LECCIÓN 143: FUTURE CONTINUOUS

Affirmative Sentences

Pronouns will Be Verb(ing)

I will be working

You will be working

He will be working

She will be working

It will be working

We will be working

They will be working

Negative Sentences

Pronouns won’t be verb(ing)

I won’t be studying

You won’t be studying

He won’t be studying

She won’t be studying

It won’t be studying

We won’t be studying

They won’t be studying

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Questions

Will Pronouns Be Verb(ing)

Will I be traveling?

Will you be traveling?

Will he be traveling?

Will she be traveling?

Will it be traveling?

Will we be traveling?

Will they be traveling?

USES OF THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS

To talk about events in progress in the future.

The future continuous is often used to talk about events that will start in the future and
continue for a period of time.

We can use the future continuous with “will”:

She will be working all weekend.

We can also use the future continuous with “be going to”:

She is going to be working all weekend.

To talk about arrangements and plans.

The future continuous is also commonly used to refer to arrangements and plans:

I’ll be meeting up with John next week.

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Sometimes we want to give someone a reminder or a warning about the occurrence of a
shared plan, as in:

Our flight will be leaving in 30 minutes so hurry up!

The concert will be starting soon. Please don’t be late.

To ask about someone’s plans politely.

There are times when you want to find out more about other people’s plans without
influencing their intentions.

“Will you be working tomorrow?” “Yes, I will.”

To talk about habitual actions in the future.

Let’s say you have the habit of doing something every year or every weekend. You could
use the future continuous in such a case:

We’ll be spending the holidays in Cancun as usual.

Like every Saturday, I’ll be playing football with my friends.

This also applies to temporary habitual actions:

For the next couple of months, I’ll be working in the evenings.

I’ll be calling you twice a week until the project is done

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EXERCISES
Complete the following sentences using the FUTURE CONTINUOUS.

1. Rocio ________________ to the party on Saturday. (come)

2. We ________________ him tomorrow. (meet)

3. This time next week he ________________ to South Africa. (fly)

4. At 6 o'clock on Friday they ________________ the new song. (sing)

5. It ________________ when I reach Tokio. (rain)

6. Tomorrow at nine I ________________ a test. (write)

7. Andy ________________ a video when I arrive tonight. (watch)

8. You ________________ pizza soon. (eat)

9. She ________________ when you telephone her. (sleep)

10. They ________________ in Budapest just about now. (arrive)

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