Future Continuous Tense, Definition and Examples

English Future Continuous Tense, Definition and Examples

Future Continuous Tense

When we talk about our plans about the future in everyday life, we need to use future tense. However, it may be necessary to use different vocabulary structures for different verbs when talking about future tenses. For example, if the action we are talking about about the future requires continuity, we should sometimes use future continious tense.

We often need to include such uses when we want to put forward a list of plans for the future. Using future continious tense for continuity-indicating actions will help increase the intensity of meaning when reporting that we will do one job before or after another job in the future.

This and many other uses indicate that you have a good command of the English language and help you better explain your own thoughts to your environment.

Positive Sentence in Future Continious Tense

If you want to build a positive sentence using the future continious tense structure, it’s easy. Because in the future continious tense structure, we need to bring -ing suffix to the simplest forms of verbs. There are no other rules we need to memorize about the use of verbs. Therefore it is very easy to use future continious tense.



It is possible to construct positive sentences in the future continious tense in two different structures. We will give you detailed information about these two different structures.

• Subject + am / is / are + going to + Verbing + Object
• Subject + Will + Be + Verbing + Object

Here some examples:

1. I am going to water these flowers.
2. I will be doing my homework tomorrow.

Negative Sentence in Future Continious Tense

If you want to learn the structure of the Negative Sentence in Future Continious Tense, all you have to do is change the entire structure of the sentence with a small suffix. The suffix should be used in a negative sentence structure as ‘’not’’ . You can use this suffix in the same structure.

• Subject + am / is / are + not + going to + Verbing + Object
• Subject + Will not / won’t + Be + Verbing + Object

Here some examples:

1. 1. I am not going to taking shower when you will come.
   2. I will not be trying to do it, do not worry, I promise.
   3. She is not going to talking about it to her mother.

Here are Future Continuous Tense Examples;

Positive Sentences;

• When you arrive, I will be sitting in the park.
• I will be loving you.
• I will be waiting for you.
• It will be raining at this time tomorrow.
• He will be visiting his friends this time next week.
• She will be watching TV.
• This time tomorrow, we will be working on our project.
• They will be writing letter to each other.

Negative Sentences;

• When you arrive, I will not (won’t) be sitting in the park.
• I  will not (won’t) be loving you.
• I  will not (won’t) be waiting for you.
• It  will not (won’t) be raining at this time tomorrow.
• He will not (won’t) be visiting his friends this time next week.
• She will not (won’t) be watching TV.
• This time tomorrow, we will not (won’t) be working on our project.
• They will not (won’t) be writing letter to each other.

Question Sentences;

• Will you be sitting in the park when I arrive?
• Will you be loving me?
• Will you be waiting for me?
• Will it be raining at this time tomorrow?
• Will he be visiting his friends this time next week?
• Will she be watching TV?
• This time tomorrow, will we be working on our project?
• Will they be writing letter to each other?