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Future continuous
Usage:
• to talk about an action which will be
 in progress
at some time in the future
Don
’t
 phone me 
at 8.00
 pm.
 I’ll be having a meeting
 then.
• to talk about an activity or state which covers the whole of a future time period
I’ll be working
 
all evening
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• to talk about things in the future which are already planned, or which are 
part of a regular routine
I’ll be driving
 into town later on. Do you want a lift? 
— Shall
 I
 give Jim a message for you? — Oh,
 I
 don
’t
 want to trouble you.
—It’s no trouble, really.
 I’ll be seeing
 Jim tomorrow, anyway.
Verbs normally not used in the Continuous tense
a. verbs of thinking
think (= believe) 
believe 
suppose 
remember
see (= understand) 
recognize 
mean 
realize
imagine 
forget 
know 
understand
I won’t forget my stay in the USA.
b. verbs of feeling
like dislike hate love prefer want wish
Jane is a very nice girl. I think you’ll like her very much. 
c. sense verbs
see look smell taste feel
Don’t put on this dress. You’ll look weird in it. 
d. other verbs
have (= possess) 
own belong (to) owe 
hear 
be 
need
include 
cost contain weigh 
sound 
seem
She’ll need a lot of knowledge to do the job.
POSITIVE FORM
will be + Presert Participle (Verb + -ing)
I
You
He/She/It 
will (ll) be working tomorrow. 
We 
You 
They
Spelling of ending -ing. See Appendix p. 227
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NOTE:
a) will is used with all persons (I, You, He, They, etc.).
b) shall is used instead of will with I or we, but in everyday speech, will 
is more common.
c) in spoken English ‘ll is used with subject pronouns.
I’ll be seeing Helen next week. Paul will be waiting for you outside.
Exercise 20. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous Tense. 
Use contractions (‘ll) where possible.
Example: I ________ (have) dinner at 7.00 pm. — I’ll be having din-
ner at 7.00 pm.
Carol ________(stay) in my friends’ flat. — Carol will be staying in my 
friends’ flat.
1. They ___________ (arrive) in time for lunch.
2. Mrs Brown ___________ (appear) at the Royal Festival Hall.
3. We ___________ (stay) in Newcastle for about a couple of weeks.
4. I ___________ (travel) all over the country with Adrian, one of my closest 
friends.
5. At 2.00 pm tomorrow she ___________ (work) in the office.
6. At this time tomorrow, I ___________ (sit) in class.
7. Don’t be impatient. He ___________ (come) soon.
8. At this time tomorrow, I ___________ (walk) in the Hyde Park in London.
9. My father ___________ (watch) football at 6 o’clock.
10. Tom and Frank ___________ (see) their new client tomorrow to talk about 
the contract.
11. Glenn ___________ (live) in London for the next few weeks.
12. Peter and Sam ___________ (have) a good time on their holiday in Turkey.