Future Continuous: yes/no questions

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

Move will in front of the subject. Be and the -ing form stay together.

Will will

you subject

be using be + ing

the car tonight? the rest

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Getting your first question ready.

The pattern

Only will moves:

You will be working. → Will you be working?

Short answers use will

Will she be joining us? — Yes, she will. / No, she won’t.

The question that asks without asking

This is the tense’s most useful trick. The Continuous question enquires about a fact; the simple question makes a request:

Will you be going to the post office? — I am asking what you are doing.
Will you go to the post office? — I am asking you to go.

Because the first puts no obligation on anyone, it is the polite default in service situations: Will you be staying another night? Will you be paying by card?

Checking before you ask

The Continuous question is often the first half of a favor:

Will you be driving past the station? — Yes. — Could you drop me off?

All forms

Subject	Question	Short answer, yes	Short answer, no
every subject	Will they be coming?	Yes, they will.	No, they won't.

Examples

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

Will we be going to the concert tomorrow evening?
Will they be watching their favorite TV series tomorrow?
Will he be attending the meeting tomorrow morning?
Will he be taking a business trip next month?
Will she be doing a dance performance at the concert next week?
Will they be buying a new house in the neighborhood?
Will he be playing football with his friends this weekend?
Will they be reading the news tomorrow morning?
Will they be going to a concert next month?
Will they be visiting the aquarium tomorrow morning?
Will we be waiting for dinner at that restaurant?
Will they be studying for their exams next month?

Mistakes to avoid

Wrong: Do you will be working? correct: Will you be working?

Will asks its own question.

Wrong: Will you be work tomorrow? correct: Will you be working tomorrow?

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.