The Future Continuous

We use the present continuous to talk about an exact moment in the present, that is now (I am writing); we use the past continuous to talk about an exact moment in the past (I was sleeping at 6 o’clock this morning), we use the future continuous to talk about an exact moment in the future.

I will be having dinner at 7 o’clock this evening.

The fact that we are using a continuous tense means that the action is long and will probably start before the specified time and finish some time after.

As with the past continuous we don’t have to say the time if we specify the moment with another action.

I will be having dinner when you arrive.

We will be sleeping when the results are announced.

Look at the construction:

subject

will

be

-ing form of verb

I

will

be

sleeping

at midnight.

They

will

be

watching

television at 8 o’clock this evening.

We

will

be

waiting

for you when you arrive.

I

will

be

having

a shower when the soap opera is on.

Look at the question form:

Question word

auxiliary verb

subject

verb

What

will

you

be doing

at 8 o’clock this evening?

Who

will

you

be playing

with?
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