The Future Continuous Tense

( Майбутній тривалий час )

Affirmative	Negative		Interrogative
I shall be reading He will be reading She will be reading It will be reading We shall be reading You will be reading They will be reading	I shall not be reading He will not be reading She will not be reading It will not be reading We shall not be reading You will not be reading They will not be reading		Shall I be reading? – Yes, I shall. / No, I shall not. Will he be reading? Will she be reading? Will it be reading? Shall we be reading? Will you be reading? Will they be reading?
Вживання the Future Continuous tense
1. Вираження тривалої дії, що буде відбуватиметься в якийсь момент або період часу в майбутньому. В реченнях вживають часто обставинні слова: at 5 o’clock tomorrow, from 6 to 7 on Sunday, when I come.	He will be writing a letter to his friend at 5 o’clock tomorrow.	Він буде писати листа своєму товаришеві завтра о 5 годині.

Вправа 5. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслово в the Future Continuous tense.

1. I ( to work ) at 6 o’clock tomorrow.

2. The teacher ( to give ) a lesson from 8 to 9 o’clock tomorrow.

3. He ( to prepare ) for his examination in May.

4. She ( to read ) the whole evening tomorrow.

5. Don’t ring her up at 12 o’clock. She ( to have ) her music lesson.

6. At this time tomorrow the boys of our group ( to play ) football.

7. When we arrive in St. – Petersburg, it probably ( to rain ).

3. Reading and Practice.

Read and retell the following text.

A Letter

Dear Paul, Thank you for the invitation to come to Kyiv and spend the holidays with you. I hope, I shall come after the examinations. Now I am busy. I am taking my exams. The examination in physics is the most difficult one for me. But I am sure I shall pass it successfully. I am working hard.

The weather in Kherson is dull, it is raining now. My parents are at home today. Mother is teaching our Helen English and father is reading a book on his speciality. They ask you to remember them to your family.

Hope to see you soon.

Yours, Peter.

V. Language

Sentence Patterns

Key examples to be memorized

He is going to read this book in English.

Is he really going to read this book in English?

Yes, he is.

It’s going to rain.

Illustrative examples

They are going to listen to music.

Are they going to listen to music?

Yes, they are. No, they are not.

What are they going to do?

They are going to listen to music.