The Future Continuous Tense

Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2011 | Filed under

The following lesson will show you how to use the Future Continuous Tense in English.

FORMS

The Future Continuous Tense has the following forms:

  • Affirmative: S + SHALL/WILL + BE + V-ing
  • Negative: S + SHALL/WILL + NOT + BE + V-ing
  • Interrogative/Question: SHALL/WILL + S + BE + V-ing

USAGE

The Future Continuous Tense is used to express an action that will be in progress at a point of time in the future or that will extend over a period of time in the future.

Examples:

Will you be watching television at 8 this evening?
I shall be meeting the delegates from 9 to 11 tomorrow morning.

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