Future Continuous tense將來進行式

Future Continuous tense將來進行式

The Future Continuous tense is used to express continuous actions which will take place in the future.

--Mr. Smith will be waiting for us.
--They will be arriving tomorrow.

The structure of the future continuous tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb WILL	+	auxiliary verb BE	+	main verb
		invariable		invariable		present participle
		will		be		base + ing

For negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we insert not between will and be. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and will. Look at these example sentences with the future continuous tense:

	subject	auxiliary verb		auxiliary verb	main verb
+	I	will		be	working	at 10am.
+	You	will		be	lying	on a beach tomorrow.
-	She	will	not	be	using	the car.
-	We	will	not	be	having	dinner at home.
?	Will	you		be	playing	football?
?	Will	they		be	watching	TV?

When we use the future continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and will:

I will	I'll
you will	you'll
he will she will it will	he'll she'll it'll
we will	we'll
they will	they'll

For spoken negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we contract with won't, like this:

I will not	I won't
you will not	you won't
he will not she will not it will not	he won't she won't it won't
we will not	we won't
they will not	they won't

Exercise:

1.          I _____________(play) tennis at 10am tomorrow.

2.          They ________ not ________________ (watch) TV at 9pm tonight.

3.          What ______ you ____________ (do) at 10pm tonight?

4.          What ______ you ___________ (do) when I arrive?

5.          She ______ not ____________ (sleep) when you telephone her.

6.          We_______________ (have) dinner when the film starts.

7.          Take your umbrella. It _________________ (rain) when you return.

8.          I ________________ (wait) for you when your bus arrives.

9.          I am going to ____________ (stay) at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me.