Future Continuous Tense in English Grammar
Future Continuous Tense in English Grammar
Future Continuous Tense āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ tense āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ tense āĻā§āĻŦ useful, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ future plan, future routine, expected action, polite question āĻāĻŦāĻ future ongoing situation āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠âI will be studyingâ, âShe will be workingâ, âThey will be playingâ, âWe will be learning EnglishââāĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ sentence āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ future continuous tense meaning, uses, structure, will be + V-ing rule, negative-question forms, future time expressions, simple future vs future continuous difference, common mistakes, practice āĻāĻŦāĻ quiz āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
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Future Continuous Tense āĻā§?
Future Continuous Tense is used to describe an action that will be happening at a specific time in the future.
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Lesson #24-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ Simple Future Tense āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύ, āϝāĻžāϰ structure āĻšāϞ⧠will + V1 āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ future action, promise, prediction āĻŦāĻž decision āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Future Continuous Tense āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ future-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense-āĻāϰ main structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will be + V-ing. āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠will be āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ main verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ -ing āϝā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
She will be working this time tomorrow.
They will be playing football in the evening.
We will be learning English next week.
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠will be studying, will be working, will be playing, āĻāĻŦāĻ will be learning future continuous tense.
Uses of Future Continuous Tense
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ card-āĻā§āϞā§āϤ⧠click āĻāϰāϞ⧠future continuous tense-āĻāϰ use āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Specific Future Time
At 8 pm tomorrow, this time next week.
Future Ongoing Action
Will be doing something.
Future Routine
Expected or scheduled action.
Polite Question
Will you be joining?
Parallel Future Actions
Two future actions happening together.
Future Background
When you arrive, I will be…
Future Continuous Tense Structure
Positive, negative āĻāĻŦāĻ question structure āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
| Sentence Type | Structure | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Subject + will be + V-ing + Object | I will be studying English. | āĻāĻŽāĻŋ English āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦ / āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| Negative | Subject + will not be / wonât be + V-ing | She will not be working tomorrow. | āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ |
| Question | Will + Subject + be + V-ing? | Will they be playing football? | āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ football āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§? |
| Wh-Question | Wh-word + will + Subject + be + V-ing? | What will you be doing at 8 pm? | āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§? |
| Future Time | Subject + will be + V-ing + future time | I will be sleeping at midnight. | āĻŽāϧā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ/āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
Very Important Rule
Future Continuous Tense-āĻ main structure āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ will be + V-ing. Correct: I will be studying. Wrong: I will be study / I will studying.
Future Continuous Tense Rules
Future continuous tense āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠will be, V-ing, future time expression āĻāĻŦāĻ simple future difference clear āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Basic Rule
Future continuous tense-āĻāϰ structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will be + V-ing.
She will be writing.
They will be playing.
Will Be + V-ing Rule
āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ will be āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ will be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb V-ing āĻšā§āĨ¤
He will be studying.
They will be studying.
We will be studying.
Negative Structure
Negative āĻāϰāϤ⧠will-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠not āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ Will not be-āĻāϰ short form āĻšāϞ⧠wonât be.
She wonât be working tomorrow.
They will not be playing.
We wonât be waiting for long.
Question Structure
Question āĻāϰāϤ⧠will sentence-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϏā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ subject + be + V-ing āĻšā§āĨ¤
Will he be joining the class?
What will they be doing?
Where will she be staying?
Future Time Expressions
Future continuous tense-āĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ future time expression āĻā§āĻŦ common.
this time tomorrow
next week at this time
when you arrive
I will be studying at 8 pm tomorrow.
Simple Future vs Future Continuous
Simple future future action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Future continuous future-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
I will be studying at 8 pm tomorrow. = action will be happening then
She will call you. = future action
She will be working when you call. = action will be in progress
Common Time Expressions with Future Continuous
Future continuous tense-āĻ future time expressions sentence-āĻāϰ meaning clear āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
| Time Expression | Use | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| at 8 pm tomorrow | Specific future time | I will be studying at 8 pm tomorrow. | āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| this time tomorrow | Same time in future | This time tomorrow, I will be traveling. | āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ travel āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| when you arrive | Future background action | I will be waiting when you arrive. | āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| tomorrow morning | Future period | She will be working tomorrow morning. | āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| all evening | Long future duration | They will be practicing all evening. | āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āϏāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻž practice āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| next week at this time | Future moment | We will be attending class next week at this time. | āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž class āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
Bengali LearnersāĻĻā§āϰ Common Future Continuous Mistakes
Future continuous tense-āĻ learnersāϰāĻž will be, V-ing āĻāĻŦāĻ simple future confusion āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
I will studying English. â
I will be studying English. â
Future continuous tense-āĻ will be + V-ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
She will be study tonight. â
She will be studying tonight. â
Will be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb V-ing āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
They will be plays football. â
They will be playing football. â
Will be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠verb+s/es āύā§, V-ing āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Will you be join the class? â
Will you be joining the class? â
Question form-āĻāĻ be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠V-ing āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
I will be not working. â
I will not be working. â
Negative āĻāϰāϤ⧠will-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠not āĻŦāϏā§: will not be.
I will be knowing the answer. â
I will know the answer. â
Know stative verb, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ continuous form āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense Practice
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ exercises āĻāϰ⧠future continuous tense practice āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
A. Choose the Correct Form
B. Make Negative and Question
C. Quick Quiz
This Lesson Belongs to These Grammar Topics
Main Grammar homepage-āĻāϰ card/topic structure-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ lesson connect āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Tense
āĻāĻ lesson tense category-āĻāϰ detailed lesson.
Future Continuous
Future-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§ā§ ongoing action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Will Be + V-ing
āĻāĻ tense-āĻāϰ main structure āĻšāϞ⧠will be + V-ing.
Speaking Practice
Future plan, polite question āĻāĻŦāĻ expected action āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠useful.
EngLrn Grammar Lesson Sequence
āĻāĻ lessonāĻāĻŋ Grammar Series-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻāĻāĻŋāĻļāϤāĻŽ lesson āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ tracked āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Lesson Complete?
āĻāĻ lesson complete āĻšāϞ⧠Grammar Lesson #26: Future Perfect Tense in English Grammar āĻĒā§ā§āύāĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Beginner learnersāĻĻā§āϰ common questions-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense āĻā§?
Future Continuous Tense āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ tense āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠action āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense-āĻāϰ structure āĻā§?
Basic structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will be + V-ing. Example: I will be studying. She will be working. They will be playing.
Will be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§āύ verb form āĻŦāϏā§?
Will be-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ V-ing āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ Correct: will be studying, will be working, will be playing.
Simple Future āĻāĻŦāĻ Future Continuous-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻā§?
Simple Future future action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Future Continuous future-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ ongoing action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ lesson āĻĒā§āĻŦ?
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Future Perfect Tense in English Grammar āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§ā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ action complete āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§âāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Future Continuous Tense in English Grammar for Bengali Learners
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Future Continuous Tense in English Grammar āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Future continuous tense āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ action, expected action, future routine, polite future question āĻāĻŦāĻ future background situation āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Will be + V-ing structure, positive, negative and question forms, future time expressions, simple future vs future continuous difference, stative verb mistakes āĻāĻŦāĻ practice exercises āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ learners English speaking, writing āĻāĻŦāĻ grammar accuracy improve āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
