The Future Continuous Tense

Will you be attending the meeting next week?

Are you attending the meeting next week?

Did you attend the meeting last week?

Will you attend the meeting next week?

I will be visiting my grandparents next weekend.

I visit my grandparents next weekend.

I was visiting my grandparents next weekend.

I have visited my grandparents next weekend.

will be finishing

will finish

finished

am finishing

To describe actions that have already happened in the past.

To talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain time in the future.

To express habits or routines in the present.

To indicate actions that are currently happening.

'will not be' + verb-ing (e.g., 'will not be working')

'is not being' + verb-ing (e.g., 'is not being worked')

'has not been' + verb-ing (e.g., 'has not been working')

'was not being' + verb-ing (e.g., 'was not being worked')

It is used to set the scene for actions that will be happening at a specific time.

It is used to describe actions that have already happened.

It is used to express habitual actions in the past.

It is used to indicate actions that are currently happening.

I will be studying at 8 PM tonight.

I studied at 8 PM last night.

I am studying at 8 PM tonight.

I will study at 8 PM tonight.

Will + subject + be + verb-ing? (e.g., 'Will you be working?')

Will + subject + have + verb-ed? (e.g., 'Will you have worked?')

Is + subject + verb-ing? (e.g., 'Is you working?')

Will + subject + verb? (e.g., 'Will you work?')

'll be (e.g., I'll be going)

'wll be

'willb

'be

Use 'will be' + the verb ending in -ing (e.g., 'will be working').

Use 'is' + the verb ending in -ing (e.g., 'is working').

Use 'was' + the verb ending in -ing (e.g., 'was working').

Use 'will' + the base form of the verb (e.g., 'will work').