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The paradigm of the verb in the future continuous
Affirmative
Interrogative
I shall be speaking
He (she, it) will be speaking
We shall be speaking
You will be speaking
They will be speaking
Shall I be speaking?
Will he (she, it) be speaking?
Shall we be speaking?
Will you be speaking?
Will they be speaking?
Negative
I shall not (shan’t) be speaking
He (she, it) will not (won’t) be speaking
We shall not (shan’t) be speaking
You will not (won’t) be speaking
They will not (won’t) be speaking
Negative-interrogative
a)
Shall I not be speaking?
Will he (she, it) not be speaking?
Shall we not be speaking?
Will you not be speaking?
Will they not be speaking?
b)
Shan’t I be speaking?
Won’t he (she, it) be speaking?
Shan’t we be speaking?
Won’t you be speaking?
Won’t they be speaking?
§ 47. The future continuous is used to denote:
1. An action in progress at a certain moment of time or during a certain period of time in the future
(compare the corresponding use of the past continuous).
At that time she will be having her early morning cup of coffee.
In an hour I'll be flying over the sea.
When she comes, I think I’ll be packing already.
It will be too late. He will be sleeping.
From ten till twelve he will be writing in his study.
As can be seen from the above examples, the moment (or period) of time at which the action is taking place
is either indicated by special adverbials of time, or is implied by another future action, or else by the context or
situation.
2. An action the occurrence of which is expected by the speaker.
By the way, Megan will be coming to lunch.
She says she’ll be seeing you tomorrow.
In all its uses the future continuous is rendered in Russian by means of the future tense of the imperfective
aspect (будет пить, буду лететь, буду упаковываться, etc.).
The future perfect
§ 48. Formation. The future perfect is formed analytically by means of the auxiliary to have in the future
indefinite (shall/will have) and participle II of the notional verb.
In the interrogative the corresponding form of the first auxiliary (shall/will) is used in the front position
and the second auxiliary (have) and participle II follow the subject.
In the negative the corresponding negative forms of shall/will are used and the second auxiliary (have) and