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Future Continuous Tense

Grammar

[Le Futur Continu ]

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The Future Continuous Tense is used to express actions or happenings that seem quite sure to happen in the time to come ;

Positive FormInterrogative

Form Negative Form

Interrogative Negative Form

Forms of Future Continuous Tense

[ Le futur continu est utilisé pour exprimer des actions ou des événements qui semblent tout à fait sûr d'arriver dans le temps à venir]

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Interrogative Form: is formed by shifting shall/will of the positive form to the beginning of the sentence ; as:

• Shall I be doing my homework?

• Will he be doing his homework?

• Shall we be doing our homework?

• Will she be doing her homework?

• Will they be doing their homework?

• Will John be doing his homework?

Positive Form: is formed by using shall be/ will be + ing form of the verb after the subjectI, we- shall be (will be in US)He, she, It, they- will be

*I shall be doing my homework.

[ La forme interrogative est formé en décalantshall / will de la forme positive au le début de la phrase, comme: ]

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• Shall I not be doing my homework?

• Will he not be doing his homework?

• Shall we not be doing our homework?

• Will she not be doing her homework?

• Will they not be doing their homework?

• Will John not be doing his homework?

Negative Form:

*I shall (will in the US) not be doing my homework

Interrogative-Negative Form: is formed by shifting will/shall of the negative form to the beginning of the sentence ; as:[ La forme interrogative-négative est formé en décalantshall / will au début de la phrase, comme: ]

is formed by inserting not between shall/will and the main verb of the positive form ; as –

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Change each sentence to its interrogative form :

•We shall be celebrating Mac’s birthday on Sunday.•Mom will be cooking a sweet dish for all of us.•They will be having dinner when the film starts.

Answers

•Int: Shall we be celebrating Mac’s birthday on Sunday?

•Int: Will mom be cooking a sweet dish for all of us?

•Int: Will they be having dinner when the film starts?

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Change into Interrogative- Negative Form.

•She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.

•I shall not be watching television at 9pm tonight.

Answers

Will she not be sleeping when you telephone her?

Shall I not be watching television at 9pm tonight?