The future progressive tense is created: be (in future = will be) + verb with ing.
Positive sentence
The train will be arriving soon.
She will be cooking dinner when her husband comes home.
Negative sentence
We will not (won’t) be giving a performance in Chicago.
I will not (won’t) be eating dinner when my favorite program is on television.
Question
What will she be doing at 10 a.m. tomorrow?
Will you be waiting for Sarah at the station when her train arrives?
USE
- to express an action which will happen in a certain moment in the future
By this time tomorrow I will be flying to Moscow.
At ten on Monday I will be painting my house.
- to predict the future
Don’t call her at seven. She will be watching her favourite film.
- to refer to continuous events in the future
In 2100 we will be flying to the Moon everyday. - sometimes the future progressive tense may have a “softening” effect in comparison with future tense
I will write this letter tomorrow.
I will be writing this letter tomorrow.
- in certain contexts the future progressive tense may be more polite in comparison with future tense
Will you write it tomorrow?
Will you be writing it tomorrow?
© Simple English News™ / Ahhoy.net