Pour conjuguer un verbe au futur continuous tense, on ajoute l’auxiliaire « to be » à l’auxiliaire « shall » ou « will » plus la terminaison « ing » à la fin du verbe à conjuguer.
Les différentes formes : exemple du verbe To sleep
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Forme affirmative
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Forme interrogative
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Forme négative
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NB :
L’on peut écrire will not ou won’t (forme contractée)
Et
shall not ou shan’t (forme contractée)
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I shall be sleeping
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Shall I be sleeping ?
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I shall not be sleeping
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You will be sleeping
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Will you be sleeping ?
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You will not be sleeping
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He will be sleeping
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Will he be sleeping ?
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He will not be sleeping
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She will be sleeping
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Will she be sleeping ?
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She will not be sleeping
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It will be sleeping
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Will it be sleeping ?
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It will not be sleeping
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We will be sleeping
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Shall we be sleeping ?
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We shall not be sleeping
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You will be sleeping
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Will you be sleeping ?
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You will not be sleeping
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They will be sleeping
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Will they be sleeping ?
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They will not be sleeping
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NB:
- L’indicateur du futur continuous tense sont: By this time next, At this time tomorrow, At, this time tomorrow, probably, for, all night long
La valeur d’emploi du future continuous tense
On emploie le future continuous tense pour :
- Exprimer ce qui sera en train de se passer dans le futur
Ex: By this time next holidays, we will be enjoying at my birthday’ party. (À cette heure les vacances prochaines, nous serons en train de nous amuser à ma fête d’anniversaire.)
EXERCICE
Use the futur continuous tense to conjugate those following verbs.
- At this time tomorrow, we (to fly)…………………………………………..to London.
- At nine o’clock, the baby (to sleep)……………………………………
- Sam and James are on their way to Australia. They (to surf)……………………………….this time tomorrow.
- I (to give)…………………………………..a speech at my friend’s wedding on Friday at seven.
- You (to watch/probably)………………………………….TV when I get home.
- They (to dance/not)…………………………………….all night.
- We are late. He (to wait/not)…………………………..for us anymore.
- She (to study/not)………………………………………….all night long.
- I (to prepare/not)…………………………everything for you any longer.
- You’re too low, you (work/not/probably)……………………for this company anymore next year.
