The future progressive/future continuous tense expresses events taking place in the future and is especially used for events that have a duration.
Here are some examples.
Future Continuous Tense Examples
Examples of Affirmative sentences
Construction of an affirmative sentence for the future continuous tense:
Subject + will + be + verb(-ing) + object.
Examples of future continuous tense:
- They will be studying English for 5 years this month.
- We will be shopping in that market this Monday.
- Jeff will be travelling around the world in March.
- I will be living in Germany
- Michael will be running a marathon this Saturday.
- I will be playing tennis at 10 am tomorrow.
- By Christmas, I will be skiing like a pro.
- I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight.
- This time next Thursday I‘ll be flying to Thailand.
- They‘ll be skiing this weekend.
Examples of negative sentences
Negative sentence construction for the future continuous tense:
Subject + will + not + be + verb (-ing) + object.
Examples of future continuous tense:
- We will not be watching a TV show on Monday.
- I will not be attending the program because of my busy schedule.
- She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.
- They won’t be watching TV at 9 pm tonight.
- You will not be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.
- We will not be having dinner at 8.00 tonight.
- I won’t be flying to Thailand this time next week.
- I won’t be going to bed late
- They will not be telling us much about next week’s test.
- You won’t be doing much cooking this week.
Examples of questions
Question construction for the future continuous tense:
Will + subject + be + verb (-ing) + object?
Examples of future continuous tense:
- Will she be coming tomorrow?
- Will you be going to the concert of realistic songs?
- What will you be doing when I arrive?
- Will Jim be coming with us?
- Will she be going to the party tonight?
- Will you be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight?
- Who will be having dinner tonight?
- Will he be speaking with his advisor this afternoon?
- Will they be going home today or tomorrow?
- Will we be skiing in the mornings and the afternoons?
Read the detailed article on the future continuous tense.