Future Continuous Tense

Future continuous tense describes an action that will take place in the future and will continue at a time in the future. To describe such action, 'be' is used after 'shall/will' followed by the 'ing' form of the verb. The structure of the sentence is:

Subject + shall/will + be + V4 (ing form of verb) + other words

Examples:

I shall be going to market tomorrow.
We shall be learning Chinese from next month.
He/she will be playing football from 4 o'clock tomorrow.
You will be a shining star very soon.
They will be visiting the museum in the evening.
John and Ajay will be teaching us how to swim.
The boys will be practicing for the dance competition.
My mother will be embroidering this tablecloth for my sister.
My father will be scolding me for my carelessness.
The sun will be shining overhead at noon.

Structure of future continuous tense in all forms of sentences

1. Affirmative sentence: In the affirmative sentence of future continuous tense, 'be' is used after 'shall/will' followed by the 'ing' form of the verb. The structure of the sentence is:

Subject + shall/will + be + V4 (ing form of verb) + other objects

Examples:

I shall be baking the cake.
We shall be baking the cake.
He/she will be baking the cake.
You will be baking the cake.
They will be baking the cake.
John will be baking the cake.
Girls will be baking the cake.
Sita and Sneha will be doing practice for the cooking competition.
I will be surely completing my target by the month-end.
We will be doing hard labor for our coming examination.

2. Negative sentence: In the negative sentence of future continuous tense, 'not' is used after 'shall/will' followed by 'be' and 'ing' form of the verb. The structure of the sentence is:

Subject + shall/will + not + V4+ other words

Examples:

I shall not be baking the cake.
We shall not be baking the cake.
He/she will not be baking the cake.
You will not be baking the cake.
They will not be baking the cake.
John will not be baking the cake.
Girls will not be baking the cake.
Sita and Sneha will not be baking the cake.
I will not be surely completing my target in the month-end.
We will not be doing hard labor for our coming examination.

3. Interrogative sentence: In the interrogative sentence of future continuous tense, 'shall/will' is used before the subject. The structure of the sentence is:

Shall/will + subject + be + V4 + other words

Examples:

Shall I be baking the cake?
Shall we be baking the cake?
Will he/she be baking the cake?
Will you be baking the cake?
Will they be baking the cake?
Will John be baking the cake?
Will the girls be baking the cake?
Will Sneha and Sita be baking the cake?
Shall I be surely completing my target in the month end?
Shall we be doing hard labour for the coming examination?

4. Negative interrogative sentences: In the negative interrogative sentence of future continuous tense, 'shall/will is used before the subject, and 'not' is used after the subject followed by 'be' and 'ing' form of the verb. The structure of the sentence is :

Shall/will + subject + not + be + V4 + other words

Examples:

Shall I not be baking the cake?
Shall we not be baking the cake?
Will he/she not be baking the cake?
Will you not be baking the cake?
Will they not be baking the cake?
Will john not be baking the cake?
Will girls not be baking the cake?
Will Sneha and Sita not be baking the cake?
Shall I not be completing my target at the month end?
Shall we not be doing hard labor for the coming examination?

Uses of future continuous tense

It is used to describe an action that will occur in the future and will be in progress at a time in the future.
Examples: At this time tomorrow, we will be at our sister's marriage ceremony. I think it will be sunny tomorrow when I go to the office.
It is used to express a planned action that is expected to happen in the future.
Examples: The examination will be going to start next week. They will be staying here till Monday. My friend will be coming soon.
To express official plans and arrangements 'be to' is used with the root form of the verb. The structure of such a sentence is:
Subject + be (is/am/are) + to + V1 (I form of verb) + other words
Examples:
The president of America, Joe Biden, is to visit India tomorrow. The conference is to discuss the "new farmer bill." They are to go to London for higher education.