Introduction
The future continuous (or future progressive) describes an action that will take place in the future over a certain amount of time.
Form
The future continuous consists of will be followed by the present participle:
You will be suffering greatly.
Negative Form
The negative form simply adds not:
They will not be coming.
Asking Questions
Use the regular form to ask questions:
Will you be needing a projector?
Primary Uses
Future Actions
I will be waiting for you.
Repeated / Continuous Actions
We will be practicing every Thursday night.
Predictions
Next year they will be crushing their opponents.
Non-continuous Verbs
Not all verbs have a continuous aspect. See our section on the present continuous for more details.
More Information
For more information, please see our introduction to all twelve verb tenses in English.