Future Continuous

How to build it

• Affirmative: will be + verb-ing: She will be writing the letter at noon. Short form: I’ll be, she’ll be.
• Negative: won’t be + verb-ing: I won’t be working tomorrow.
• Question: Will + subject + be + verb-ing: Will you be using the car tonight?

When to use it

• An action in progress at a specific moment in the future: This time tomorrow I’ll be lying on the beach.
• Events expected to happen as part of the normal course of things: I’ll be seeing Andrii at work anyway, so I’ll give it to him.
• Polite questions about someone’s plans, without sounding like a request: Will you be coming to the meeting? (more neutral than Will you come…?)

Examples

• Don’t call at eight — we’ll be having dinner.
• At this time next week, she’ll be flying to Toronto.
• Will you be staying at the hotel tonight?
• I won’t be using my laptop this afternoon, so you can borrow it.
• In ten years, people will be driving electric cars.

Common mistakes

• Using it for a single completed future action: Tomorrow I’ll be buying a new phone is possible, but for a simple fact or decision say I’ll buy / I’m going to buy a new phone.
• State verbs: I’ll be knowing the results → I’ll know the results.
• will in time clauses: When you’ll be arriving… → When you arrive… or While you’re travelling…
• Ukrainian буду робити isn’t always this form: Я буду писати листа завтра is usually I’ll write the letter tomorrow; use will be writing only for an action in progress at a future moment.

The passive

will + be + being + V3 — The letter will be being written — is grammatical, but avoided in practice. Use the Future Simple passive (The road will be repaired next week), the Present Continuous passive for arrangements (The road is being repaired next week), or an active sentence: They’ll be repairing the road all week.