Future Continuous Tense

Future Continuous Tense
Daily Grammar Sentences

Instructions:  Give the student the sentences in the second column (Sentences to be Corrected).  Students write corrected sentences and turn them in to the teacher to be checked.

Theme: Entertainment	Sentences to be Corrected	Corrected Sentences
Monday	I will watching the movie tomorrow.  I don't will reading Harry Potter.  Are you will go to theater with your friends?	I will be watching the movie.  I won't be reading Harry Potter.  Will you going to the theater with your friends?
Tuesday	Will playing at the beach at 9:00?  I will no wearing a life jacket.  I will going swim at the beach.	Will you be playing at the beach at 9:00?  I won't be wearing a life jacket.  I will be swimming at the beach.
Wednesday	Me will playing with her at the park.  They no be play basketball at the park.  Why you will playing there?	I will be playing with her at the park.  They won't be playing basketball at the park.  Why will you be playing there?
Thursday	Will you be watch TV tonight?  I will not be watch my favorite T. V. show.  I go be watching Friends Thursday at 8:00.	Will you be watching T.V. tonight?  I won't be watching my favorite T.V. show.  I will be watching Friends on Thursday at 8:00.
Friday	(Create your own)	(Create your own)

Assessment can be made on three levels in Daily Grammar Sentences:

1. Did the student recognize the mistake?
2. Can they fix it?
3. Can they produce a sentence using that grammar point in free speech?

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Activity A Day in the Life
Type of Activity:  Independent
Materials Needed:  Cassette tape and recorder
Directions for student:
Think of your favorite movie star or your favorite character.  Imagine what their life is like.  Pretend that you are them.  Now, think of what you will be doing tomorrow.  On a tape, tell your teacher your plans:  At 10:00 tomorrow I will be meeting the President.  At 11:00, I am going to be flying home.  Make up one thing for every hour from when you get up until when you go to bed.

Assessment:   Through teacher observation, based on the quality of sentences produced.

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Grammar Explanation Future Continuous is used in English to show that you will be in the middle of doing something at the given moment – the action will have been started and it will not have finished at that instant.  Form it with the auxiliary will followed by be followed by another verb in its ing form.  Be careful with verbs that “drop the silent e” or “double a letter” before adding the ing ending!  Because, like can and should, will does not change forms, all forms of present continuous are the same.
Like with past continuous, you must have a time marker to indicate when you will be in the middle of doing something.  If a group of sentences are all related, the time marker only needs to be said in the first sentence so that it does not become redundant.  In the remaining sentences, it is implied.

I will be visiting my friend this weekend. 
We will be playing lots of games and having lots of fun.  (The time marker is not needed in the second sentence too.)

Going to can be used instead of will.  See the explanation for future tense .

They are going to be cooking at 6:00.  They will be cooking at 6:00.

Negatives and questions are formed just like in the present continuous.