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12 12 Future Continuous Tense

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Use the future continuous tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
One has been done for you.

1. We _______________ on a trip to Mumbai in January. (go)
shall be going
2. My grandparents _______________ from Kerala tomorrow. (arrive)

3. The Principal _________ the lamp to inaugurate the Annual Day Function.
(light)

5. We _______________ the Captains and Prefects on Monday. (choose)

6. Mary _______________ her sister to the Hanging Garden next week. (take)

The future continuous tense expresses the continuous action in a future time. We use

shall be and will be as helping verbs in the future continuous tense.

Read the following sentences.

I shall be enjoying the swing at this time tomorrow.
O
You will be walking with your grandfather at 6 p.m.
O
Dr Pant will be flying to New York next month.
O

In the above sentences, the verbs shall be enjoying, will be walking and will be flying

are in the future continuous tense.

Formation of the Future Continuous Tense

We use the -ing form of the main verb after the helping verb (shall be/will be).

subject + shall be/will be + root form of a main verb + -ing + ...

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