Lisa Whalen
Wilkes University
 What are some things that you plan or hope
 to do in the future?
    Today
    Next week
    5 years from now
 The  learner will be able to identify the parts
  of a future continuous statement.
 The learner will be able to create examples
  using the future continuous tense.
 When   to use it?
    When speaking about things that will happen in
     the future.
 Subject+ To be (am/is/are) + going to be +
 present participle (-ing verb).

    I am going to be….
    She is going to be…
    We are going to be…
    You are going to be
     They are going to be…
I  am going to be eating lunch at school.
 He is going to be practicing after school.
 Mom is going be driving to the grocery store.
 We are going to be going to the movies
  tomorrow night.
 I am going to be staying at a friend’s house
  tonight.
 Subject  + are/is/am + going to be + present
  participle.
 Example: she/reading
        She is going to be reading.


1.       He/running
2.       We/watching TV
3.       She/folding laundry
4.       I/doing homework
1.   He/running
       He is going to be running.
2.   We/watching TV
       We are going to be watching TV.
3.   She/folding laundry
       She is going to be folding laundry.
4.   I/doing homework
       I am going to be doing homework.
 Using the ideas that you created about the
  future, write them using the future
  continuous tense.
 Subject + To be (am/is/are) + going to be +
  present participle (-ing verb).
Possible student examples could be:

 I am going to be sleeping at a friend’s house
  tonight.
 I am going to be working on my homework
  tonight.
 I am going to be playing football tonight.
 My family and I are going to be eating out
  tonight.
 I am going to be going to Hershey Park this
  weekend.
 I am going to be attending college.
 I am going to be working after school.
Choose a partner and share your examples with
 them.

Choose one of your partner’s examples, and
 rewrite it in the third person format (i.e. He
 is going to be, She is going to be, etc.)

 She is going to be working on homework
  tonight.
 He is going to be playing football tonight.
 How  would you use the future continuous
  tense?
 What are the part of the future continuous
  tense?

Future Continuous Tense

  • 1.
  • 2.
     What aresome things that you plan or hope to do in the future?  Today  Next week  5 years from now
  • 3.
     The learner will be able to identify the parts of a future continuous statement.  The learner will be able to create examples using the future continuous tense.
  • 4.
     When to use it?  When speaking about things that will happen in the future.
  • 5.
     Subject+ Tobe (am/is/are) + going to be + present participle (-ing verb).  I am going to be….  She is going to be…  We are going to be…  You are going to be  They are going to be…
  • 6.
    I amgoing to be eating lunch at school.  He is going to be practicing after school.  Mom is going be driving to the grocery store.  We are going to be going to the movies tomorrow night.  I am going to be staying at a friend’s house tonight.
  • 7.
     Subject + are/is/am + going to be + present participle.  Example: she/reading  She is going to be reading. 1. He/running 2. We/watching TV 3. She/folding laundry 4. I/doing homework
  • 8.
    1. He/running He is going to be running. 2. We/watching TV We are going to be watching TV. 3. She/folding laundry She is going to be folding laundry. 4. I/doing homework I am going to be doing homework.
  • 9.
     Using theideas that you created about the future, write them using the future continuous tense.  Subject + To be (am/is/are) + going to be + present participle (-ing verb).
  • 10.
    Possible student examplescould be:  I am going to be sleeping at a friend’s house tonight.  I am going to be working on my homework tonight.  I am going to be playing football tonight.  My family and I are going to be eating out tonight.  I am going to be going to Hershey Park this weekend.  I am going to be attending college.  I am going to be working after school.
  • 11.
    Choose a partnerand share your examples with them. Choose one of your partner’s examples, and rewrite it in the third person format (i.e. He is going to be, She is going to be, etc.)  She is going to be working on homework tonight.  He is going to be playing football tonight.
  • 12.
     How would you use the future continuous tense?  What are the part of the future continuous tense?