (ending in -ing) -
2. Subject + will + be + verb-ing
• Affirmative
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + will be sleeping.
• Negative
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + won’t be sleeping.
• Question
Will I / You / He / She / It / We / They + be sleeping ?
Short answers
Yes, I / You / He / She / It / We / They will.
No, I / You / He / She / It / We / They won’t.
3. The most common use of future progressive is :
To describe an activity that will occur in the future and continue for a certain
period of time.
The future progressive tense is not as common as other tenses, and it can
sometimes be replaced by :
[ Simple future , Be going to , present progressive , or even simple present ]
4. ExamplesTense
• I’ll be leaving in a few minutes.
• In an hour, we will be flying over the
Atlantic.
Future progressive
• I’ll leave in a few minutes.
• In an hour, we will fly over the Atlantic.
Simple future
• I’m going to leave in a few minutes.
• In an hour, we going to fly over the
Atlantic.
Be going to
• I’m leaving in a few minutes.
• In an hour, we flying over the Atlantic.
Present progressive
• I leave in a few minutes.
• In an hour, we fly over the Atlantic.
Simple present
5. Next week / next week on Sunday / next month / next year / etc.
Tomorrow / tomorrow at 9am.
In the near future.
Soon.
In an hour.
Later this evening.
6. 1 2
8:30 pm8:00 - 9:00 pm
I will be
eating dinner.
He will call me.
• When he will calls me tonight, I will be eating dinner.
• I will be eating dinner when he will calls me tonight.
7. Question
• Will you be eating a plant-based diet in two months?
• Will he be asking for forgiveness in a year?
• Will my family be coming home for the holidays?
Affirmative
• In two months, I will be eating a plant-based diet.
• In a year, he will be asking for forgiveness.
• My family will be coming home for the holidays.
Negative
• I will not be eating a plant-based diet anytime soon.
• He will not be asking for forgiveness in a year.
• My family will not be coming home for the holidays.
>> Yes, I will.
>> No, he won’t.
>> No, they won’t.