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MUHI English; Empowering Your English

Task 14
Study the use of Future Continuous Tense.

These people are standing in a queue to
get into the cinema.

Half an hour from now, the cinema will
be full.
Everyone will be watching the film.

Three hours from now, the cinema will
be empty.
The film will have finished.
Everyone will have gone home.

Part B Picture 3.9
I will be doing something (future continuous) = I will be in the middle of doing it:
(a) This time next week I’ll be on holiday. I’ll be lying on the beach or swimming in the sea.
(b) You have no chance of getting the job. You’ll be wasting your time if you apply.

Compare will be (do)ing and will (do):
(a) Don’t phone between 7 and 8. We’ll be eating.
(b) Let’s wait for Liz to arrive and then we’ll eat.
Compare:
(a) At 10 o’clock yesterday, Tina was in her office. She was working. (past continuous)
(b) It’s 10 o’clock now. She is in her office. She is working. (present continuous)
(c) At 10 o’clock tomorrow, she will be in her office. She will be working. (future continuous)
Part C
We also use will be -ing to talk about complete actions in the future.
For example:
(a) The government will be making a statement about the crisis later today.
(b) Later in the program, I’ll be talking to the Minister of Education.
(c) The team’s star player is injured and won’t be playing in the game on Saturday.
When we use it in this way, will be (doing) is similar to will (do) and going to (do).

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