VERBAL TENSES

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FUTURE
PROGRESSIVE
WILL/GOING TO
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Positive Sentences Structure:
Subject/Pronoun + WILL + BE + Verb Present + ING + Complement +
Time Expression
Positive Sentences Examples:

Sara will BE speaking with her mom next Friday.

The employee will BE finishing the assignments on time every day.

Positive Sentences Structure:
Subject/Pronoun + Verb To Be Present + GOING TO + BE + Verb Present
+ Complement + Time Expression
Positive Sentences Examples:
Sara is going to BE speaking with her mom next Friday.

The employees are going to BE finishing the assignments on time every day.
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Negative Sentences Structure:
Subject/Pronoun + WILL NOT (WON’T) + BE + Verb Present + ING +
Complement + Time Expression
Negative Sentences Examples:
Sara will not (won’t) BE speaking with her mom next Friday.

The employee will not (won’t) BE finishing the assignments on time every day.
Negative Sentences Structure:
Subject/Pronoun + Verb To Be Present (NEGATIVE) + GOING TO + BE +
Verb Present + ING + Complement + Time Expression
Positive Sentences Examples:
Sara is not (isn’t) going to BE speaking with her mom next Friday.

The employees are not (aren’t) going to BE finishing the assignments on

time every day.
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Yes/No Questions Structure:
Auxiliar Future (will) + Subject/Pronoun + BE+ Verb Present + ING +
Complement + Time Expression
Yes/No Questions Examples:
Will Sara BE speaking with her mom next Friday?

Short Answer Positive: Yes, she will (be).

Short Answer Negative: No, she won’t (be).

Will the employees BE finishing the assignments on time every day?

Short Answer Positive: Yes, they will (be).

Short Answer Negative: No, they won’t (be).
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Yes/No Questions Structure:
Verb To Be Present + Subject/Pronoun + GOING TO + BE + Verb Present +
ING + Complement + Time Expression
Yes/No Questions Examples:
Is Sara going to BE speaking with her mom next Friday?

Short Answer Positive: Yes, she is.

Short Answer Negative: No, she isn’t.

Are the employees going to BE finishing the assignments on time every day?

Short Answer Positive: Yes, they are.

Short Answer Negative: No, they aren’t.
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Structures and Examples
WH-Questions Structure:
WH-Word + Auxiliar Future (will) + Subject/Pronoun + BE + Verb Present + ING
+ Complement + Time Expression
WH-Questions Examples:
Where will Sara BE speaking with her mom next Friday?

Long Answer: She will BE speaking with her mom next

Friday in her apartament.

Why will the employees BE finishing the assignments on

time every day?

Long Answer: They will BE finishing the assignments on

time every day, because they work fast and efficiently.
**because they will BE working fast and efficiently.**
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WH-Questions Structure:
WH-Word + Verb To Be Present + Subject/Pronoun + GOING TO + BE+ Verb
Present + ING + Complement + Time Expression
WH-Questions Examples:

Where is Sara going to BE speaking with her mom next Friday?

Long Answer: She is going to BE speaking with her mom next

Friday in her apartament.

Why are the employees going to BE finishing the assignments

on time every day?

Long Answer: They are going to BE finishing the assignments

on time every day, because they work fast and efficiently.
**because they are going to BE working fast and efficiently.**