Tag: Future continuous tense
Future continuous Tense I – Progressive tense
Future continuous Tense
When we want to express an activity or event going on at a particular time or over a specific period in future will be + -ing (future continuous tense) is used.
Affirmative sentences:
Sub + will be/shall be + action + ing + obj.
You/they/he/she/it/name/plural noun + will be doing
I/we + shall be + doing.
But these days, in modern English we don’t use shall be in speaking; it is just used for the sake of writing.
- I will be facing the interview tomorrow.
- Next time, we will be going to see the Church at Sardhana in Meerut.
- Next month, the prime minister of India – Narendra Modi will be celebrating five years in power.
- At 4 o’clock, I will be going to meet with the CEO of the company.
- Sumit will be running the 1600 mitres Army race this Friday.
- Ashish will be running a marathon this Sunday.
- I will be watching the Conjuring movie.
- Sumit will be competing against Ashish in the race.
- Anand Sir will be teaching English at 10 o’clock.
Read blow Negative sentences of Future Continuous Tense
Sub + will not be(won’t be) + action + ing + obj.
- She won’t be taking a bath now.
- He won’t be making a speech at the moment.
- They won’t be getting serious when mother scolds.
- It won’t be raining heavily at night.
Interrogative sentences I(Future continuous Tense):
Will + sub + be + action + ing + Obj?
- Will you be learning the Guitar on Sunday?
- Will he be expecting good behaviour from him?
- Will she be coming here?
- Will Kapil be singing a song in the concert?
Interrogative negative sentences II:
Will + sub + not + be + action + ing + obj?
- Will you not be going to market?
- Will she not be talking to you at night?
- Will he not be working in this company next year?
- Will Farmers not be committing suicide next year?
- Will the BJP not be celebrating its winning moment?
OR
Won’t + Sub + be + action + ing + Obj?
- Won’t she be telling you the truth?
- Won’t he be getting your point while studying?
- Won’t they be playing carrom board?
- Won’t Rahul be facing his problems?
- Won’t your younger brother be cooking food?
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs(Future continuous Tense):
- She will be ………. Interview tomorrow. (face, faces, facing)
- They won’t be ………… examinations. (take, giving, taking)
- What ……. be eating for lunch tomorrow?
(has he, did he, was he, will he)
- What ……. be buying from market or haven’t made a plan so far?
(Will you, did you, have you, were you)
- Won’t …….. be raining heavily tonight?
( he, it, you, we)
- There is an appointment with a doctor of mine. Oh really! Will you be …………. nervous?
( feel, feels, feeling, felt)
- Why ……. he not be learning how to cook food?
(will, have, did, does)
- Sumit ……… facing interview tomorrow.
(shall be, will be, was)
- ……….. your friend be marrying in winter.
(shan’t, was, won’t, )
- I think that he …….. delivering the speech.
(shall be, was, will be, do)
Tenses – Used to indicate time
Tenses
A tense is a form of the verb which denotes the particular point of time. The form of verbs tell us the action or state and time.
Tense is distributed into three periods
| 1. Present | 2. Past | 3. Future |
Subdivisions: there are four categories of Tenses
| Indefinite | Continuous |
| Perfect | perfect continuous |
Tenses Chart
| Indefinite | Continuous | Pefect | Perfect continuous | |
| Present | V1/verb +es/s Or do/does + v1 | Is/are/am + verb + ing | Has/have + v3 | Has been/have been + verb + ing |
| Past | V2 or did + v1 | Was/were + v + ing | Had + v3 | Had been + verb + ing |
| Future | Will/shall + v1 | Will be/shall be + verb + ing | Will have + v3 | Will have been/shall have been + verb + ing |
Indefinite:
-
Present indefinite tense (Simple present tense)
| I do. | He does. |
| Do you play hockey? | I don’t play but he plays. |
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Past indefinite tense (Simple past tense)
| I did. | What did you find there? |
| Did you walk at night? | I didn’t walk at night but He walked. |
- Future indefinite tense (I will do.)
| I will help him. | he will not go. |
| Will you learn English? | We will follow the rules. |
Continuous Tenses(progressive actions)
- Present continuous tense ( I am doing)
| I am speaking the truth. | You are making a mistake. |
| She is buying some vegetables. | Are they not helping others? |
- Past continuous tense ( I was doing)
| He was going home. |
| Were they smoking in the street? |
- Future continuous tense (I will be doing)
| She will be learning how to swim in summer vacations. | He will be going to his hometown by train tomorrow. |
Perfect (action done)
-
Present perfect tense ( I have done)
| he hasn’t got ready yet. | They have taken breakfast. |
| She has gone. | Rahul has not reached the railway station yet. |
- Past perfect tense (I had done)
| I had already taken dinner. |
| She hadn’t done her homework before. |
- Future perfect tense (I will have done)
| She will have done her graduation by next year. |
| I will have completed my class by 10 am. |
Perfect continuous tense (progressive actions with time expressions)
- Present perfect continuous tense ( I have been doing)
| She has been reading a novel for an hour. |
2. Past perfect continuous tense( I had been doing)
| I had been walking in the park since 9 pm. |
3. Future perfect continuous tense ( I will have been doing)
| He will have been running in a marathon since 6 am. |
Exercise (Tenses):
Write the name of tenses
- He has done it.
- She did.
- They had done it before.
- You have been doing it for a long time.
- He will have done it by Monday.
- Katherine is still doing it.
- We were doing then.
- I am doing.
- I will be doing.
- Were you doing?
- Who did it?
- She does.
- He will do.
- Rock had been doing the exercise since morning.
- Not only that, but Jack will have been doing his work since night.

