Future Continuous Tense

What is future continuous?A moving action is viewed at a particular future time.

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Before you begin: What is future continuous?

Future continuous tense describes an action that will be in progress at a particular time in the future. It uses will be with a verb ending in ing.

Example: She will be painting a mural at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

Pattern: subject + will be + verb-ing + future time

Open a window into tomorrow

SubjectWho will be doing it?

Will beOpens the future-time window.

Action in progressThe ing action keeps moving.

subjectwillbeverb-ingfuture time

Tomorrow-in-Progress

Move the clock and watch the selected activity continue inside tomorrow.

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Experiment Future Mission

Subject She

Continuing activity paint

Future clock time 1 p.m.

Sentence type Positive

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She will be painting a harbor mural at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

Helper patternwill be + verb-ing

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Future time1 p.m.

MeaningIn progress at a future time

What is happening?

At 1 p.m. tomorrow, the painting will already be in progress. The moving brush shows the action continuing around that future time.

Future time and ongoing action

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Before the lecture

Future continuous tense uses will be plus a verb ending in ing for an action in progress at a future time.

She will be painting a harbor mural at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

The teacher explains this meaning aloud before Chapter 1.

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Language English

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Learning objectives

Recognize an action in progress at a future time.
Build subject + will be + verb-ing.
Use specific future-time expressions.
Form negatives and questions correctly.

The core patterns

Positive: She will be painting at 1 p.m.

Negative: He will not be sailing at noon.

Question: Will they be decorating tonight?

When we use it

Action at a future moment: She will be painting at 1 p.m.
Expected future activity: They will be decorating tonight.
Polite question about plans: Will you be joining us?
Two future actions: We will be sailing while the band is playing.

Try these experiments

Change the subject and notice that will be stays the same.
Move Future clock time and watch the clock window change.
Choose Negative and inspect will not be.
Tap will, be, the ing verb, or the future time in the canvas sentence.

Common misconceptions

Keep be after will: “will be painting,” not “will painting.”
Use the ing form for the continuing activity.
Put not between will and be for negatives.
Move only Will before the subject for questions.

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