Future continuous tense 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.
• Structure for Future Continuous •
subject
auxiliary verb
auxiliary verb
main verb
subject
(shall/will)
be
base + ing
I
shall
be
going.
• Structure for Negative sentence •
subject
auxiliary verb
auxiliary verb
main verb
subject
(shall/will) + not
be
base + ing
I
shall not
be
going.
• Structure for interrogative sentence •
auxiliary verb
subject
auxiliary verb
main verb
(Shall/Will)
subject
be
base + ing?
Shall
I
be
going?
Future continuous tense is used to express a continued or an ongoing action in future.
We 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
The future continuous represents an action as going on at some time in future:
Examples
I shall be reading the paper then.
When I get home, my children will be playing.
This tense is also used for future events that are planned:
Examples
I will be staying here till Sunday.
He will be meeting us next week.
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.