[Notes] Future Continuous Tense

Introduction

Personal notes, for reference only.

Basic Structure

• Declarative Sentences
  • Affirmative:

    Subject will be doing sth

  • Negative:

    Subject won’t / will not be doing sth

• Interrogative Sentences

  Will subject be doing sth?

Examples

• An action that will be ongoing for a period of time in the future

  Eg: Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week.

• An action that will begin before a certain point in the future and may continue

  Eg: Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. He will be climbing the Himalayas.

• (Prediction) Describing something that will naturally happen, not arranged by people

  Eg: The weather report says that it will be raining when we arrive in London.

• Politely asking about someone’s future plans

  Eg: Will you be visiting your uncle in London?

• Expressing reasons, results, or speculations

  • Speculation

    Eg: If I fail to show up at 7:00, I won’t be coming.

    Eg: The advanced technology will be helping us explore the outer space.

  • Reason

    Please come tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow morning I’ll be having a meeting.

  • Result

    Stop the child or he will be falling over.

Reference Phrases

fail to do sth

from…to…

According to