Future Progressive Tense~

The FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something that will be happening, going on, at some point in the future. This tense is formed with the modal "will" plus "be," plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): "I will be running in next year's Boston Marathon. Our campaign plans suggest that the President will be winning the southern vote by November. "

 

Singular Plural
I will be walking we will be walking
you will be walking you will be walking
he/she/it will be walking they will be walking

Singular Plural
I will be sleeping we will be sleeping
you will be sleeping you will be sleeping
he/she/it will be sleeping they will be sleeping

Singular Plural
There is no future progressive for the "to be" verb. "Will be being" is expressed simply as "will be": "We will be being happy."

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