Future continuous refers to an action or event that will take place over a period of time. In contrast to the simple future, in which a statement of fact is important, when using a long time, the emphasis is on the process of action. In Russian, this line is rather thin.
Future Continuous Education
Assertion
When forming the affirmative form, the future tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (shall be/will be) is used in combination with the verb, through which the action or meaning of what is happening is conveyed. The semantic verb is put in the form of the present participle. Simply put, the ending -ing is added.
She will be running in the morning. - She will run in the morning.
Question
As for the interrogative form, it differs from the above in that the auxiliary verb is placed at the beginning of the sentence.
Will she be running? - Will she run?
Denial
The order of parts of speech in a sentence with a negative form is as follows: the subject, then shall be or will be, the particle "not" (not), and then the semantic verb with the ending -ing.
She will not be running. - She won't run.
A negative question
The "not" particle follows the subject. That is, the word order is as follows: shall be / will be, subject, particle “not”, semantic verb (with an “ing” ending).
Will she not be running? - Won't she run?
Passive form
The Future Continuous form exists only in the active voice. In the passive mood, the future continuous is not used. It used to be possible to express an event or action directed at a subject through the passive form, but the English language is changing towards simplification. If you need to use a passive voice in the form of the future tense, then Simple is used instead of Continuous.
This book will be read by me. - The book will be read by me.
More details in the table
| Affirmative | Interrogative | Negative | ||||
| … shall be/will be + IV | Shall/Will … be + IV ? | … shall/will not be + IV | ||||
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I We |
shall/will be reading |
Shall/Will |
I We |
be reading |
I We |
shall not be/ will not be reading |
|
He She It You They |
will be reading |
Will |
He She It You They |
be reading |
He She It You They |
will not be reading |
Roman numeral IV refers to the participle of a verb ending in -ing (Present Participle, or the fourth form).
Most common abbreviations
The abbreviated form is used mainly in colloquial speech. In English, the following abbreviations are allowed:
- I shall=I'll.
- We shall=We'll.
- You will=you'll.
- He will=he'll.
- She will=she'll.
- It will=it'll.
- They will=they'll.
- Shall not=shan't.
- Will not=won't.
In addition to the above phrases, the following abbreviated forms are also widely used:
- I am - I'm.
- Do not - don't.
- Are not - aren't.
When is the future continuous used
The Future Continuous is used when it is necessary to focus on the duration, and not on the very fact of performing an action. With rare exceptions, it is translated into Russian with an imperfect form of the verb.
Future Continuous: sample sentences and rules
1. The designation of a continuous action, the beginning of which preceded the mentioned moment and continued for a certain period of time.
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often combined with time markers such as atnoon, at midnight, at 8 o'clock, at that moment, tomorrow, next month (winter, year), day after tomorrow etc;
In an hour I'll be walking on the beach. - I'll be walking along the beach in an hour.
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sometimes another action or event in the future, expressed using the Present Indefinite in a complex sentence, in the subordinate clause, acts as a time designation;
When he comes back, I'll be walking. - When he comes back, I will take a walk.
future continuous example sentences
2. In addition, The Future Continuous Tense is often used along with the simple future (Future Indefinite). The only difference lies in the fact that with the help of a long time the process is emphasized, and the future indefinite tense conveys only the very fact of performing an action. In Russian, this difference is not always noticeable.
She will be playing the piano the whole morning.
She will play the piano the whole morning. - She will be playing the piano all morning.
3. However, Future Continuous does not always convey a long action. Sometimes it can be used to express confidence that a certain event will happen, or to express a firm intention to do something.
I'll be visiting her tomorrow. - Tomorrow I will visit her.
4. An expression of a continued action that will take a specified time period. It is not necessary that the action be performed continuously throughout this period of time. Often there are such phrases: all daylong, the whole morning, all winter etc.
She will be studying all summer. - She will study all summer.
Features and rules for the formation of the present participle (ing-form)
The form of the word with the ending ing includes the present participle form of the verb, the gerund and the verbal noun. The present participle is used to form the future continuous tense. When forming the sacrament, it is important to consider the following:
- consonants at the end of a word are doubled if the word consists of one syllable:sit - sitting, stop - stopping;
- word ends in -e, then -e is removed and put - ing: dance - dancing, change - changing;
- ending -ie changes to -y: lie - lying;
- in other cases, the verb is completed with the ending -ing without any changes in the word: study - studying, work - working.
In order to get a good understanding of the rules for using tenses in English, you can practice writing your own sentences and dialogues. For a better understanding, you need to apply the knowledge gained.
