Future Continuous

“Group 7”
 Robbal Fadilah Andian
 Sepri Adi Saputra
 Ardi Pandu Wiratama
Industrial Engineering 2024
• Future continuous tense is a form of verb to express
event that are taking place in the future or time with
specific time information , or sentences that use this
tense have a time duration.
 Future Countinouos Tense Formula
Setence Patterns Formula

(+) Positive Subject + will/shall + be + verb-ing + complement

(-) Negative Subject + will/shall + not + be verb-ing + complement

(?) Interrogative Will/shall + subject + be + verb-ing + complement

 Notes!
- Auxiliary verb “shall” is mostly used for the subjek I and We.

- Future continuous tense formed with capital verb will, auxiliary verb
be and present participle form the main verb.

- Present participle is verb-ing or also known as gerund.

 Example Of Sentences
(+) Positive :
 Adi will be running in a marathon race this Saturday
morning.
 He will be staying at the office at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
 I will be doing an exam at this time tomorrow.
 Example Of Sentences
(-) Negative :
 I won’t be sleeping at this time tomorrow.
 Pandu will not be playing games for a month.
 My brother will not be practicing football tonight at eight
o’clock.
 Example Of Sentences
(?) Interrogative :
 Will you be coming to Susi’s birthday party tomorrow
night?
 Will he be sleeping in this room?
 Will they be calling you tomorrow night?
Adverb of Time in Future Continues Tense
Adverb of Time Artinya

At this time next year Pada saat ini tahun depan

At eight o’clock tomorrow morning Pada jam 8 pagi besok

Tonight at eight o’clock Nanti malam jam 08:00

Next year on april Tahun depan pada bulan april

Tomorrow night Besok malam

Tomorrow evening Besok sore

Tomorrow afternoon Besok siang

 Verbs in Future Continuous Tense
 This action verb is a verb to describe an activity, action, event, such as walking,
writing, etc. Meanwhile static verbs describe states and existence, such as
knowing, being, etc.
 So, the formula will+be+present participle with stative verbs will be less precise.
For more details, you can see the following example:
 False: When the leaves fall tomorrow, summer will be seeming like a distant memory.
 True: When the leaves fall tomorrow, summer will seem like a distant memory.
“Seem” (appear) is a stative verb. If we insert “seem” into the future continuous
tense formula like the first sentence, this is certainly not correct.
However, if stative verb such as “seem” is included in the simple future tense
formula like the second sentence, then is still possible.
 Functions and uses of Future Continuous
Tense and Example Sentences
1. Events in progress at a particular time in the future
 My mom will be calling you at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.
 ’ll be putting the kids to bed at 7 o’clock so don’t call then.

2. Interrupted action in the future

 I will be playing games when he arrives today.
 I will be waiting for you when your plane arrives.
3. Make polite enquiries about someone’s plans without wishing to influence
those plans
 Will Pandu be coming home?
 Will Robbal be watching the football tonight?
4. Future continuous is used to predict the future
 Don’t go round there now, the baby will be sleeping!
 Our team is losing 5-0. My dad will be going crazy!
5. Arrangement
 We’ll be leaving at 10 o’clock.
 We‘re leaving at 10 o’clock.
 We’ll be leaving at 10 o’clock… so don’t be late!
6. Refers to an event that is currently happening, which we expect to happen in
the future
 Adi will be seeing Jennie at the conference next week.
 When he is in Australia he will be staying with friends

7. Current events are still continuing in the future

 In an hour I’ll still be ironing my clothes.
 Tomorrow he’ll still be suffering from his cold.
 Reference
https://www.english-academy.id/blog/future-continuous-tense
Toppr. Future Continuous Tense. Online. Available at
https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/tenses/future-continuous-tense/.
[Accessed 14 February 2022]
Esl Base. Future Continuous. Online. Available at
https://www.eslbase.com/grammar/future-continuous. [Accessed 14
February 2022]
Thank You
• Questions :
1. What is the difference between using future tense sentences and Future Continuous tense
sentences? (Mr. Akbar Juansyah)
• Future simple is used to talk about actions or events that will happen at a specific time in the
future.
• Future simple is used to talk about actions or events that will happen at a specific time in the future