Future Continuous Tense in Urdu with negative, interrogative, and interro-negative sentences under its definitions, formulas, rules, and exercises.
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
| S | will/shall | be | 1V | ing | O |
| We | shall | be | Play | ing | cricket |
We shall be playing cricket.
| S | will/shall | be | 1V | ing | O |
| You | will | be | bath | ing | canal |
You will be bathing in a canal.
| S | will/shall | be | 1V | ing | O |
| I | will | be | go | ing | school |
I shall be going to school.
| S | will/shall | be | 1V | ing | O |
| You | Shall | be | going | ing | school |
You will be bathing in the canal.
| S | will/shall | be | 1V | ing | O |
| You | will | be | write | ing | letter |
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:
| S | will/shall | not | be | 1V | ing | O |
| He | will | not | be | go | ing | school |
He will not be going to school.
| S | will/shall | not | be | 1V | ing | O |
| They | will | not | be | do | ing | homework |
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/shall | S | be | 1V | ing | O? |
| Will | he | be | go | ing | school? |
Will he be going to school?
| Will/shall | S | be | 1V | ing | O? |
| Will | they | be | do | ing | homework? |
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/shall | S | not | be | 1V | ing | O? |
| Shall | I | not | be | go | ing | school? |
Shall I not be going to school?
| Will/shall | S | not | be | 1V | ing | O? |
| Will | they | not | be | do | ing | homework? |
Will they not be doing homework?
FAQs
What is the difference between simple future tense and future continuous tense?
Simple Future expresses a single action or decision in the future.
Future Continuous expresses an ongoing action that will be happening at a specific time in the future.
When future perfect continuous tense is used?
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to describe an action that will have been happening for a specific duration of time at a certain point in the future.
Which form of verb is used in future perfect continuous tense?
In the Future Continuous Tense, the verb is used in the present participle form (verb + -ing).
She will be studying for her exams tomorrow.
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