Future Continuous Tense | How to Learn with Formulas Examples

Future Continuous Tense with negative, interrogative, and interro-negative sentences under its definitions, formulas, rules, and exercises by reading Future Continuous Tense: How to Learn with Formulas Examples.

Future Continuous Tense: How to Learn with Formulas Examples

STEP – I

Future =coming time

Continuous = happening in recent time

Tense =  time/verb

Future Continuous Tense = any action will be done in continuous time.

STEP – II

Definition of Future Continuous Tense:

In this tense anything is done, happened, or borne in future or coming times in Continuous aspects.

Basically, there are three basic contents in any sentence.

They will be going their duties.

First of all, the subject is placed at the start of the sentence then will be or shall be, the first form of the verb with “ing” (a fourth form of the verb) and object at the end with a full stop.

Important: We shall place “shall be” after “I” and “We” whereas “will be” after every subject like you he, she, Aamir, they, etc.

Examples of Future Continuous Tense:

He will be going abroad.
We shall be eating food.
I shall be going to school.
Moosa will be studying a book.
They will be traveling to Lahore.

Change “shall be” into “will be” and “will be” change into “shall be” if there is needed to give a must touch.

Will be ➡️ shall be

Shall be ➡️ will be

Examples:

Swill/shallbe1VingO
WeshallbePlayingcricket

We shall be playing cricket. 

Swill/shallbe1VingO
Youwillbebathingcanal

You will be bathing in a canal.

Swill/shallbe1VingO
Iwillbegoingschool

I shall be going to school.

Swill/shallbe1VingO
YouShallbegoingingschool

You will be bathing in the canal.

Swill/shallbe1VingO
Youwillbewriteingletter

You will be writing a letter.

Negative Sentences of  Future Continuous Tense:

To make a sentence negative, add “not” right after the helping verb “will”.

Formula of Negative Sentence of Future Continuous Tense:

S + will/shall + not + 1V ing + O

Examples:

Swill/shallnotbe1VingO
Hewillnotbegoingschool

He will not be going to school.

Swill/shallnotbe1VingO
Theywillnotbedoinghomework

They will not be doing homework. 

STEP – III

Interrogative Sentence of Future Continuous Tense:

To make the sentence of Future Continuous Tense interrogative, place “helping verb” at the start of the sentence and add a question mark at the end. Let us formulate:

Will/Shall + S + be + 1V ing + O ?

Will/shallSbe1VingO?
Willhebegoingschool?

Will he be going to school?

Will/shallSbe1VingO?
Willtheybedoinghomework?

Will they be doing homework?    

STEP – IV

Interro-negative Sentences of Future Continuous Tense

To make a sentence interro-negative, first, make it negative and finally place the helping verb at the start of the sentence and end it by adding a question mark.

S +  will /shall + be+1V  + O (simple)

S +  will /shall not + be+1V  + O (-ve)

Now Interronegative Sentence:

Will /Shall + S + not + be+1V  + O?

Will/shallSnotbe1VingO?
ShallInotbegoingschool?

Shall I not be going to school?

Will/shallSnotbe1VingO?
Willtheynotbedoinghomework?

Will they not be doing homework?

You may also learn:

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

English Tenses

Future Perfect Tense

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