Future Continuous Tense
 
 
 
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

Future Continuous Tense in English Grammar

What is Future Continuous Tense?

"Future continuous tense is used to express a continued or an ongoing action in future."

In the English language, The future continuous tense represents the actions that will occur in the future and will be ongoing at a specific point in time. It is used to express an action at a particular moment in the future. The action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at that moment.

Basic Structure of Future Continuous tense:

Structure for Future Continuous

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will be base + ing
I shall be going to college.

• Structure for Negative sentence •

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will + not be base + ing
I shall not be going to college.

• Structure for interrogative sentence •

Auxiliary verb Subject Auxiliary verb Main verb
shall / will subject be base + ing
Shall I be going to college?

We normally use the Future continuous tense for:

expresse an action at a particular moment in the future.
express a continued or an ongoing action in future.

USES OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
To represents an action as going on at some time in future:

The future continuous represents an action as going on at some time in future:

Examples:
  • • I shall be reading the paper then.
  • • I will be waiting here when you arrive.
  • • When I get home, my children will be playing.
For future events that are planned

This tense is also used for future events that are planned:

Example:
  • • He will be meeting us next week.
  • • I will be staying here till Sunday.
  • • He will be travelling to Canada next week.
When listener usually knows or understands what time we are talking about:

When we use the future continuous tense, our listener usually knows or understands what time we are talking about:

Examples:
  • • What will you be doing when I arrive?
  • • What will you be doing at 11pm tonight?
  • • I will be playing cricket at 9am tomorrow.
  • • They won't be watching TV at 10pm tonight.
  • • We will be having dinner when the movie starts.
  • • She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.
  • • Take your rain-coat. It will be raining when you return.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE TABLE
Future Continuous Tense Table
AFFIRMATIVE
  • I shall be going.
  • You will be going.
  • We shall be going.
  • He/She will be going.
  • They will be going.
NEGATIVE
  • I shall not be going.
  • You will not be going.
  • We shall not be going.
  • He/She will not be going.
  • They will not be going.
INTERROGATIVE
  • Shall I be going?
  • Will you be going?
  • Shall we be going?
  • Will he/she be going?
  • Will they be going?

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