Future Continuous Tense
Usage
The future continuous refers to an unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a time later than now. The future continuous is used for quite a few different purposes.
The future continuous can be used to project ourselves into the future.
Examples
- This time next week I will be sun-bathing in Bali.
- By Christmas I will be skiing like a pro.
- Just think, next Monday you will be working in your new job.
The future continuous can be used for predicting or guessing about future events.
Examples
- He'll be coming to the meeting, I expect.
- I guess you'll be feeling thirsty after working in the sun.
- You'll be missing the sunshine once you're back in England.
In the interrogative form, the future continuous can be used to ask politely for information about the future.
Examples
- Will you be bringing your friend to the pub tonight?
- Will Jim be coming with us?
- Will she be going to the party tonight?
- Will I be sleeping in this room?
The future continuous can be used to refer to continuous events that we expect to happen in the future.
Examples
- I'll be seeing Jim at the conference next week.
- When he is in Australia he will be staying with friends.
- I'll be eating with Jane this evening so I can tell her.
When combined with still, the future continuous refers to events that are already happening now and that we expect to continue some time into the future.
Examples
- In an hour I'll still be ironing my clothes.
- Tomorrow he'll still be suffering from his cold.
- Next year will she still be wearing a size six?
- Won't stock prices still be falling in the morning?
- Unfortunately, sea levels will still be rising in 20 years.
Subject-Verb Agreement
Affirmative
- I will be drinking...
- I'll be drinking...
- You will be drinking...
- You'll be drinking...
- We will be drinking...
- We'll be drinking...
- They will be drinking...
- They'll be drinking...
- He will be drinking...
- He'll be drinking...
- She will be drinking...
- She'll be drinking...
- It will be drinking...
- It'll be drinking...
Interrogative
- Will I be drinking...?
- Will you be drinking...?
- Will we be drinking...?
- Will they be drinking...?
- Will he be drinking...?
- Will she be drinking...?
- Will it be drinking...?
Negative
- I won't be drinking...
- I will not be drinking...
- I'll not be drinking...
- You won't be drinking...
- You will not be drinking...
- You'll not be drinking...
- We won't be drinking...
- We will not be drinking...
- We'll not be drinking...
- They won't be drinking...
- They will not be drinking...
- They'll not be drinking...
- He won't be drinking...
- He will not be drinking...
- He'll not be drinking...
- She won't be drinking...
- She will not be drinking...
- She'll not be drinking...
- It won't be drinking...
- It will not be drinking...
- It'll not be drinking...