Are there any exceptions in Future Continuous Tense?

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    While the Future Continuous tense talks about the action that will happen in future at a given point of time, it is not used for actions that happen suddenly or are not ongoing. Also, the Future Continuous tense is not used for with stative verbs like want, need, etc. For example, I will finish the work on Friday. (sudden completion); I will be wanting to go to the school." (incorrect).

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Poornima Sharma

The future continuous tense is formed with "will be" followed by the -ing form of the main verb. Forgetting either "will" or "be" results in an incorrect sentence, according to Clapingo. The main verb in the future continuous tense must be in the present participle form (-ing). For example, "I will be eating" is correct, while "I will be eat" is incorrect. Read more error areas in the page above.

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Poornima Sharma

For understanding and practicing the future continuous tense, books like "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy and "Practical English Usage" by Michael Swan are highly recommended. "Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics" is also a good book to study Future Continuous Tense.

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Poornima Sharma

The basic structure is subject + will be + verb (present participle). It's used to describe an action that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future. Future Continuous Tense is not used for actions that will be finished by a specific future point.

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Poornima Sharma

The Future Continuous Tense talks about actions that will go on in the future as well. Also known as the Future Progressive Tense, this verb tense is the future version of the present continuous tense, which uses a similar construction. For example, “I will be watching a movie tonight.”

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