75 The future continuous: will be doing
1 We use will + be + active participle for an action over a period of future time. It
means that we will be in the middle of an action.
I can't meet you at four. I'll be working.
How will I recognize you? ~ I'm fair, six feet tall, and I'll be wearing a blue coat.
A huge crowd will be waiting when the Queen arrives later today.
Compare the past and future.
I've just had a holiday. This time last week I was lying in the sun.
I'm going on holiday. This time next week I'll be lying in the sun.
Compare these sentences.
The crowd will cheer when the Queen arrives.
(She will arrive and then the crowd will cheer.)
The crowd will be cheering when the Queen arrives.
(The crowd will start cheering before she arrives.)
NOTE
In the first person we can also use shall.
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |