future continuous tense
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A mini-lesson on the future continuous tense.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Lisa WhalenWilkes University
2. What are some things that you plan or hope to do in the future? Today Next week 5 years from now 3. Thelearner will be able to identify the partsof a future continuous statement. The learner will be able to create examplesusing the future continuous tense. 4. When to use it? When speaking about things that will happen in the future. 5. Subject+ To be (am/is/are) + going to be + present participle (-ing verb). I am going to be. She is going to be We are going to be You are going to be They are going to be 6. Iam going to be eating lunch at school. He is going to be practicing after school. Mom is going be driving to the grocery store. We are going to be going to the moviestomorrow night. I am going to be staying at a friends housetonight. 7. Subject+ are/is/am + going to be + presentparticiple. Example: she/reading She is going to be reading.1. He/running2. We/watching TV3. She/folding laundry4. I/doing homework 8. 1. He/running He is going to be running.2. We/watching TV We are going to be watching TV.3. She/folding laundry She is going to be folding laundry.4. I/doing homework I am going to be doing homework. 9. Using the ideas that you created about thefuture, write them using the futurecontinuous tense. Subject + To be (am/is/are) + going to be +present participle (-ing verb). 10. Possible student examples could be: I am going to be sleeping at a friends housetonight. I am going to be working on my homeworktonight. I am going to be playing football tonight. My family and I are going to be eating outtonight. I am going to be going to Hershey Park thisweekend. I am going to be attending college. I am going to be working after school. 11. Choose a partner and share your examples with them.Choose one of your partners examples, and rewrite it in the third person format (i.e. He is going to be, She is going to be, etc.) She is going to be working on homeworktonight. He is going to be playing football tonight. 12. Howwould you use the future continuoustense? What are the part of the future continuoustense?