In English Grammar, the Future Continuous Tense, also known as the Future Progressive Tense is the second most important and frequently used tense of the future tenses. Let's discuss some of the important usages of the future progressive tense in today's blog.
USAGES
The future continuous tense is used to express an activity that will be in progress at a particular moment in the future but one doesn't know when it will start and end.
Examples:
I will be working in the office at this time tomorrow.
She will be teaching her kids at 10 am tomorrow.
They will be reading the newspaper in the morning tomorrow.
The future continuous tense is used to show an action that occurs in the usual way or as a routine. No intention of the speaker or doer of the action is involved rather it happens casually.
Examples:
They will be going to school tomorrow.
She will be cooking the meal.
We will be studying history in class.
I will be writing content about a product tomorrow.
In the above examples, all the actions will happen in the normal way and there is intention or planning. It is quite different from the following:-
I am writing content about a product tomorrow.
Now here the speaker has made a plan to write content about a product but in the first one, there is no planning. The speaker does it in routine.
The future continuous tense is used for the statements giving information.
Example:
She will be cleaning the kitchen.
It is just a statement that is giving information about the newcomer where she will have to work.
The future continuous tense is also used to predict the present.
Example:
Don't call now, they will be having dinner.
The future continuous tense is also used for polite inquiries about people's plans or decisions they have already made.
Examples:
Will you be having more tea?
Will you be staying this evening? (very polite inquiry, we simply want to know his plan)
But it is a lot different from the following:-
Are you going to stay this evening? (pressing for a decision)
Will you stay this evening, please? (instruction or order)
Both "shall" and "will" are helping or auxiliary verbs that are used with all the verbs to form the future simple tense. They are also called model verbs. The traditional rule in British English says that "shall" is used with the first person pronoun (I & we) whereas "will" is used with all the remaining pronouns i.e. the second and third person pronouns (he, she, it, they, you). However, in American English, "shall" is avoided and instead "will or should" is used.
According to rules and laws, the word "shall" indicates that something must happen or someone is obliged to do something because of a rule and law.
STRUCTURE
Positive or Affirmative Sentence
She will be writing a novel.
Formula:
Subject + will/Shall + be + Base form of the verb + ing + Object
Negative Sentence
She will not be writing a novel.
Formula:
Subject + will/shall + not + be + Base form of the verb + ing + Object.
Question Sentence
Will she be writing a novel?
Formula:
Will/shall + Subject + not + be + Base form of the verb + ing + Object.
Negative Interrogative Sentence
Won't she be writing a novel?
Will she not be writing a novel?
Formula:
Won't/shan't + Subject + be + Base form of verb + ing + Object.
Will/shall + Subject + not + be + Base form of verb + ing + Object.
The negative interrogative sentences can be made in two ways. If the word "not" is contracted with the auxiliary verb, then it comes before the subject and if it is not contracted, then the word "not" comes after the subject to make a negative interrogative sentence. In the first sentence, the word "not" has been contracted with the auxiliary verb while in the second sentence, it has been used in expanded form and that's why it has been put after the subject of the sentence.
RECOGNITION IN URDU
Examples:
Recognition in Urdu is very important. It helps a lot in translation. If you don't know the tense of a sentence, you will be unable to translate it.