Future continuous (I will be working)

Future continuous: form

We use will/shall + be + the -ing form of the verb.

	singular and plural
+	I, she, he, it, you, we, they	will’ll	be working
−	I, she, he, it, we, you, theyI, she, he, it, you, we, they	(full form) will not(short form) won’t	be working
? + Will? − Won’t	I, she, he, it, you, we, they		be working?

Less commonly, and in more formal situations, we can also use shall instead of will with I and we.

See also

• Future: will and shall

Future continuous: use

We use the future continuous to refer to temporary actions and events that will be in progress at a particular time in the future:

• This time next week, I*’ll be taking** photographs with my new camera*.
• I’ll post your letter for you. I’ll be passing a post-box.
• Next week they will be flying to Australia from Saudi Arabia.
• She will not be working on Tuesday.
• Unfortunately we won’t be attending the wedding.