<p><strong>Future Continuous</strong></p>
<p>Future Continuous has two different forms: "will be doing " and "be going to be doing." Unlike <a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html" target="_blank">Simple Future</a> forms, Future Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.</p>
<p><strong>FORM Future Continuous with "Will"</strong></p>
<p>[will be + present participle]</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>You <strong>will be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight.</li>
<li><strong>Will</strong> you <strong>be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight?</li>
<li>You <strong>will not be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>FORM Future Continuous with "Be Going To "</strong></p>
<p>[am/is/are + going to be + present participle]</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>You <strong>are going to be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight.</li>
<li><strong>Are</strong> you <strong>going to be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight?</li>
<li>You <strong>are not going to be waiting</strong> for her when her plane arrives tonight.</li>
</ul>
<p>REMEMBER: It is possible to use either "will" or "be going to" to create the Future Continuous with little difference in meaning.</p>
<p><strong>POSITIVE FORM</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>positive</strong> (will + be + verb-ing):</p>
<p>At 10 am tomorrow,</p>
<ul>
<li>I will be sleeping</li>
<li>you will be working</li>
<li>she will be studying</li>
<li>it will be raining</li>
<li>he will be cooking</li>
<li>we will be eating breakfast</li>
<li>they will be travelling</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NEGATIVE FORM</strong></p>
<p>When John gets home,</p>
<ul>
<li>I will not be working (I won't be ..)</li>
<li>you will not be reading (you won't be ..)</li>
<li>he will not be cooking (he won't be ..)</li>
<li>she will not be studying (she won't be ..)</li>
<li>it will not be snowing (it won't be ..)</li>
<li>we will not be watching TV (we won't be ..)</li>
<li>they will not be sleeping (they won't be ..)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>YES/NO QUESTIONS</strong></p>
<p>When arrives at the party,</p>
<ul>
<li>will I be cooking?</li>
<li>will you be dancing?</li>
<li>will she be singing?</li>
<li>will he be eating?</li>
<li>will we be drinking?</li>
<li>will it be snowing?</li>
<li>will they be talking?</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> WH QUESTIONS</strong></p>
<p>Next weekend,</p>
<ul>
<li>what will I be doing?</li>
<li>where will you be working?</li>
<li>how will she be travelling?</li>
<li>what will he be eating?</li>
<li>why will we be studying?</li>
<li>why will it be snowing?</li>
<li>what will they be wearing?</li>
</ul>
<h3>Using "Will"</h3>
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<p>Positive</p>
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<p>Negative</p>
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<td>
<p>Question</p>
</td>
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<td>
<p>I <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>I <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> I <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>You <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>You <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> you <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>We <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>We <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> we <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>They <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>They <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> they <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>He <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>He <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> he <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>She <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>She <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> she <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>It <strong>will be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>It <strong>will not be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Will</strong> it <strong>be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Using "Be Going To"</h3>
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<p>Positive</p>
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<td>
<p>Negative</p>
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<p>Question</p>
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<td>
<p>I <strong>am going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>I <strong>am not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Am</strong> I <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>You <strong>are going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>You <strong>are not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Are</strong> you <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>We <strong>are going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>We <strong>are not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Are</strong> we <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>They <strong>are going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>They <strong>are not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Are</strong> they <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>He <strong>is going to be waiting</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>He <strong>is not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Is</strong> he <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>She <strong>is going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>She <strong>is not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Is</strong> she <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>It <strong>is going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>It <strong>is not going to be waiting</strong>.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Is</strong> it <strong>going to be waiting</strong>?</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<h3><strong>USE 1 Interrupted Action in the Future</strong></h3>
<p>Use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>I <strong>will be watching</strong> TV when she <em>arrives</em> tonight.</li>
<li>I <strong>will be waiting</strong> for you when your bus <em>arrives</em>.</li>
<li>I <strong>am going to be staying</strong> at the Madison Hotel, if anything <em>happens</em> and you <em>need</em> to contact me.</li>
<li>He <strong>will be studying</strong> at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she <em>arrives</em>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Notice in the examples above that the interruptions (<em>marked in italics</em>) are in <a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html" target="_blank">Simple Present</a> rather than <a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html" target="_blank">Simple Future</a>. This is because the interruptions are in <a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html#tc" target="_blank">time clauses</a>, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses.</p>
<h3><strong>USE 2 Specific Time as an Interruption in the Future</strong></h3>
<p>In USE 1, described above, the Future Continuous is interrupted by a short action in the future. In addition to using short actions as interruptions, you can also use a specific time as an interruption.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tonight at 6 PM, I <strong>am going to be eating</strong> dinner.<br /> <em>I will be in the process of eating dinner. </em></li>
<li>At midnight tonight, we <strong>will</strong> still <strong>be driving</strong> through the desert.<br /> <em>We will be in the process of driving through the desert. </em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>REMEMBER</strong></p>
<p>In the Simple Future, a specific time is used to show the time an action will begin or end. In the Future Continuous, a specific time interrupts the action.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tonight at 6 PM, I <strong>am going to eat</strong> dinner.<br /> <em>I am going to start eating at 6 PM.</em></li>
<li>Tonight at 6 PM, I <strong>am going to be eating</strong> dinner.<br /> <em>I am going to start earlier and I will be in the process of eating dinner at 6 PM.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>USE 3 Parallel Actions in the Future</strong></h3>
<p>When you use the Future Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions will be happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>I <strong>am going to be studying</strong> and he <strong>is going to be making</strong> dinner.</li>
<li>Tonight, they <strong>will be eating</strong> dinner, <strong>discussing</strong> their plans, and <strong>having</strong> a good time.</li>
<li>While Ellen <em>is reading</em>, Tim <strong>will be watching</strong> television.<br /> <em>Notice "is reading" because of the time clause containing "while." </em><a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/futurecontinuous.html#tc2" target="_blank"><em>(See Explanation Below</em></a><em>)</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>USE 4 Atmosphere in the Future</strong></p>
<p>In English, we often use a series of Parallel Actions to describe atmosphere at a specific point in the future.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>When I arrive at the party, everybody <strong>is going to be celebrating</strong>. Some <strong>will be dancing</strong>. Others <strong>are going to be talking</strong>. A few people <strong>will be eating</strong> pizza, and several people <strong>are going to be drinking</strong> beer. They always do the same thing.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span>Exercises</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Future Continuous Positive</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-1.html" target="_blank">http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-1.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Future Continuous Negative</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-2.html" target="_blank">http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-2.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Future Continuous Questions</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-3.html" target="_blank">http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-3.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Simple Future / Future Continuous</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs23.htm" target="_blank">http://englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs23.htm</a></p>
<p><strong>Simple Present / Simple Future</strong></p>
<p><strong>Present Continuous / Future Continuous</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs24.htm" target="_blank">http://englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs24.htm</a></p>
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