FUTURE CONTINUOUS These people are standing in a queue to get into the cinema. NOW

Half an hour from now, the cinema will be full. Everyone will be watching the film. HALF AN HOUR FROM NOW

Three hours from now, the cinema will be empty. The film will have finished. Everybody will have gone home. THREE HOURS FROM NOW

I WILL BE DOING SOMETHING (FUTURE CONTINUOUS) = I WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING IT: This time next week I’ll be on holiday. I’ll be lying on the beach or swimming in the sea. You have no chance of getting the job. You will be wasting your time if you apply for it.

Compare will be doing and will Will be doing Don’t phone between 7 and 8. We’ll be having dinner. Will do Let’s wait for Liz to arrive and then we’ll have dinner.

COMPARE WILL BE –ING WITH OTHER CONTINUOUS FORMS: AT 10 O’CLOCK YESTERDAY, SALLY WAS IN HER OFFICE. SHE WAS WORKING. (PAST IT’S 10 O’CLOCK NOW. SHE IS IN HER OFFICE. SHE IS WORKING. (PRESENT) AT 10 O’CLOCK TOMORROW, SHE WILL BE IN HER OFFICE. SHE WILL BE WORKING.

We use will be - ing To talk about complete actions in the future The government will be making a statement about the crisis later today. Will you be going away this summer? Later in this programme, I’ll be talking about the weather.

Natasa Babic,prof. Medicinska skola, Banja Luka