In this tutorial you will learn about the Future Continuous Tense and its application with practical example.
Future Continuous Tense
In this tutorial, we will learn about Future Continuous Tenses
Prerequisites
Before starting with this tutorial we assume that you are best aware of the following topics:
- Nouns.
- Pronouns.
- Verbs.
- Adjectives.
- Adverbs.
- Prepositions.
- Conjunctions.
- Interjections.
Future Continuous Tense refers to:
- An action that has not started yet but it will: Our plan will be working this time.
- An action which we think that will keep going on in future: This tree will be giving fruits.
- An action which is predicted for future and which will continue for a period of time: Our team will be performing well in this series.
Formula:-
- POSITIVE SENTENCES:
| S + WILL/SHALL + BE + V+ing + O. |
I shall be earning a lot of money.
We shall be earning a lot of money.
You will be earning a lot of money.
They will be earning a lot of money.
Boys will be earning a lot of money.
He will be earning a lot of money.
She will be earning a lot of money.
It will be earning a lot of money.
- NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
| S + WON’T/SHAN’T + BE + V+ing + O. |
I shan’t be earning a lot of money.
We shan’t be earning a lot of money.
You won’t be earning a lot of money.
They won’t be earning a lot of money.
Boys won’t be earning a lot of money.
He won’t be earning a lot of money.
She won’t be earning a lot of money.
It won’t be earning a lot of money.
- INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
| WILL/SHALL + S + BE + V+ing + O.? |
Shall I be earning a lot of money?
Shall we be earning a lot of money?
Will you be earning a lot of money?
Will they be earning a lot of money?
Will he be earning a lot of money?
Will she be earning a lot of money?
Will it be earning a lot of money?
Will Ravi be earning a lot of money?
- INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
| WION’T/SHAN’T + S + BE + V+ing + O.? |
Shan’t I be earning a lot of money?
Shan’t we be earning a lot of money?
Won’t you be earning a lot of money?
Won’t they be earning a lot of money?
Won’t he be earning a lot of money?
Won’t she be earning a lot of money?
Won’t it be earning a lot of money?
Won’t Ravi be earning a lot of money?
Rules:
- I, we – shall
- Other subjects – will
NOTE: According to modern English rule, we can use WILL with I and WE also. It means if we do not use SHALL, it would not be considered as a grammatical mistakes.
