This document provides instruction on how to form and use the future continuous tense in English. It explains that the future continuous is used to refer to actions that will be ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the future. It gives examples of using the future continuous to talk about planned activities, habitual actions, actions that will still be happening, and actions we assume are occurring presently. It also notes that non-continuous verbs take the simple future tense rather than the future continuous.

1. Now future
x
action

2. Clue words
for
still
while
next (Friday,…)
Future Continuous

3. Future Continuous
Subject +
Affirmative
Forms:
will be + -ing form
study

4. Future Continuous
Subject +
Affirmative
Forms:
will be + -ing form
study

5. Future Continuous
Subject +
Negative
will+ not + be + -ing form

6. Future Continuous
Subject +
Negative
will+ not + be + -ing form

7. Future Continuous
Will +
Interrogative
subject + be + -ing form

8. We use the future continuous for an action
over a period of time.
It means that something will be in progress
at or around a time in the future.
Future Continuous
Now future
action
1.

9. Future Continuous
Don’t phone me
between seven and
eight.
I’ll be studying for
the English test.
study

10. Future Continuous
In two years
she’ll be speaking English
much better than now.
speak

11. Future Continuous
drive
Next year
I will be driving
a new car.

12. Future Continuous
do
What will they
be doing
in twenty years’ time,
I wonder?

13. Now future
action
We use the future continuous for an
action which is a result of a routine
or the result of a previous decision
or arrangement.
Future Continuous
2.

14. Future Continuous
As usual,
they’ll be
meeting
tomorrow
after school. meet

15. Future Continuous
The party
will be starting
at ten o’clock.
start

16. Future Continuous
Sam
will be cleaning
the house
next Friday. clean

17. Future Continuous
do
After the operation,
you won’t be doing
any sport for a while.

18. Future Continuous
Unfortunately,
he won’t be playing
next Sunday.
play

19. Now future
action
3.
When combined with still, the future
continuous refers to events that are already
happening now and that we expect to
continue some time into the future.
Future Continuous

20. Future Continuous
Tomorrow
he'll still be suffering
from his cold.
suffer

21. Future Continuous
rise
Unfortunately, sea
levels
will still be rising
in 20 years.

22. Future Continuous
do
In an hour
she'll still be doing
her homework.

23. In the interrogative form, the future
continuous can be used to ask
politely about somebody’s plans,
especially if you want something or
want them to do
something.
Future Continuous
4.

24. Future Continuous
Will you be
meeting Laura
tomorrow?
Yes,
probably.
Why?

25. Future Continuous
Will you be
using your car
this evening?
No. Do you
want to
borrow
It?

26. Future Continuous
We also can use the future
continuous to talk about
what we assume is
happening at the moment.
5.

27. Future Continuous
Peter is very quiet.
He’ll be doing
something wrong,
I know it!

28. Future Continuous
Don’t phone grandma
now,
she’ll be doing
exercise.

29. It is important to remember that
Non-Continuous Verbs cannot be
used in any continuous tenses.
Future Continuous
like – love - hate – want - need
prefer - know – suppose – mean
believe – understand- seem,…

30. Instead of using Future
Continuous with these verbs, you
must use Simple Future.
Future Continuous
like – love - hate – want - need
prefer - know – suppose – mean
believe – understand- seem,…

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