Future Continuous: In the Middle of Tomorrow
will be + -ing: what will be happening at a future moment. This time tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris.
Future Continuous
A film playing at a future time
The future continuous looks at a future moment from the middle: not what will happen, but what will be happening then. The camera is already rolling in tomorrow.
In progress later
will be + -ingThis time tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris
At a future moment
a fixed time aheadAt 9 p.m., she will be watching the match
Known arrangement
plans you can see comingI will be working all weekend
Polite plan question
softer than will youWill you be using the car tonight?
⚠️ will + be + verb-ing. A film playing at a future time.
The Formula
will + be + verb-ing
Three parts: the future helper will, the middle piece be, and the -ing verb. Negatives take won’t, questions swap the order.
Iwill be sleepingat midnight
Shewill be workingtomorrow
Wewon't be watchingTV tonight
Will yoube usingthe car tonight?
Common Mistakes
Four camera slips
The future film freezes when be goes missing, when the -ing drops out, or when a fixed future moment gets a bare will instead of the rolling camera.
I will be sleep at midnight.
I will be sleeping at midnight.
💡 will be + -ing, always.
This time tomorrow I will fly to Paris.
This time tomorrow I will be flying to Paris.
💡 A fixed future moment paints the action in progress → will be + -ing.
She will being working tomorrow.
She will be working tomorrow.
💡 The order is will + be + -ing.
I will working all weekend.
I will be working all weekend.
💡 Without be the sentence breaks — will + be + -ing.
Quick Quiz
Test what you just learned
Three minutes, five questions — check what stuck. No essay questions, we promise.
At 10 a.m. tomorrow, I ___ a meeting.
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Two Futures
In the middle, or at the start?
Will be doing and will do both point forward — one films the middle of the action, the other fires the decision.
will be doing
in progress at a future momentI will be cooking at 7
will do
a decision, offer or predictionI will help you
⚠️ The -ing form points at the middle of an action; the plain will points at the decision.