Lesson 4: Unit 149 - Future Continuous Tense. Tests.
The lesson introduces the Future Continuous Tense and offers a variety of tests on its use in positive, negative and question sentences.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to form and use the Future Continuous Tense in English. You will practise forming positive, negative and question sentences about actions that will be taking place at a particular moment in the future. You will get to know important time expressions such as 'in two hours', 'this time next year' and 'this time tomorrow'. Mastering this tense will help you describe actions in progress more precisely and sound natural in English.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form the Future Continuous Tense with will + be + verb in the -ing form.
- Correctly use the contracted forms 'll and won't.
- Recognise and use time expressions for the future: in two hours, this time next year, this time tomorrow.
- Transform sentences from the Present Continuous into the Future Continuous.
- Distinguish when to use the Future Continuous (will be doing) and the Future Simple (will do).
- Ask questions and form negatives in the Future Continuous.
Lesson vocabulary
- expect I'll be expecting you at three o'clock.
- fly Mr Johansson will be flying to England in two hours.
- prepare Tomorrow at this time I will be preparing for the celebration.
- wear When you next see me, I will be wearing my new suit.
- lecture He'll be lecturing on Shakespeare at his next talk.
- discuss They won't be discussing problems at the party tomorrow.
- disturb Don't disturb her tonight — she'll be having guests.
- interrupt Interrupt her from time to time, otherwise she will be talking non-stop.
- cheer Let's go and cheer the boys at the match tomorrow.
- present Dr Jones will be presenting his ongoing research next week.
- waste Don't waste his time tomorrow morning — he'll be writing a report.
- arrange Let's arrange a meeting with them for tomorrow.
- land When we land in London, it will probably be raining.
- cigar You can find him in his study after lunch — he'll be smoking a cigar.
- non-stop Interrupt her or she will be talking non-stop.
In other languages: Български