Future Continuous Tense

What is it?

Talk about an action that will be going on at a specific moment in the

future.

Time Words

tomorrow, next week, next year, when, still, this (future time), in the (future time), at (future time), etc.

What do we use?

shall/will be

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Verb+ing

Singular Form

1st 2nd 3rd

HE

I YOU SHE

IT

He

I shall be standing You will be standing She will be standing

It

Plural Form

1st 2nd 3rd

WE YOU THEY

We shall be standing You will be standing They will be standing

NEGATIVES

He will be doing well.

to

He will not be doing well.

QUESTIONS

He will be doing well.

to

Will he be doing well?

QUESTION TAGS

REMEMBER: When the statement is positive your tag must be negative. When your statement is negative your tag must be

positive.

e.g. I shall be doing well, shan’t I? He won’t be doing well, will he?

A tag is there to confirm something. The speaker wants to make sure something is

correct.

NO ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

Reported Speech

•Present tense introductory verbs: says, asks, tells, wants to know, commands, enquires, recommends, etc.

•Past tense introductory verbs: said, asked, told, wanted to know, commanded, enquired, recommended, etc.

IMPORTANT

•NEVER change the introductory verb.

•If introductory verb is present tense: nouns; pronouns change all the rest stay the same.

•If introductory verb is past tense: nouns; pronouns change all the rest take one step back.

What is meant by “all the rest take one step back”?

Verbs go to the past tense.

is – was will go – would go

was – had been must go – had to go

are – were may go – might go

were – had been doesn’t go – didn’t go

see – saw don’t go – didn’t go

saw – had seen didn’t go – hadn’t gone

can go – could go

needn’t go – didn’t have to go

What is meant by “all the rest take one step back”?

Time words go one step back. •today – that day •tomorrow – the following day/the next day •yesterday – the day before/the previous day •the day before yesterday – two days before/two day ago/two days earlier •Last week – the week before/the previous week •next week – the following week •now – then •ago – before

OTHER CHANGES •here – there •this – that •these - those

GOLDEN RULES

•Find the introductory verb. •Decide on the tense it is in: present or past. •If the introductory verb is in present tense only change the nouns and pronouns, all the rest stay the same. •If the introductory verb is in the past tense change the nouns and pronouns, all the rest take one step back. •DO NOT chance the introductory verb. •Replace the inverted commas with that.

From direct to indirect:

DIRECT: Stephan says, “Tanya will be working at the pet shop from next week.” (present) Stephen said, “Tanya will be working at the pet shop from next week.” (past) INDIRECT: Stephen says that Tanya/she will be working at the pet shop from next week. (present) Stephan said that Tanya/she would be working at the pet shop from the following week. (past)