English Grammar with Kudjo. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Part 2

Он потом еще долго сидел на ступеньках и смотрел как серебристая точка в небе становится все меньше и меньше. Глаза были мокрыми. Наверное, из-за дождя.

Unit 6

The Future Continuous Tense

Будущее продолженное время

The Future Continuous is used:

• for an action which will be in progress at a stated future time.

At 11 am tomorrow Kudjo will be playing the drums.

/действие будет происходить в определенное время в будущем/

• for an action which will definitely happen in the future as the result of a routine or arrangement.

We’ll be seeing our friends on Saturday evening. (We do it every Saturday)

/действие будет происходить, потому что всегда происходит/

• when we ask politely about someone’s plans for the near future. (What we want to know is if our wishes fit in with their plans.)

Will you be shopping tomorrow? (I want you to buy something for me)

/личная заинтересованность в планах собеседника/

The positive form is: S + will be + Ving.

He will be sleeping. Don’t come.

The negative form: S + won’t be + Ving.

He won’t be sleeping. You can come.

The question form is: Will + S + be + Ving?

Will Kudjo be sleeping this time tomorrow?

EXERCISE 1

Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous:

1 At 10 am Kudjo /have/ breakfast with his friends.

2 This time next Monday he /swim/ in a pool for dogs.

3 you /do/ anything special next weekend?

4 he /go/ for a walk in the afternoon? I need to borrow his leash.

5 He /fly/ to France in two weeks.

6 Kudjo will be very busy. He /sleep/ all day.

7 At 11 pm Kudjo /see/ his friend Luna. They usually meet at this time every evening.

8 This time next year Kudjo definitely /sleep/ in the same place on the same rug.

9 What you /do/ in twenty years?

10 He /not do/ anything important. You can call on.

EXERCISE 2

Find the proper verb and put it into the correct Future Continuous form: not walk, kip, approach, have, not use, lie, cook, go, listen, pose

1 At this time next month Kudjo ***** a rest in the country.

2 He ***** in the grass and watching grasshoppers and flies.

3 He ***** along dusty city streets and smelling fumes.

4 This time tomorrow he ***** to his audiobook about dragons. He usually does it in the afternoon.

5 he ***** out at this time next month? Yes, he usually spends all his time out when we’re in the country.