Future Continuous · Exercises
C1Advanced practice
Plans or requests?, formal announcements and nuance.
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- 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
- C1 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 C1
- Negatives: won’t be
- Questions: Will you be…?
- when, until, as soon as… + present simple (I’ll be cooking when you arrive)
- Future simple or continuous?
- Polite questions and plans (Will you be using…?)
- Guesses about now (She’ll be sleeping)
- State verbs (will know, not will be knowing)
- Formal announcements
- 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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You will be painting the kitchen.
“will be painting” is the future continuous (will be + -ing): in progress at a moment in the future.
Turn the sentence into a question.
Max will be attending a conference in Berlin next summer.
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Will Max be attending a conference in Berlin next summer?
Questions: Will + subject + be + -ing? Will Max be attending a conference in Berlin next summer?
Complete the sentence.
It’s Monday morning, so Tom _____ (work) right now.
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It’s Monday morning, so Tom will be working right now.
Will be + -ing can also express what we think is happening right now: She’ll be sleeping (I’m sure she is).
Write the verb in the future continuous.
You don’t want to ask for anything — you just want to know the plan. Will you _____ (come) to the party?
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Will you be coming to the party?
“Will you be coming…?” just asks about plans. “Will you come…?” would sound like a request or an invitation.
Write the verb in the future continuous.
The concert started at eight, so Priya _____ (dance) right now.
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The concert started at eight, so Priya will be dancing right now.
Will be + -ing can also express what we think is happening right now: She’ll be sleeping (I’m sure she is).
Which question only asks about someone’s plans (it isn’t a request)?
Which sentence is correct?
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Will you be joining us for lunch?
“Will you join…?” sounds like a request or an invitation. “Will you be joining us for lunch?” just asks what the plan is.