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Future Continuous
When do we use the Future Continuous?

We use the Future Continuous to talk about an action that will be

in progress at a certain time in the future.

At 5 o’clock tonight, I won’t be studying. I’ll be

starting my first shift at the restaurant!
We won’t be able to see you at Christmas. We’ll
be staying with my grandparents in Scotland
then.

What will you be doing this time next week?

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 Read the text. How many examples of the Future
Continuous can you find?

I got a summer job at the beach café! My friend

Lily has a job there too, so we’ll be working
together. I can’t wait! In ten days, I’ll be starting my
first shift.
I’ll just be cleaning tables in the first week – I won’t
be taking orders. But I’m so pleased I won’t be
getting bored at home all summer. What about
you? What will you be doing this summer?

There are six examples of the Future Continuous.

Look!
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How do we make the Future Continuous?
Future Continuous
Affirmative In two years, I’ll be finishing school.
We’ll be starting a new project soon.
Next summer, Hetty will be working on her grandparents’ farm.
Negative She won’t be relaxing on a beach.
Questions Will you be flying over the Atlantic this time tomorrow?
Yes, I will. / No, I won’t.
What will you be doing?

Time expressions
in ten minutes/a week/a month/a year/the future
at 6.45 this evening/midnight/10 a.m. tomorrow
next spring/month/year
soon

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 Practice Time
Complete the dialogues with the Future Continuous
form of the verbs in brackets.

Will you be looking

1. A: ______________________________ (you / look) for a full-time job when you leave school?

’ll be starting
B: No, I ______________________________ (start) a beauty therapy course at college.

Will she be earning

2 A: ______________________________ (she / earn) any money this summer?

will ’ll be working

B: Yes, she ______________________________. She ______________________________ (work) in her aunt’s bike shop.

Will you be studying

3 A: ______________________________ (you / study) this afternoon?

will be helping
B: No, my brother and I ______________________________(help) in our parents’ café.

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