General Information
we use the future continuous to talk about an …
action that happened in the future
I will start work on Monday.
This sentence is in future simple tense?
True or False?
True
Don't call me at 8pm, I ____(eat) dinner
Don't call me at 8pm, I will be eating dinner
At this time/ tomorrow/ I / lie/ on the beach (positive)
At this time tomorrow I will be lying on the beach.
Tomorrow morning I will be playing football.
I will start playing football before this particular moment in the future.
Does the Future Continuous tense specifies in certain cases the exact time of when will the action happen in the future?
yes
I work late tomorrow evening.
True or False?
I will be working late tomorrow evening
______(it rain) in the afternoon?
Will it be raining in the afternoon?
Sarah / sing / at the concert tonight (positive)
Sarah will be singing at the concert tonight
My dad will be teaching me how to drive in the afternoon.
The action of teaching will start before the specified time in the future.
The difference between the simple future and the future continuous is
the future continuous shows an action that will be progress in the future
I will join the Olympics
this sentence is in the future continuous tense
True or False?
False, it is in the simple future
I ______(start) solving my homework in few minutes.
I will start solving my homework in few minutes.
Jack / stay/ at a hotel (negative)
Jack won't be staying at a hotel
I will play tennis at 5:00 pm
The action of playing will start in the future just at 5:00 pm
will the action start in the future at the particular moment mentioned? or before the particular moment mentioned in the future?
before the particular moment mentioned in the future
She will be dancing on the stage when I enter the theater
The action (enter) is interrupted by the action (will be dancing)
True or False?
False, the action of dancing in the future will be interrupted by the action of entering
She _____ (not/drive) tomorrow.
She will not drive tomorrow.
Peter /work / late (question)
Will Peter be working late?
She will start practicing in 2 hours.
The action of practicing will start exactly after 2 hours from now.
why do we call it continuous?
because the action is in progress
I will be running in the park tomorrow at 9:30
The action of running started at 9:30
True or False?
False it started before 9:30
Jack _____(not/ flying) to Los Angelus at 8:00 next week.
Jack will not be flying to Los Angelus at 8:00 next week.
They / eat/ dinner / in a restaurant / this evening (question)
Will they be eating dinner in a restaurant this evening?
We will be having a good time this time tomorrow
The action of having a good time will start before the specified time in the future.