The Future Continuous
will be Ving
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I will be doing I will not be doing will I be doing?
you will be doing you will not be doing will you be doing?
he/she/it will be doing he/she/it will not be doing will he/she/it be doing?
we will be doing we will not be doing will we be doing?
you will be doing you will not be doing will you be doing?
they will be doing they will not be doing will they be doing?
The Future Continuous is used:
1) to express an action in progress at a definite future moment.
We’ll just be beginning the experiments then, and my contract here ends this summer.
2) to express an action which the speaker expects to take place in the future in the natural course
of events. It may be used with or without time indications and generally refers to the near future
though it is also possible to use it for a more distant future.
e.g. Maurice is tired. He will be coming to bed directly.
Bob will not be coming. He’s been taken ill.
Time expressions:
while, when, at 5 o’clock tomorrow, this time next week/month/year, in 5 weeks / days /
years time
I. Open the brackets in the Future Continuous.
1. This time tomorrow they ________________ (sit) in the train on their way to Chicago.
2. Don’t phone Jim from 5 to 6 – he __________________________ (have) English.
3. Why are you in a hurry? If you arrive at 8 o’clock, they ________________ (still/ cook)
the meal.
4.- I’m not sure I’ll recognize Eve. I haven’t seen her for ages.
- She _____________________ (wear) a dark blue pullover and jeans.
5. – Can we meet tomorrow?
– Yes, but not in the afternoon. I __________________ (work).
6. I ___________________________________ (watch) TV when you come home.
7. Tomorrow in the evening I _________________ (sit) by the fire and
_______________________ (read) a book.
II. Complete the questions using the verbs in brackets in the Future Continuous.
1. What ____________________ (you / do) this time next week?
2. - _______________________ (you / use) your dictionary this morning?
- No, you can borrow it if you like.
3. ______________________ (you/go) away this summer?
4. - ____________________ (you /go) anywhere near a chemist’s this morning?
- Yes, why?
- Could you get me some aspirin, please?
- Yes, of course.
5. What ________________________ (we / do) in ten years’ time, I wonder?
6. - How long ___________________ (you / use) this computer?
- You can have it in a minute.
III. Complete the sentences using the verbs from the box in the Future Continuous.
ring rise wait earn work arrive play fly run read
1. Andrew can’t go to the party. He ____________________________ all day tomorrow.
2. I _____________________________________ at the station when your train arrives.
3. We’ve just got to the top in time. The sun _________________________ in a minute.
4. – Are you nearly ready? Our guests ______________________________ any minute.
5. This time tomorrow everyone ____________________ of your success and all sorts of
people ____________________________ up to congratulate you.
6. I’ll be out at three o’clock. I ______________________________ golf.
7. My friend ______________________ to Madrid at this time next week.
8. Five years from now I _________________ a big company. I expect I
___________________ lots of money.
IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous or Future Simple.
1. – You have just missed the last train!
- Never mind. I _______________________ (walk).
2. He says he _______________ (meet) us at the bus stop, but I’m sure he ______________
(forget) to do it.
3. This time next Monday I ____________________ (sit) in a Paris cafe reading Le Figaro.
4. Customer in a restaurant: Waiter, this plate is dirty.
Waiter: I’m sorry, sir. I __________________ (bring) you another.
5. I _________________ (not / wear) glasses when you see me next. I _____________
(wear) contact lenses. You probably __________________________ (not / recognize) me.
6. It’s nearly autumn; soon the leaves ____________________________ (change) colour.
7. - I want to post this letter but I don’t want to go out in the rain.
- I ____________________ (post) it for you. I ___________________ (go) out anyway
as I have to take the dog for a walk.
8. James ______________________ (leave) for Australia quite soon. He has got a job
there.
V. Translate into English.
1. В это время на следующей неделе я буду наслаждаться отпуском.
2. Завтра в два часа дня Джек будет представлять свою презентацию на
конференции.
3. Что ты будешь делать завтра в это время?
4. Когда ты вернешься, я буду ждать тебя здесь.
5.Весь следующий год они будут заниматься важной исследовательской работой.
6. Не звони мне завтра с 10 до 11. В это время буду сдавать экзамен по
экологической терминологии.
