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Communication Skills-II

notes Negative sentences:
subject + auxiliary verb + not + verb
I/a boy etc. will not/won’t go/take etc.

9.3.2 future continuous tense

This tense is used in situations such as:
1. Future actions in progress

Example: 1. This time next week, I will be throwing a party.
2. I will take your class tomorrow.

2. Guesses about the present or the future

Example: 1. They will be getting home just about now.
2. Jayesh won’t be sleeping now (= I think John isn’t sleeping now)

3. Polite questions about somebody’s intentions

Example: Will you be using the screwdriver?
If you want to learn about somebody’s intentions, you should never use the Future Simple.
Using the Future Simple implies that you want to influence somebody’s decision. Questions
become much more objective if formed in the Future Continuous.

Example: 1. Will you come home?
(= I want you to come home)
2. Will you be coming home?

Notes In future tense there are some contracted forms which are absolutely correct
when it comes to meaning and grammar.
Contracted forms: WILL = ‘LL
For example: She’ll have been = she will have been
WILL + NOT = WON’T
For example: She won’t have been = she will not have been

Form: Positive Sentences:
subject + auxiliary verb + auxiliary verb + verb + ing
I/you/we etc. will be sleeping/taking

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Caution Like any of the future tenses, Future Continuous cannot be used in sentences
beginning with: while, when, before, by the time, if, etc.
By the time, you will be finishing your lunch.

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