2. Planning ahead
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Fill in your plans and appointments for each day next week.
If necessary, add some imaginary plans.
Work in pairs. Find out what your partner is going to do each day. Then find out how the plans might change if something unexpected happens.
Model: What will you do if you are ill that morning?
What will you do if the weather is bad that afternoon?
Some events could be helpful to you:
strike illness bad weather parents` visit delay accident
3.What are you going to do next holidays? Tell your partner.
4. Complete the sentences:
If I get up late tomorrow,… I will go for a walk tonight if…
If it snows a lot this winter,… I won`t go shopping unless…
If I have a headache tomorrow,… If you drive carefully, you…
I won`t come and see you if… I will take a message if…
I won`t be very happy if… I will speak perfect English if…
I`m not going out tonight unless… I will go to the zoo if…
The future continuous
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Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
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I You He She It We You They |
will/shall be
will be
will/shall be |
working
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I You He She It We You They |
will/shall not be
will not be
will/shall not be will not be |
working
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Shall/will
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Shall/will W |
I you he she it we you they |
be working? |
will
be
ill
The Future Continuous is formed with the Future Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle (the Infinitive + ing).
The negative is formed by putting not after the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle.
The interrogative is formed by inverting subject and the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle.
USAGE
The Future Continuous is used to denote:
actions in progress at a given future time: At 10 o'clock tomorrow Simon will be working in the garden.
actions which are the result of a routine (instead of the Present Continuous): I'll be seeing John tomorrow. (We work in the same office so we'll definitely meet.)
polite enquiries, when we wish to know what somebody's plans are: Will you be coming with me to the concert tonight?
Note: Use the Present Continuous instead of the Future Continuous after while: We'll be playing basketball, while they are playing football
The following time expressions can be used with the Future Continuous: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week/ month/ year, in some days, soon, in a week/ month, in an hour, in half an hour, from…to…, etc. |