Future Progressive Tense
What Is the Future Progressive Tense?
The future progressive tense is used for an ongoing action that will occur in the future. For example:- John will be baking a cake.
- They will be painting the fence.
Table of Contents
- Examples of the Future Progressive Tense
- Forming the Future Perfect Progressive Tense
- Interactive Verb Conjugation Tables
- Video Lesson
- Test Time!
Examples of the Future Progressive Tense
Here are some examples of the future progressive tense (shaded):- The Moscow State Circus will be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.
- We will be celebrating like kings if it works.
- The next time you see a spider's web, please pause and look a little closer. You will be seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man. (Biologist Cheryl Hayashi)
- She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes. ("She'll" is a contraction of "she will.")
Forming the Future Progressive Tense
The future progressive tense is formed like this:"will be"
+ [present participle ("verb-ing")]
(This is the construction for singular and plural.)
Forming the Present Participle
The word that ends "-ing" is known as a present participle. It is formed like this:Add "ing" to most verbs:
- play > playing
- shout > shouting
- prepare > preparing
- ride > riding
- lie > lying
- untie > untying
- run > running
- forget > forgetting
The Negative Version
If you need the negative version, you can use the following construction:"will not be"
+ [present participle]
- The Moscow State Circus will not be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.
- We will not be celebrating like kings if it fails.
The Question Version
If you need to ask a question, you can use the following word order for a yes/no question:"will"
+ [subject]
+ "be"
+ [present participle]
- Will the Moscow State Circus be performing in Washington?
- Will we be celebrating like kings?
[question word]
+ "will"
+ [subject]
+ "be"
+ [present participle]
- When will the Moscow State Circus be performing in Cheltenham?
- Why will we be celebrating like kings?
"will"
+ [subject]
+ "be"
+ [present participle]
+ + choice A
+ or
+ choice B
- Will the Moscow State Circus be performing in New York or Washington?
"will"
+ [subject]
+ "be"
+ present participle A
+ or
+ present participle B
- Will we be celebrating like kings commiserating like paupers?
Top 10 Regular Verbs
Top 10 Irregular Verbs
All 4 Past Tenses
Person | Simple Past | Past Progressive Tense | Past Perfect Tense | Past Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.
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The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.
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The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.
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The past perfect progressive tense is for showing that an ongoing action in the past has ended.
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All 4 Present Tenses
Person | Simple Present | Present Progressive Tense | Present Perfect Tense | Present Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.
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The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.
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The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)
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The present perfect progressive tense is for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present (or finished very recently).
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All 4 Future Tenses
Person | Simple Future | Future Progressive Tense | Future Perfect Tense | Future Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.
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The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.
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The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.
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The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.
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Other Future Tenses
The future progressive tense is one of four future tenses. This table shows all four of the future tenses:The 4 Future Tenses | Example |
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simple future tense | I will go |
future progressive tense | I will be going |
future perfect tense | I will have gone |
future perfect progressive | I will have been going |
Learning Resources
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