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Future Continuous Tense

The future continuous tense is used to refer to an unfinished action or an action that
will be in progress in the future.

Uses

The future continuous tense is used

1. to talk about situations and events that will be in progress at a time in the future.
For example,
• This time, next week, I will be holidaying in Dubai.

• Next Monday, Ryan will be joining his new office.

2. to talk about a single action which will happen because it is part of a bigger future
plan or schedule.
For example,
• Ryan and his friends will be leaving for Melbourne tomorrow evening.
• Simi and I will be working late tomorrow to finish the flyers for the fest.

3. to talk about an action that will begin now and continue into the future.
For example,

• They will be practising for the match till 8 o’clock.
• Karuna will be studying until she completes the syllabus.

Structure

♦ Affirmative sentences

For affirmative sentences in the future continuous tense, we use the present participle
form of the verb.

subject will be/shall be verb + ing rest of the sentence

• You will be joining the new office next week.
• She will be singing at the party tonight.

♦ Negative sentences

For negative sentences, we have the following structure.

subject will/shall not be verb + ing rest of the sentence

• He will not be going to school tomorrow.
• Father will not be cooking lunch for us.

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