Future Continuous

Use
For an action which will be in
progress at a stated future
time.

This time next week, I’ll be

skating in Australia.
 No, I’ll do it. I’ll be
Use Shall I inform
seeing them at the
meeting anyway.
For an action which will definitely
happen in the future as the result of the rest of the
a routine or arrangement. team?
Use
When we ask politely about
someone’s plans for the near future No. Why?
(what we want to know is if our Will you be using
wishes fit in with their plans) the photocopier for
long?

I need to make
some photocopies.
Use
Make a prediction about the present or past, that is to say what we
believe may be happening or have happened.

- There’s somebody in the phone for you. «That’ll be my mother»

- Don’t call her now.- she will be sleeping.
- It’s seven o’clock. Dad will have left the office by now.
Form
• I/He/They will (‘ll) be V-ing.

• I/He/They will not be V-ing.

• Will I/He/They be V-ing?

- Yes, I/He/They will.
- No, I/He/They will not ( or won’t).
Time Expressions
• In the future
• Next week
• Next time
• All day
• At this moment next year
• At this time tomorrow
• At 5 p.m tomorrow…
• The teacher will be teaching in a class.
• He will be studying hard during the exam.
• I will be talking with my best friend.
Thanks for your attention!!!