The future progressive tense, also known as the future continuous tense, is used to describe actions that will be ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the future. It is formed by using the future tense of the verb “to be” (will be) followed by the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb. Here are some examples of sentences in the future progressive tense:

1. I will be studying for my exams tomorrow evening.
2. They will be traveling to Europe next month.
3. She will be working on a new project all day.
4. We will be having dinner at the restaurant tonight.
5. He will be playing the piano during the concert.
6. The team will be practicing their routines for the competition.
7. By this time tomorrow, I will be flying to a new country.
8. At 8 PM, I will be watching my favorite TV show.
9. They will be celebrating their anniversary on Saturday.
10. The scientists will be conducting experiments in the laboratory.

In these sentences, the action is set to happen in the future and will be ongoing or in progress at a specified time.

The future progressive tense is used in two situations

1. We use the future progressive to discuss an action that intersects with another, shorter action or a time.

The action will start and might continue in the future time.

Examples

They’ll be cooking when you come

At 4 pm, we will be having a meeting.

2. We can use the future progressive to talk about something that will happen if everything happens as we expect.

This is typically mixed with the future simple as well.

Equally, this tense clarifies the difference between making a request or an offer.

Examples

The Lawyers will be making their closing statements later.

When will they be leaving for church?

How to ask a question in the future progressive tense

Use will + subject + be + verb (ending in -ing) to ask questions.

Example 

Will he be asking her to marry him this summer?

Will the market be opening this week?

Exception

This tense is only used with action verbs. The reason is that those verbs are done within a timeframe/duration

Action verbs describe activities.

Example

I will be running in the next Boston Marathon.

Paul and I will be thinking about the solutions in the next meeting.

Peter traveled to Spain. He will be seeing his grandparents.

The future progressive cannot be used for stative verbs

Stative verbs describe states of existence, like being, seeming, and knowing.

Exercise

At 10 pm tomorrow, I……………… (sleep).

Next week, I…………… (travel) to Singapore.

At 12 noon tomorrow, there …………… (meet).

In 5 years’ time, John …………………… (work) as an Accountant.

By 2033, we…………………. (buy) our house.

In a year, they ……………….. (marry).

By then, we………………. (earn) more than the Cooks.

Elizebeth called today. She ………………….. (come) for the holidays.

In an hour, I ……………….(fly) to Dublin.

In the next two years, they ……….. (build) a new house.

According to the forecast, by 5 pm tomorrow evening, it …………………….(rain).

The government …………….. (increase) taxes for the unemployed.

Self-practice exercise

Use the following verbs to make sentences in the future progressive tense

1. Lie

2. Shop

3. Get

4. Meet

5. Study

6. Exercise

7. Drive

8. Ask

9. Practice

10. Wait

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