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 Future Continuous

There are 10 questions in this quiz. Read the grammar explanation below.
1. Complete the sentence.
Alex ___ late. He’s stuck in traffic.

will be arriving
will arriving
will be arrive

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Future Continuous
Use:
a) Use the future continuous to talk about an event that will already be in progress at a specified time in the
future.

This time next week, I’ll be driving to my parents’ house.

Phrases often seen with this use of the future continuous include:
By ..., This time next week..., In __ years’ time...; when + present simple; by the time + present simple.

When you arrive, I’ll be driving home.

By the time I get home, you’ll probably be having a bath.

b) The future continuous can be used instead of the present continuous for future plans.

Will you be going to Jane’s party?

Yes, but I’ll be getting there a bit late, because I’m going to a meeting after work.

c) We can also use the future continuous to make a guess about something that is in progress at the moment.
Don’t phone Richard now, he’ll be having dinner.
Oh no, I forgot about the dinner! It’ll be burning, I know it!
These sentences are not about the future but we can use the future continuous to talk about what we assume
is happening at the moment.
Form:
a) You can make the future continuous with will or going to. Make the future continuous this way:

Positive and Negative

I will be verb + ing

you won’t be
he / she it
we
am / are / is going to be
they
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Will I be verb + ing?

you
Won’t
he / she it
Am we going to be
Is they
Are

b) Remember that some verbs are not used in continuous tenses. These include verbs connected with
possession: possess, own, belong, likes and dislikes: like, love, hate and other abstract verbs: seem, be, cost,
want.

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