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Future Continuous: positive sentences

450 fill-in-the-gap exercises, 45 tests of ten

Will be for every subject, then the verb with -ing.

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The pattern

Nothing changes with the subject:

I will be waiting. She will be waiting. They will be waiting.

The short form is ’ll be: I’ll be, you’ll be, we’ll be.

The future moment comes first or last

Because the tense measures against a point, that point is almost always stated:

Notice the last one: after when, English uses the present, exactly as with the Future Simple.

Two things at once

One future action can run while another happens:

While you’re checking in, I’ll be parking the car.

Reassurance

A common use tells someone that a situation will already be handled by the time they arrive:

Don’t worry about the key — I’ll be waiting outside.

All forms

SubjectFull formShort form
every subjectwill be workingI'll be working

Examples

Taken from the 450 sentences in this drill. The answer is highlighted.

Mistakes to avoid

Wrong: He will being waiting. correct: He will be waiting.

The fixed part is be, not being.

Wrong: They will be work late. correct: They will be working late.

The main verb needs -ing.

Other forms of Future Continuous

Positive Statements in Future Continuous Tense 450 sentences, 45 tests of ten Negative Statements in Future Continuous Tense 450 sentences, 45 tests of ten Questions in Future Continuous Tense 450 sentences, 45 tests of ten WH-Questions in Future Continuous Tense 450 sentences, 45 tests of ten
Mixed practice → Done with this form? Try it among all the others — ten, twenty or thirty sentences from every form at once.