Future continuous tense
Exercises PDF

For pre - intermediate to advanced levels.

Future simple and continuous exercises

Future continuous worksheets PDF

Future continuous exercises PDF 1 Affirmative

• Exercise 1: Write what the Scott family will be doing this time on Monday.
• Exercise 2: Complete sentences with verbs in the box.

Future continuous exercises PDF 2 Questions

• Exercise 3: Make questions with jumbled words.
• Exercise 4: Complete questions with verbs in brackets.

Future continuous exercises PDF 3 Negative

• Exercise 5: A multiple choice test.
• Exercise 6: Rewrite sentences and keep the same meaning.

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Future simple and continuous worksheets PDF Practise differences between these two forms.

PDF grammar rules:

English tenses PDF Printable grammar rules with examples.

See also online grammar rules with examples below.

Grammar rules with examples

Affirmative: I will be driving (I'll be driving)
Negative: I will not be waiting (I won't be waiting)
Questions: Will you be sleeping?
Negative questions: Will you not be working? (Won't you be working?)

1. The future continuous tense is used for activities that will be in progress at a point of time. The action will start before that point of time and will continue after it. The point in time can be given by time expressions or by other activities.

With time expressions:
At 8 o'clock I will be travelling to Dorset.
This time tomorrow we'll be lying on the beach.

With some other activity:
The shop will be closed. Will you be working?
I'll be sleeping when you come back.

2. It describes the idea that an action will happen in the normal course of events. It refers to routine activities, not intentions, decisions or plans.

Don't worry. I'll be writing to you. (as usual)
They'll be leaving on Friday. You can join them. (They normally leave on Fridays.)
Everybody will be working on a computer sooner or later. (If nothing special happens.)