A prediction based on our opinion or past experience

E.g. Don’t you know? Our team’s playing. The stadium will be full on Sunday.

3. an on - the - spot (immediate) decision

E.g. ‘How about a party tonight?’ ‘OK, I ’ll come. ’

A polite inquiry

E.g. When will you make a decision?

THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

(THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE)

The Formation of the Future Continuous

1. We form the Future Continuous by means of the auxiliary verb TO BE in the Future Indefinite (will be) and Participle I of the main verb.

WILL BE + PARTICIPLE I (Ving)

E.g. I will be writing the letter at that moment.

She will still be reading the book at this time tomorrow.

In informal English we can also use short affirmative forms.

Full affirmative forms	Short affirmative forms
I (he, she, it, we, you, they)will be working.	I (he, she, it, we, you, they)’ll be working.

2. In negative sentences we place the negative particle NOT after the first part (will) of the auxiliary verb TO BE. In informal English we use short negative forms.

E.g. I will not / won’t be writing the letter at that moment.

She will not / won’t be reading the book at this time tomorrow.

Full negative forms	Short negative forms
I (he, she, it, we, you, they)will not be working.	I (he, she, it, we, you, they)won’t be working.

3. In interrogative sentences (questions) we place the first part (will) of the auxiliary verb TO BE before the subject.

E.g. Will I be writing the letter at that moment?

Will she still be reading the book at this time tomorrow?

4. In negative - interrogative sentences (negative questions) we place the first part (will) of the auxiliary verb TO BE before the subject and the negative particle NOT after the subject. In informal English we place short negative forms before the subject.

E.g. Will I not/Won’t I be writing the letter at that moment?

Will she not / Won’t she still be reading the book at this time tomorrow?

Full negative-interrogative forms	Short negative-interrogative forms
Will I (he, she, it, we, you, they) not be working?	Won’t I (he, she, it, we, you, they) be working?

The Use of the Future Continuous

We use the Future Continuous to denote:

An action in progress at a definite moment in the future

· with the adverbials at this time tomorrow, at that moment, at 6 o’clock on Friday, from 5 till 7 tomorrow, etc.

E.g. I ’ll be working at my report at 8 o’clock tomorrow.

We will be waiting for you from 10 till 11 next Tuesday.

The definite moment can be understood from the context or indicated by another future action.

E.g. He can’t come at 2 o’clock tomorrow because he ’ll be singing at the concert.

I ’ll be working in the garden when he returns.

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