В пособии рассматриваются основные моменты английской грамматики: части речи имя существительное, имя прилагательное и наречие; видо-временные формы глагола; модальные глаголы; неличные формы глагола

7. The Future Continuous

A. Form
This tense is made up of the future simple of to be + the present participle. In
the first person, will is more usual than shall, except in the interrogative.
I will be working I won’t be working Shall I be working?


B. Use
This tense has two uses:
It can be used as an ordinary continuous tense.
It can express future without intention.

1. Like other continuous tenses we use the future continuous to say that we

will be in the middle of doing something at a certain time in the future.
This time next week I’ll be on holiday. I’ll probably be lying on a
beautiful beach.

2. The future continuous used in this way does not imply that the speaker

has arranged to do something. It merely states that this action will occur in
the normal course of events. The future continuous is somewhat similar to
the present continuous but differs from it in the following points:
I am seeing Tom tomorrow.
I’ll be seeing Tom tomorrow.
The first implies that Tom or the speaker has arranged the meeting, but
the second implies that Tom and the speaker will meet in the ordinary
course of events (perhaps they work together).
3. Let’s compare the future continuous and will + infinitive.
I’ll write to Mr Pitt and tell him about Tom’s new job.
I’ll be writing to Mr Pitt and I’ll tell him about Tom’s new job.
In the first sentence the verb in bold type expresses intention. The speaker
has already decided to write the letter and tells the news. But in the second
sentence the verb in bold type expresses no intention. It is merely a
statement of fact and implies that this letter will be written as a matter of
routine because, probably, I write letters to Mr Pitt regularly.