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by Tom Rohrbach
We usually use the FUTURE
PROGRESSIVE verb tense in English for four reasons (see below).
Sometimes, it is the only correct verb
tense. Other times, it's a correct option but not as popular as other
tenses.
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FUTURE PROGRESSIVE |
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| HOW TO MAKE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE: | |
| will be doing | am going to be doing | is going to be doing | are going to be doing |
NOTE: We never use
the "be" verb in future progressive. Example: |
| REASONS: | EXAMPLES: |
| to emphasize that something in the future is continuing for a period of time |
We will be staying
in Barcelona for 5 days before we go to Madrid. I am going to be studying at the library all evening. |
| to talk about something that is in progress at a particular future time |
Next January we will be
sailing around the Caribbean on our new yacht. I will be competing in the Olympics on the day my brother graduates from high school. |
| to talk about what's happening in the future when something else will start or interrupt |
We will be sleeping
when you arrive. John will be waiting in line at the Apple store when the new iPhone goes on sale. |
| to preview or announce something [other tenses are also common for this] |
Apple will be announcing
the new, larger iPhone later this year. I heard that Tesla is going to be building a giant battery factory in 2015. |
Please read each question carefully. In this practice quiz, some questions may have more
than one correct answer, so there's a choice like 'ANSWERS "B", "C", and "D" below are all correct'.
In other questions (like #1 below), you are asked
which verb tense is the BEST choice.
© 2014 Spring International Language Center
