Future Continuous Reinforcement

Future Continuous

Reinforcement

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What do you remember about "future continuous tense"?

Future Continuous Grammar Structure

• The future continuous tense, sometimes also referred to as the future progressive tense, is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time. It is formed using the construction will + be + the present participle (the root verb + -ing).

The Future Continuous Tense Is for Action Verbs Only

It is important to note that the future continuous tense is only used with action verbs, because it is possible to do them for a duration.

The Future Continuous Tense Is for Action Verbs Only

(Action verbs describe activities like running, thinking, and seeing. Stative verbs describe states of existence, like being, seeming, and knowing.) To use the will + be + present participle construction with a stative verb would sound very odd indeed.

To use the will + be + present participle construction with a stative verb would sound very odd indeed.

• Incorrect: I will be being stressed tomorrow during my science test.

• Correct: I will be stressed tomorrow during my science test.

more examples:

• Incorrect: When the sun comes out tomorrow, winter will be seeming like a distant memory.

• Correct: When the sun comes out tomorrow, winter will seem like a distant memory.

Multiple Choice

According to the exceptions we are talking about, what is the correct use of future tense?

• After I study, I will be knowing all the answers for the test

• After I study, I will know all the answers for the test.

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Once we have talked about positive, and question formation, How do you create negative sentences for future continuous tense?

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Post part of the lyrics of a song (and singer/band) you know where future continuous is used, e.g. Till the sky falls down/Dash Berlin;

"It's been so long since I have touched you

I can't remember how it feels

To have your loving arms around me

This is the pain I've never healed

I'll be waiting

'Till the sky falls down..."

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Using Future Continuous, write what you will be doing next Saturday at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m.

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Write what you think you will be doing in 10 or 15 years( 5 sentences)

Poll

I feel ready to identify, build and use this grammar structure.

• Yeah, Tolly ready!

• Almost there

• Hmmm..enough, I guess.

• Not really

• Argh...not even close

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Is there anything missing in this explanation that you think it could be important to be mentioned?