Future Continuous
The Future Continuous is used to describe an event or action that will be in progress at a given time in the future.
This event or action will start before the given time and may continue after it.
- Right now Daniel is working in a cafe. (Present Continuous)
- In 3 years’ time he hopes he will be running his own restaurant. (Future Continuous)
To make the Future Continuous, we use will be + the “-ing” form of the verb:
| Singular | Plural |
| I will (’ll) be waiting
You’ll be waiting He/she/it’ll be waiting |
We’ll be waiting
You’ll be waiting They’ll be waiting |
- This time next week I’ll be walking in the parks of Versailles.
- Tom will be starting school in September.
The Future Continuous is also used in neutral questions — to ask for information, but not to make a request.
Consider the following examples:
| Neutral question | Request |
| Will you be passing by the new grocery store? They have a wide selection of tea on sale. | Will you pass by the new grocery store, please? We’ve run out of tea. |
| Will you be attending the meeting this afternoon? Several interesting speakers are expected. | Will you attend the meeting this afternoon, please? They’ll discuss the topics of your interest. |
The Future Continuous can sometimes be formed with ‘going to’ instead of ‘will’, but this is less common.
Use am/is/are + going to be + the “-ing” form of the verb:
- I’m going to be studying all day long.
- Do you want to go to a concert tonight? My wife’s going to be performing.
- Shall we have lunch together on Friday? Peter and Jessica are going to be visiting our city.