Future Continuous
Grammar

We use the future continuous to talk about ongoing actions in the future. We use the auxiliary verb will with be and the verb in the gerund (the form with -ing). It is conjugated the same way as the auxiliary verb will.

Affirmative
In the future people will be flying spaceships instead of driving cars.
Negative
In the future people won't be working hard because machines will do all of the work.
Question
Will they be studying in schools in the future?

Exercise - Future continuous

Instructions
Write sentences about what you think people will or won't be doing in 100 years.

example
cook

Possible answsers:

- or -

(The answer depends on what you think.)

Find the Mistake

Instructions
Identify the error in the following sentences and write the corrected version.

example
He are a teacher. → He is a teacher.

Writing

Describe what people will and will not do in the future.

People will be . . .
People won't be . . .

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Exercise - Future continuous

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