Future Continuous Tense

UNIT X

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

(Bentuk akan datang sedang berlangsung)

A.    Penggunaan

Untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa atau kejadian yang akan sedang berlangsung di waktu tertentu (specified time) di masa mendatang.

B.     Keterangan waktu

1. at the same time …

-          tomorrow

-          next Friday

2. at this time …

-          next month

-          next week

3. at … o’clock tomorrow
4. at … o’clock next …
5. by this time …

-          tomorrow

C.    Susunan kalimat

1. Positive (+)

Subject + will/shall + be + V ing

Subject	shall/will	be	Verb ing	Object
I	Shall	be	writing	a story
You			buying	a shirt
We	will		cleaning	the room
They			playing	tennis
He			going	to school
She			giving	a present
It			swimming	very fast

2. Negative (-)

(-) Subject + will/shall + not + be + V ing

Subject	shall/will	not	be	Verb ing	Object
I	Shall	not	be	writing	a story
You				buying	a shirt
We	will			cleaning	the room
They				playing	tennis
He				going	to school
She				giving	a present
It				swimming	very fast

3. Interrogative (?)

(?) Will/shall + Subject + be + V ing ?

shall/will	Subject	be	Verb ing	Object
Shall/will	I	be	writing	a story?
	You		buying	a shirt?
will	We		cleaning	the room?
	They		playing	tennis?
	He		going	to school?
	She		giving	a present?
	It		swimming	very fast?

Future Continuous Tense

I will be singing

How do we make the Future Continuous Tense?

The structure of the future continuous tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb WILL	+	auxiliary verb BE	+	main verb
		invariable		invariable		present participle
		will		be		base + ing

For negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we insert not between will and be. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and will. Look at these example sentences with the future continuous tense:

	subject	auxiliary verb		auxiliary verb	main verb
+	I	will		be	working	at 10am.
+	You	will		be	lying	on a beach tomorrow.
-	She	will	not	be	using	the car.
-	We	will	not	be	having	dinner at home.
?	Will	you		be	playing	football?
?	Will	they		be	watching	TV?

When we use the future continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and will:

I will	I'll
you will	you'll
he will she will it will	he'll she'll it'll
we will	we'll
they will	they'll

For spoken negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we contract with won't, like this:

I will not	I won't
you will not	you won't
he will not she will not it will not	he won't she won't it won't
we will not	we won't
they will not	they won't

 

We sometimes use shall instead of will, especially for I and we.

How do we use the Future Continuous Tense?

The future continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the future. The action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at that moment. For example, tomorrow I will start work at 2pm and stop work at 6pm:

At 4pm tomorrow, I will be working.
past	present	future
4pm
		At 4pm, I will be in the middle of working.

When we use the future continuous tense, our listener usually knows or understands what time we are talking about. Look at these examples:

• I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.
• They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.
• What will you be doing at 10pm tonight?
• What will you be doing when I arrive?
• She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.
• We'll be having dinner when the film starts.
• Take your umbrella. It will be raining when you return.

Using the present continuous for the future

The future continuous tense is the present continuous tense recycled. It is often used to ask about and discuss future arrangements or plans with just the addition of a future time, but you only use it when these arrangements are certain.
For example:
Q) What are you doing next week?" A) "I'm working."
Q) What's he doing tomorrow?" A) "He's playing tennis."
The present continuous tense is also used to talk about and make future appointments and arrangements using the words go or come....
For example:
Q) When are you coming to see me?" A) "Next week."
Q) What are you doing tomorrow?" A) "I'm going to the dentist."
...and using verbs of arrival and departure.
"We're arriving in London at 2.30."
"The train leaving from platform one is the 2.45 to Edinburgh."

The Future Continuous (will be doing)

The use of 'will be doing' in a sentence is often referred to as the future continuous. It is used to talk about activities that will be happening at a particular time or over a particular time in the future.
For example:
Next week we will be having a party. Can you come?
You can also use it (or the present continuous form) to talk about future plans.
For example:
We will be leaving here at 7.30pm.