Future Continuous - the future for a long time: rules, tables, examples

The future for a long time implies an action or event that will occur over a period of time. Unlike a simple future, in which it is important to ascertain the fact, with the use of a long time, the emphasis is on the process of action. In the Russian language, this line is rather thin.

Education Future Continuous

• Statement.

When the affirmative form is formed, the future time of the auxiliary verb "be" (shall be / will be) is used in conjunction with the verb by which the action or meaning of the event is transmitted. The meaning of the verb is in the form of the present participle. Simply put, the ending -ing is added.

She will be running in the morning. - She will run in the morning.

• Question.

As for the interrogative form, it differs from the above in that the auxiliary verb is located at the beginning of the sentence.

Will she be running? "Will she run?"

• Negation.

The order of parts of speech in a sentence with a negative form is the following: the subject, then shall be or will be, the particle "not", and then the semantic verb with the ending -ing.

She will not be running. "She will not run."

• The question of denial.

The particle "not" follows the subject. That is, the order of words is: shall be / will be, the subject, the particle "not", the semantic verb (with the "ingovym" ending).

Will she not be running? "Will not she run?"

• Passive form.

The form of Future Continuous exists only in a valid voice. In the passive inclination, the future continued time does not apply. Formerly, it was possible to express an event or an action directed at a subject by means of a passive form, but the English language is changed towards simplification. If you want to use a passive voice in the form of a future time, then instead of Continuous, Simple is used.

This book will be read by me. - The book will be read by me.

More in the table

The Roman number IV means the participle of the verb with the ending -ing (Present Participle, or the fourth form).

The most common abbreviations

The abbreviated form is used mainly in colloquial speech. In English, such abbreviations are permissible:

• I shall = I'll.
• We shall = We'll.
• You will = you'll.
• He will = he'll.
• She will = she'll.
• It will = it'll.
• They will = they'll.
• Shall not = shall not.
• Will not = will not.

In addition to the above-mentioned word combinations, such abbreviated forms are also widely used:

• I am - I'm.
• Do not - do not.
• Are not - are not.

In what cases is the future used for a long time?

The time form Future Continuous is used when it is necessary to emphasize the duration, and not the very fact of the performance of an action. In Russian, with rare exceptions, is translated imperfect verb.

Future Continuous: examples of proposals and rules

1. The designation of a prolonged action, the beginning of which preceded the aforementioned moment and continued for a certain period of time.

• It is often combined with such time markers as at noon, at midnight, at 8 o'clock, at that moment, tomorrow, next month (winter, year), day after tomorrow etc;

  In an hour I'll be walking on the beach. "In an hour I'll walk along the beach."

• Sometimes in the role of the designation of time another action or event in the future appears, expressed with the help of Present Indefinite in a complex sentence, in the subordinate part;
  

  When he comes back, I'll be walking. "When he comes back, I'll walk."

2. In addition, often the Future Continuous Tense is used along with a simple future (Future Indefinite). The only difference is that with the help of a long time the process is emphasized, and the future indefinite time is conveyed only directly by the very fact of doing something. In the Russian language this difference is not always noticeable.

She will be playing the piano the whole morning.

She will play the piano the whole morning. "She will play the piano all morning."

3. However, Future Continuous does not always convey a lasting effect. Sometimes with his help you can express confidence that a certain event will happen, or express a firm intention to do something.

I'll be visiting her tomorrow. "Tomorrow I will visit her."

4. Expression of the continued action, which will take a specified time interval. In this case, it is not necessary that the action takes place continuously throughout this period of time. Quite often there are such phrases: all day long, the whole morning, all winter etc.

She will be studying all summer. "She will study all summer."

Features and rules for the formation of the present participle (ing-form)

The form of the word with the ending ing includes the participial form of the present verb, the gerund and the verbal noun. To form the future of a long time, participle of the verb in the present tense is used. When forming a participle, it is important to consider the following:

• Consonants at the end of a word are doubled if the word consists of one syllable: sit-sitting, stop-stopping;
• The word ends with -e, then -e is removed and put - ing: dance - dancing, change - changing;
• Ending -ie is changed to -y: lie - lying;
• In other cases, the verb is complemented by the ending -ing without any changes to the word: study - studying, work - working.

In order to understand the rules of using time in English well, you can practice your own suggestions and dialogues. For better understanding, it is necessary to apply the acquired knowledge.