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Future Continuous tense Examples : All Four Forms

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Hello readers! Welcome to Edify English. This article is on various forms of Future Continuous Tense Examples which helps you to understand how the tense is used in communication. But before going into that, it is essential to learn the structure and rules of future continuous tense.

Future Continuous Tense Examples various forms

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Future Continuous Tense

Future continuous tense is expressed in sentences that show an action that will be going on at some time in the future.

Structure: Subject + Will/ shall + be + verb 1 + ing + Object

Examples:

  • I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
  • Tom will be visiting India in January next year.
  • I shall be writing an essay for an examination at this time tomorrow.

For both the singular and plural subjects, the structure of the tense remains the same.

Future Continuous tense Examples

Like all the other tenses, the future continuous tense can also be expressed in four different forms. They are as follows:

Positive : Subject + Will/ shall + be + verb 1 + ing + Object

Positive Interrogative : Will/ shall +Subject + be + V1 + ing + Object?

Negative : Subject + will/shall + not + be + V1 + ing + Object

Negative Interrogative : Will/ shall + not + Subject + be + V1 + ing + Object?

Now let us take an example, I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight. The four forms of this sentence are:

  • I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
  • Will I be playing a game at 8 PM tonight?
  • I will not be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
  • Won’t (Will+not) I be playing a game at 8 PM tonight? (or) Will I not be playing a game at 8 PM tonight?

Exercise Some more future continuous tense examples are as given below. Write all the four forms of the examples as part of the exercise and post it in the comment section below.

  1. She will be travelling to New York tomorrow.
  2. The President will be addressing the press conference.
  3. China will not be participating in the Olympics.
  4. They will be preparing dinner for the guests in a while.
  5. I shall be making a move by now.

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Future Tense- Kinds, Structure, Example Sentences

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We can describe future tense for the sentences whose action will happen/ hasn’t happened yet. The four types of future tense are discussed below.

Future-Tense-Kinds-Structure-Example-Sentences

Simple Future Tense

This is used in the sentences where the action will take place at some time in the future.

Structure: Subject + Will/ Shall + Verb 1 (V1) + Object
  • I shall meet you tomorrow.
  • He will play Cricket in the evening.
  • Martin will complete his studies in 2020.
  • They will go on a world tour next month.
  • We shall be late to the show.

Tips:  Sentences that contain the words tomorrow, next week, soon, later, after, etc. can use Future tense.

When are will and shall used?

Traditionally, Shall is used with the first person pronouns (I and We) and Will is used with the second and third-person pronouns (he, she, It and they). However, when expressing something certain, will can be used with the first person pronouns and shall can be used with the second and third-person pronouns.

–          We will not tolerate such behavior.

–          They shall go to the Museum.


Future Continuous Tense

Structure: Subject + Will/ shall + be + verb 1 + ing + Object

This is expressed in sentences that show an action that will be going on at some time in the future.

  • I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
  • Tom will be visiting India in January next year.
  • I shall be writing an essay for an examination at this time tomorrow.

Future Perfect Tense

Structure: Subject + will/shall + have + Verb 3 (V3) + Object

Sentences that denote the actions that will be completed by a certain time in the future use the future perfect tense.

  • We will have seen that film by tomorrow night.
  • Sasha will have gone to London by June next year.
  • I will have got a job by the end of the year.
  • She will have reached there by midnight.
  • I will have finished the work by this time tomorrow.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: Subject + will/ shall + have been + Verb 1 + ing + object

If an action is projected to be in progress over a period of time, we can use this perfect continuous tense in that sentence.

  • I will have been working in this organization for two years by the end of June this year.
  • Monika will have been pursuing her research for one year by December 2019.

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