Presiding Officer Training module 2024 lok sabha elections
The Future Continuous Tense
1.
2. A) to denote an action which will be in
progress at a stated future time. The stated
future time can be indicated by another
future action expressed by a verb in the
Present Simple or by an adverbial phrase:
This time next week, he will be cruising
round the islands.
I will be reading when
you come.
3. B) for an action which will definitely happen
in the future as a result of a routine or
arrangement:
Don’t call Julie. I’ll be seeing her later, so
I’ll pass the message on.
4. C) when we ask politely about someone’s
plans for the nearest future:
- Will you be using the photocopier now?
- No. Why?
- I need to make some copies.
5. D) with the following time indicators:
At 5 o’clock tomorrow
From 5 till 6 o’clock
The whole evening/morning tomorrow
This time next Monday
While
Still, etc.
6. I Will
You
She,he,it will
We Will be Ving
You (doing,working,
Will running,using)
they
You will be doing your hometask at 7 o’clock
tomorrow.
Mary will be cooking dinner at 5 tomorrow.
7. I Will
You
She,he,it will
We
You
Will
be Not V ing
Will (doing,making
they
using)
Marko will not be writing a composition from 5 to
6 tomorrow.
Jennifer will not be talking on the phone at 6
tomorrow.
8. I
You
She,he,it Ving
Will
(Shall) We
be (doing,working,
You running,using)
They
Will you be doing your hometask at 7 o’clock
tomorrow?
Will Mary be cooking dinner at 5 tomorrow?
9. If the stem ends in a mute –e, the –e is
dropped before adding –ing:
skate – skating
If the stem ends in a single consonant letter
preceded by a short vowel of a stressed
syllable, the consonant letter is doubled:
stop – stopping permit – permitting
10. If the stem ends in –l or -p after a short
vowel of an unstressed syllable, the –l, -p
are doubled (in British English):
travel – travelling,
cancel – cancelling,
kidnap – kidnapping
Verbs ending in –ie drop the final –e and
change i into y before taking the suffix –
ing:
lie – lying, die - dying