TENSES

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

Future continuous, form
The future continuous is made up of two elements: the simple future of the verb 'to be' + the present participle (base+ing)

Subject

simple future, 'to be'

base+ing

You

will be

watching

Affirmative
I will be asking

Negative
She won't be leaving

Interrogative
Will they be retiring?

Interrogative negative
Won't we be staying?

Example: to stay, future continuous

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I will be staying

I won't be staying

Will I be staying?

You will be staying

You won't be staying

Will you be staying?

He, she, it will be staying

He won't be staying

Will she be staying?

We will be staying

We won't be staying

Will we be staying?

You will be staying

You won't be staying

Will you be staying?

They will be staying

They won't be staying

Will they be staying?

Future continuous, function
The future continuous refers to an unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a time later than now. It is used:

a. to project ourselves into the future and see something happening: This time next week I will be sun-bathing in Bali.

b. to refer to actions/events that will happen in the normal course of events: I'll be seeing Jim at the conference next week.

c. in the interrogative form, especially with 'you', to distinguish between a simple request for information and an invitation: Will you be coming to the party tonight? (= request for information) Will you come to the party? (= invitation)

d. to predict or guess about someone's actions or feelings, now or in the future: You'll be feeling tired after that long walk, I expect.

More examples:

a. events in progress in the future:
When you are in Australia will you be staying with friends?
This time next week you will be working in your new job.
At four thirty on Tuesday afternoon I will be signing the contract.

b. events/actions in normal course of events:
I'll be going into town this afternoon, is there anything you want from the shops?
Will you be using the car tomorrow? - No, you can take it.
I'll be seeing Jane this evening - I'll give her the message.

c. asking for information:
Will you be bringing your friend to the pub tonight?
Will Jim be coming with us?

d. predicting or guessing:
You'll be feeling thirsty after working in the sun.
He'll be coming to the meeting, I expect.
You'll be missing the sunshine now you're back in England.

TENSES

FUTURE PERFECT

Future perfect, form
The future perfect is composed of two elements: the simple future of the verb to have (will have) + the past participle of the main verb:

Subject

will have

past participle

He

will have

finished

Affirmative
I will have left

Negative
They won't have gone

Interrogative
Will we have seen?

Interrogative negative
Won't he have arrived?

Example: to arrive, future perfect

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I'll have arrived

I won't have arrived

Will I have arrived?

You'll have arrived

You won't have arrived

Will you have arrived?

He'll have arrived

She won't have arrived

Will it have arrived?

We'll have arrived

We won't have arrived

Will we have arrived?

You'll have arrived

You won't have arrived

Will you have arrived?

They'll have arrived

They won't have arrived

Will they have arrived?

Future perfect, function
The future perfect refers to a completed action in the future. When we use this tense we are projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action that will be completed some time later than now.
It is often used with a time expression using by + a point in future time.

Examples:

a. I'll have been here for six months on June 23rd.
b. By the time you read this I'll have left.
c. You will have finished your work by this time next week.

 

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Future perfect continuous, form
This form is composed of two elements: the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) + the present participle of the main verb (base+ing):

Subject will have been base+ing
We will have been living


Affirmative

I

will have been

working

Negative

I

won't have been

working

Interrogative

Will

I have been

working?

Interrogative negative

Won't

I have been

working?

Example: to live, Future Perfect continuous

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I'll have been living

I won't have been living

Will I have been living?

You'll have been living

You won't have been living

Will you have been living?

He'll have been living

He won't have been living

Will she have been living?

We'll have been living

We won't have been living

Will we have been living?

You'll have been living

You won't have been living

Will you have been living?

They'll have been living

They won't have been living

Will they have been living?

Future perfect continuous, function
Like the future perfect simple, this form is used to project ourselves forward in time and to look back. It refers to events or actions in a time between now and some future time, that may be unfinished.

Examples:

a. I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
b. By 2001 I will have been living here for sixteen years.
c. By the time I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
d. Next year I will have been working here for four years.
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