Future Continuous

The future continuous tense is used for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.
The future continuous tense is formed like this:
A. For the positive sentences, you can use the following construction:
"will be" + [present participle ("verb-ing")
(This is the construction for singular and plural.)
Examples:
• The Moscow State Circus will be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.
• We will be celebrating like kings if it works.
• The next time you see a spider's web, please pause and look a little closer. You will be
seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man. (Biologist Cheryl Hayashi)
• She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
("She'll" is a contraction of "she will.")
B. If you need the negative version, you can use the following construction:
"will not be" + [present participle]
Examples:
• The Moscow State Circus will not be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.
• We will not be celebrating like kings and queens if it fails.
Remember that "will not be" can be said or written (especially in informal writing) as
the contraction "won't be."
C. If you need to ask a question, you can use the following word order for a yes/no question:
"will" + [subject] + "be" + [present participle]
Examples:
• Will the Moscow State Circus be performing in Washington?
• Will we be celebrating like kings?
D. You can use the following word order for a question-word question:
[question word] + "will" + [subject] + "be" + [present participle]
Examples:
• When will the Moscow State Circus be performing in Cheltenham?
• Why will we be celebrating like kings?

Forming the present participle

The word that ends "-ing" is known as a present participle. It is formed like this:
1. Add "ing" to most verbs:
• play > playing
• shout > shouting
2. For verbs that end "e," remove the "e" and add "ing":
• prepare > preparing
• ride > riding
3. For verbs that end "ie," change the "ie" to "y" and add "ing":
• lie > lying
• untie > untying
4. For verbs whose last syllable is written [consonant-vowel-consonant] and is stressed, double
the final consonant and add "ing":
• run > running
• forget > forgetting
Use
1. This tense is used for an action that will be in progress at a point of time in the future. It will start
before that point of time and will continue after it. The point in time can be given by a time
expression or another action in the future simple (will). This usage is very similar to the past
continuous in this aspect.
• At 8 o'clock I will be travelling to Dorset.
• This time tomorrow we'll be lying on the beach.
(In these two sentences the point of time we refer to is given by a time expression.)
• The shop will be closed. Will you be working?
• I'll be sleeping when you come back.
(In these two sentences the point of time that we refer to is given by another activity.)
2. The future continuous describes the idea that something will happen in the normal course of
events. It refers to a routine activity, not an intention, decision, or plan.
• I'll be writing to you again. (I always write to you, so I'll do it again, as usual.)
• They'll be leaving on Friday. You can join them. (They normally leave on Fridays.)
• Everybody will be working on a computer sooner or later. (If nothing special happens.)
• You'll be seeing John in the office tomorrow, won't you?

Future Perfect
The future perfect is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point in
the future. For example:
• John will have baked a cake.
• They will have painted the fence.
The future perfect is often used with a time expression that identifies a point in the future. For
example:
• John will have baked a cake before you arrive.
• They will have painted the fence before I have a chance to speak to them.
Other examples:
• I will have been here for six months on June 23rd.
• By the time you read this, I will have left.
• You will have finished your report by this time next week.
• Won't they have arrived by 5:00?
• Will you have eaten when I pick you up?

The future perfect is formed like this:

A. For the positive sentences, you can use the following construction:
[subject] + "will have" + [past participle]
• I will have completed my assignment by 3 o'clock.
• After this event, Simon will have walked over 10,000 miles in those boots.
Here are some other examples of the future perfect tense:
• By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal and the speeches.
(Note: "By the time you arrive" identifies the point in the future.)
• I will have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the dentist.
(Note: The clause "before I see the dentist" identifies the point in the future.)
• I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. (Actor
Will Rothhaar)
(Note: The clause "when I leave this planet" identifies the point in the future.)
B. If you need the negative version, you can use the following construction:
[subject] + "will not have" + [past participle]
• By the time you arrive, we will not have finished the meal and the speeches.
• I will not have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the dentist.
Remember that "will not" is sometimes written as the contraction "won't."
C. If you need to ask a question, you can use the following word order for a yes/no question:
"will" + [subject] + "have" + [past participle]
• By the time you arrive, will we have finished the meal and the speeches?
• Will I have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the dentist?
D. You can use the following word order for a question-word question:
[question word] + "will" + [subject] + "have" + [past participle]
• Where will the guests have gathered by the time we arrive?
• When will I have done enough work to make her happy?

Forming the past participle

If it's a regular verb, the past participle is the same as the simple past tense. In other words, it is
formed like this:
1. Add "ed" to most verbs:
• jump > jumped
• paint > painted
2. If a verb of one syllable ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], double the final consonant and add
"ed":
• chat > chatted
• stop > stopped
3. If the final consonant is "w," "x," or "y," don't double it:
• sew > sewed
• play > played
• fix > fixed
4. If last syllable of a longer verb is stressed and ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], double the
last consonant and add "ed":
• incur > incurred
• prefer > preferred
5. If the first syllable of a longer verb is stressed and the verb ends [consonant-vowel-consonant],
just add "ed":
• open > opened
• enter > entered
• swallow > swallowed
6. If the verb ends "e," just add "d":
• thrive > thrived
• guzzle > guzzled
7. If the verb ends [consonant + "y"], change the "y" to an "i" and add "ed":
• cry > cried
• fry > fried

If it's an irregular verb, the "past participle" is formed in all sorts of different ways. Here are some
examples:
• arise > arisen • choose > chosen
• catch > caught • know > known
You just have to learn them.
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Future continuous vs present continuous
Future Continuous Present Continuous
• We'll be going to the cinema next • We are going to the cinema next
weekend. weekend.
(The future continuous only tells us how (The present continuous means that we
we will spend the weekend. But we have have already arranged it. We know the
not arranged anything and, probably, we time and place and probably have the
do not even know which film we want to tickets.)
see.)
• I'll be seeing Susan tomorrow. • I am seeing Susan tomorrow.
(Susan is my classmate and because I will (I have some reason. Susan and I have
go to school tomorrow, I will see her as arranged the time and place.)
usual.)

Future simple vs continuous

Future Simple Future Continuous
• Bill won't play football tomorrow. • Bill won't be playing football tomorrow.
(The fact is that Bill cannot play or does (Bill will not play, because it will be Friday
not want to play for some reason.) and he never plays on Fridays.)
• I'll call Mimi tonight. I'll ask her. • I'll be calling Mimi tonight. I can ask her.
(I will do it because I need to talk to her.) (I call her every night, that is why I will call
her tonight too.)

In these examples the future simple shows intentions, while in the continuous there is no intention, it
expresses routine actions.
Notes In some cases we can use several forms for future events. But every form will have a slightly
different meaning.
• I'll be meeting Jim next week.
(I meet Jim every week and it will be the same next week.)
• I'll meet Jim next week.
(I intend to meet Jim next week or I suppose that I will meet him.)
• I'm going to meet Jim next week.
(I decided to meet Jim some time ago and now I am expressing my intention.)
• I'm meeting Jim next week.
(We have arranged the time and place because we have some reason to meet.)
The present tense (I am meeting) is more definite than be going to (I am going to meet) and will is the
least definite (I will meet).