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Future Continuous: wh-questions

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

Question word, then will, then the subject, then be and the -ing form.

Where question word

will will

you subject

be staying? be + ing

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The usual order

Five slots: question word — will — subject — be — the -ing form.

How long will you be staying?

When who is the subject

Nothing swaps:

Who will be meeting us at the airport?
What will be happening on the main stage?

The neutral enquiry, with a question word

Just as with yes/no questions, the Continuous version asks rather than requests:

When will you be leaving? — what time does it work out at?
When will you leave? — when have you decided to go?

The first is what a receptionist asks; the second is what an impatient host asks.

How long will you be

A fixed phrase meaning how much longer do you need:

How long will you be? — answered with Two minutes.

All forms

Question word	Example	Asking about
What	What will you be doing at six?	the activity
Where	Where will they be staying?	the place
When	When will she be arriving?	the time
Why	Why will he be working late?	the reason
How long	How long will you be staying?	the duration
Who	Who will be driving?	the person — see below

Examples

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

Where will the children be playing after the bell?
Where will your brother be studying next semester?
Where will she be working next week?
What will he be watching this evening?
Who will your brother be traveling with in August?
Where will the students be staying in September?
Where will the students be waiting for the bus tomorrow?
What will he be eating for dinner?
Where will they be dancing later in the evening?
What will your brother be cooking for the guests?
Where will they be relaxing during their vacation?
How long will the students be writing their essays?

Mistakes to avoid

Wrong: What you will be doing? correct: What will you be doing?

Will goes before the subject.

Wrong: Who will he be driving? correct: Who will be driving?

When who is the driver, there is no second subject.

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.