Future Continuous

1. We use the Future Continuous to talk about something which will be in progress at a time in the future.

I’ll be having dinner at 7.00.

Don’t phone me at 8.00. I’ll be doing my homework then.

What will you be doing this time next week?

I’ll be waiting at the station when your train arrives.

2. We also use the Future Continuous for planned actions.

I’ll be going to the city centre later. Can I get you anything?

With this meaning will be doing is similar to am doing.

I’m going to the city centre later.

“Would you like me to give Peter a message for you?” “Oh, I don’t want to trouble you.” “It’s no trouble, really. I’ll be seeing Peter tomorrow anyway.”

We often use will (you) be –ing to ask about people’s plans, especially when we want something or want someone to do something.

“Will you be using your bicycle this evening?” “No, you can take it.”

“Will you be passing the post office when you go out?” “Yes, why?”

When we use will be doing form in this way, it often suggests that we do not want to change the other person’s plans.

3. The Future Continuous also expresses an action that will occur in the natural course of events, independently of the will or intention of anyone directly concerned.

In a few minutes we will be landing at Heathrow Airport.

Hurry up! The bus will be leaving any minute.

Selfcheck

H. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous or the Future Simple.

1. I’ll call for her at 7.00. – No, don’t; she still (have) breakfast then.

2. You’ve just missed the last train! – Never mind. I (walk).

3. You ask him. – It’s no good my asking him. He (not do) anything I say.

4. He says he (meet) us at the bus stop, but I’m sure he (forget) to do it.

5. Don’t ring now; she (watch) her favourite TV programme. – All right. I (ring) at 8.30.

6. “I’m so grateful for the help you’ve given Jack; I hope you (be) able to go on helping him. “I’m afraid I (not teach) him next term because I only teach the fifth form and he (be) in the sixth.

7. “The last week of our last term! I wonder what we (do) this time next year.” “Well, we (not eat) school dinners anyway. That’s one comfort.”

8. I’d like to double-glaze the bedroom windows. – All right. I (get) the materials at once and we (do) it this weekend.

9. You (have) lunch with me on the 24^th? – I’d love to, but I’m afraid I (do) my exam then.

10. We (meet) him at the station? – Oh, he (not come) by train.

11. Wait a bit. Don’t drink your tea. The milkman (come) in a minute.

12. I (work) for Mr. Pitt next week as his own secretary (be) away.

13. You (have) something to drink, won’t you?

14. Why did you take his razor? He (look) for it everywhere tomorrow.

15. I’ve fished that river every year for the last fifteen years. – Well, nobody (fish) it next year. The water’s been polluted. And the fish are dead.

16. I don’t feel well enough to go to the station to meet him. – I (meet) him for you. But how I (recognize) him? – He’s small and fair, and he (wear) a black and white school cap.

17. I hope you (do) well in the race tomorrow. I (think) of you.

18. You’ve left the light on. – Oh, so I have. I (go) and turn it off.

19. I’ve just been appointed assistant at the local library. – Then you (work) under my sister. She is head librarian there.

20. 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.

21. The prima ballerina is ill so I expect her understudy (dance) instead.

22. This time next Monday I (sit) in a Paris café reading “Le Figaro”. – You (not read). You (look) at all the pretty girls.

23. I (cook) any fish you catch, but I (not clean) them. You’ll have to do it yourself.

24. It is nearly autumn; soon the leaves (change) colour.

25. Mother: My son has just burnt his hand very badly. Doctor: I (come) at once.

26. My son will be in the sixth form next year. – That means that old Adder (teach) him mathematics.

27. I (not show) you any films this time. The projector’s broken down.

28. This time next week I (not wash) up the breakfast things. I (have) breakfast in bed in a luxury hotel.

29. Waiter, this plate is dirty. – I’m sorry, sir. I (bring) you another.

30. I (not wear) glasses when you see me next time. I (wear) contact lenses. You probably (not recognize) me.

31. You (use) your typewriter tomorrow evening? – No, you can take it.

32. May I use your phone to ring for a taxi? – Oh, there’s no need for that; my son (drive) you home.

33. Come on deck; we (enter) harbor in a few minutes.

34. Are you nearly ready? Our guests (arrive) any minutes.

35. She says that she (not lend) me the book, because I never give books back.

36. James (leave) for Australia quite soon. He has got a job there.

37. I (get) you some aspirin if you like. The chemist’s still (be) open. – No, don’t bother. The office boy (go) out in a minute to post the letters; I (ask) him to buy me some.

38. I (write) postcards every week, I promise, and I (try) to make them legible. If necessary I (type) them.

39. I’m going to Switzerland next week. – You’re lucky. The wild flowers just (come) out.

40. You (see) Tom this afternoon. I’d like you to give him a message.

41. I (tell) her what you say but she (not believe) it.

42. This time tomorrow everyone (read) of your success and all sorts of people (ring) up to congratulate you.

43. You (use) your dictionary this morning? – No, you can take it if you like.

44. We’ve just got to the top in time. The sun (rise) in a minute.

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