Future Continuous · Exercises
A2Elementary practice
Negatives, questions, short answers and when you arrive.
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- Practice10 exercises at your own pace
- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- A2 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at A2
- will be + -ing
- Spelling: making, running, lying
- Negatives: won’t be
- Questions: Will you be…?
- Short answers
- In progress at a future time (this time tomorrow)
- when, until, as soon as… + present simple (I’ll be cooking when you arrive)
- Polite questions and plans (Will you be using…?)
- Timelines: what the tense means
Need a refresher? Learn the future continuous: rules, tables and audio examples.
Sample exercises
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Which sentence matches the timeline?
(Timeline: In progress at a moment in the future)
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They will be reading a book about Japan.
“will be reading” is the future continuous (will be + -ing): in progress at a moment in the future.
Put the words in order to make a negative sentence.
be / won’t / for / he / tomorrow / school / this / getting / ready / time
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He won’t be getting ready for school this time tomorrow.
Negative: won’t (will not) be + -ing. He won’t be getting ready for school this time tomorrow.
Is this sentence correct?
Will Noah be skiing in Austria this time next week? Yes, he will.
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Will Noah be skiing in Austria this time next week? Yes, he will.
Yes, it’s correct. Short answers repeat will: Yes, she will. / No, they won’t. Never contract a positive short answer: “Yes, she’ll” is wrong, because ’ll can’t end a sentence.
Complete the sentence.
Leo _____ (get) ready when you call.
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Leo will be getting ready when you call.
The future continuous describes the longer activity that will be in progress when something else happens.
Is this sentence correct?
They will be tidying the house when you get home.
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They will be tidying the house when you get home.
Yes, it’s correct. After when (and before, after, as soon as…) we use the present simple for the future: when you arrive, not when you will arrive.
Choose the right words.
The twins _____ sitting on a train to Paris at eight tonight.
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The twins will be sitting on a train to Paris at eight tonight.
Future continuous: will be + -ing. It’s the same for every subject (I’ll be working, she’ll be working). The twins will be sitting on a train to Paris at eight tonight.