Future simple and continuous
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Exercises with answer keys for elementary - intermediate levels.

Future simple vs future continuous exercises

PDF worksheets with answers:

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 1

• Rewrite the underlined forms.

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 2

• Match two parts to make sentences.

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 3

• Choose correct forms.

Questions:

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 4 Questions

• Ask questions to get more information.

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 5 Questions

• Use verbs in brackets to respond with questions.

Negative forms:

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 6 Negative

• Make negative sentences with verbs in brackets.

Future simple Future continuous exercises PDF 7 Negative

• Answer questions with negative sentences.

More PDF worksheets:

Future simple exercises PDF printable exercises with answers

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PDF grammar rules:

English tenses PDF Printable grammar rules with examples.

Look at the following examples to understand the differences.

1. The future simple and the future continuous describe different time frames.

We will watch a film at 10 o'clock. (We will begin to watch the film at ten o'clock.)
We will be watching a film at 10 o'clock. (We will begin to watch the film before 10 o'clock and finish after it. At ten we will be in the middle of the activity.)

My mum will cook dinner when we return. (She will wait for us and as soon as we come back home she will start cooking.)
My mum will be cooking dinner when we return. (She will start before we come back home and finish after that.)

2. The simple and continuous forms describe intended versus routine activities.

Bill won't play football tomorrow. (This form expresses an intention. Bill cannot play or does not want to play for some reason.)
Bill won't be playing football tomorrow. (There is no intention in this sentence. It will be Friday and he never plays on Fridays.)

I'll call Mimi tonight. I'll ask her. (I want to conntact Mimi because I need to talk to her.)
I'll be calling Mimi tonight. I can ask her. (It is my routine to call her every night. That is why I will be calling her tonight too.)

Remember:

In some cases we can use both forms and each of them will have only a slightly different meaning.

I'll be meeting Jim next week. (I meet Jim every week. It is our routine.)
I'll meet Jim next week. (I intend to meet Jim next week or I suppose that I will meet him.)

In other cases each of these forms means something different.

It will rain, I'm afraid. (In my opinion it can rain. But who knows!)
It will be raining when we leave for school. (The weather forecast says it will start raining before we leave our house and so we will get wet on our way to school.)