The Future Continuous Tense

10. The Future Continuous Tense

           The Future Continuous Tense terdapat dua kata penitng yaitu, future dan continuous. Future berarti aktifitas di masa depan dan continuous berarti sedang. Jadi kita gunakan tenses ini manakala suatu situasi yang nanti tengah sedang berlangsung di suatu waktu di masa depan. Perbuatannya belum terlaksana, bisa saja berupa angan-angan atau kemungkinan namun kalah kuat kemungkinan kejadiannya dibandingkan dengan will (lihat the simple future tense) atau am/is/are+V ing (lihat juga the present continuous tense) = future aspect.                 

            Di dalam pembuatan kalimatnya, setelah kata kerja bantu will diikuti be dan kata kerja dengan -ing. Bentuk singkat dalam kalimat negatif: won’t be + V -ing dan kalimat interogatifnya will berada di depan subyek dan seterusnya.

Pola Kalimat dengan will / shall:  
(+) S + will/shall + be + V1  ing + o/adv 
(-)  S + will/shall + not + be + V1 + ing + o/adv 
(?) Will/shall + S + be + V1 + ing + o/adv

Pola Kalimat dengan be (am / is / are):

(+) S + am/is/are + going to be + V1  ing + o/adv 
(-)  S + am/is/are + not + going to be + be + V1 + ing + o/adv 
(?) Am/Is/Are + S + going to be + V1 + ing + o/adv 


Fungsi dan Contoh:  

i. The future continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan peristiwa di masa depan yang sudah direncanakan atau diputuskan.
 

• We shall be going to Dublin next week.
• I’ll be giving you the test for these materials.
• She will be leaving in a few days.
• Arnold will be helping us.
• He won’t be coming to my house tomorrow.
• They will be painting the fence in half an hour.

ii. menyatakan suatu kegiatan atau keadaan yang sedang dilakukan atau berlangsung di masa depan.
 

• What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?
• I’ll be studying in the library.
• You’ll recognize her when you see her. She’ll be wearing a yellow hat.
• This time next week I’ll be on holiday. I’ll probably be lying on a beautiful beach.
• At 10 o’clock tomorrow he will be working.
• We are going to be having fun in Acapulco.
• They are going to be working very late tonight.

    
              Penggunaan kata kerja bantu (to) be going to selain will / shall bisa saja terjadi seperti pada dua contoh terakhir di atas.  


iii. menyatakan suatu hal yang mungkin akan terjadi dalam waktu mendatang. Tetapi kemungkinan terjadinya kalah kuat oleh will atau the present continuous tense = future aspect.
 

• I’ll be meeting him tomorrow. ( kalau mungkin terjadi )
• You will be working here. ( kalau Anda mau )
• Gerry will be doing his job next week.
• They will be listening to music at the studio.
• Will she be having a haircut this afternoon?

iv. menyatakan suatu angan-angan.

• This time next month I will be touring in Bali.
• By six o’clock next Sunday he will be seeing us.
• Mc Gyver will be chasing a bad guy this time tomorrow. 
• The Donalds will be making a pair of shoes by 7 o’clock the day after tomorrow.
• Lana will not be staying here with me again by this time tonight.

v. menanyakan tentang rencana seseorang melakukan sesuatu.

• ‘Will you be using your bicycle this evening? ‘No, you can take it.‘
• ‘Will you be passing the post office when you go out?’ ‘Yes, why?'
• Will you be going to school tomorrow afternoon?
• Will she be swimming in the swimming pool with her friends next week?
• Will they be paying attention to what I tell them the story later?

 

EXERCISES  

I. Choose A, B, C, D, or E as the best answer by crossing (X) it. (Pililah A,    B, C, D, atau E jawaban yang paling benar dengan memberi tanda silang.)     

1. It’ll be … when you come back.         
A. boil        B. boiling      C. boils     D. boiled     E. to boil             

2. She’ll … cooking all day long tomorrow.         
A. be          B. is       C. was       D. has      E. been     

3. Mr. Granger … be painting the fence next Sunday.         
A. does        B. did         C. will       D. will to      E. to     

4. Tom will be writing to you … .         
A. now       B. at this moment      C. yesterday     D. later     E. last week     

5. He will be … us tomorrow.         
A. see        B. sees        C. saw      D. seen      E. seeing     

6. Palupi will be … some pudding this time tomorrow.         
A. make    B. making    C. makes    D. made    E. to making     

7. I’ll … all day long tomorrow.         
A. be swimming             C. swimming            E. to be swimming         
B. swimming be             D. be swim     

8. We … spending our holiday in Lake Toba next year.         
A. ‘ll shall be    B. shall be    C. ‘ll be to   D. ‘ll will be    E. shall be to     

9. She … the washing after her husband leaves.         
A. will be                           C. will doing                        E. will be did         
B. will be doing                D. is will be doing         

10. You … television before you go to bed.            
A. will                        C. will watching       E. will be watching            
B. be watching         D. watching          

11. My parents …… be making a trip next week. (-)            
A. will                    C. won’t be                E. won’t be making            
B. won’t                D. will be not     

12. I ….  staying up again tomorrow night.           
A. shan’t be               C. shan’t            E. shan’t not be           
B. shall be not           D. not be     

13. Dea …. You how to speak English When they get together.           
A. won’t telling            C. won’t telling be        E. won’t be telling           
B. be won’t telling       D. telling won’t be     

14. Will we be eating roasted chicken by twelve tonight?           
A. Yes, will we.             C. Yes, we won’t.            E. No, we will.           
B. Yes, we will.             D. No, you will.       

15. Will you be staying here long?           
A.Yes, I shan’t be staying here long.             
B. No. I shall be staying here long.                
C. No, I shan’t be staying here long.            
D. Yes, I won’t be staying here long.           
E. No, you won’t be staying here long.     

16. This time tomorrow they will be sitting in the cinema …..           
A. When the lecture begins                                   
B. When the lecture began                                    
C. When the lecture was beginning            
D. When the lecture had begun           
E. When the lecture had been beginning     

17. I’ll be writing to Mr. Pitt and …. him about Tom’s new house.           
A.I’ll tell                        C. I am now telling him                    E. tells           
B. I told                        D. I have told                

18. Which is the correct form of interrogative sentence below?           
A. Yetty won’t be talking about it by 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?           
B. Be Yetty will talking about it by 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?           
C. Yetty talking about it by 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?           
D. Yetty will Be talking about it by 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?           
E. Will Yetty Be talking about it by 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon?     

19. Grace, Sandra, Dave, and Mike will be having dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week.           
A. Who will be having dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week?           
B. What will they be having dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week?     
C. Where will they be having dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week?  
D. What will they be doing dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week?      
E. When will they be having dinner together at the restaurant by 8.15 p.m. next week?     

20. The band will be playing good music this time tonight.           
A. What will the band be doing this time tonight?           
B. When will be the band playing good music?           
C. When will the band be playing good music?           
D. What will the band be playing this time tonight?           
E. Who will be playing good music this time tonight?    


II. Fill in the blanks with the Future Continues Tense form of the  bracketed verbs. (Isi titik-titik dengan bentuk kata kerja The Future Continuous Tense di dalam kurung). 

         Example:     
She … (leave) in a few days.         She will be leaving in afew days.      


1. Arnold … (help) us      

2. The children … (play) badminton this afternoon.      

3. I …. (practice) playing the violin tomorrow.      

4. They …. (spend) their honeymoon in Puncak.      

5. My uncle and aunt … (stay) here long.      

6. She … (listen) to some music.      

7. Olivia … (get) back by taxi.      

8. … he … (come) tomorrow?      

9. We … (weed) the garden.      

10. Agus … (translate) this article into English.         


iii. In this exercise you have to make sentences with will be-ing. ( Di dalam latihan ini Anda harus membuat kalimat dengan will be v –ing. )          

Example:         

I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 9.30 I will be watching television.       

1. Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30. So at 4 o’clock tomorrow I ………………………………………………      

2. Jim is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 8.30 this evening he ………………………………………………      

3. We are going to clean the flat tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 o’clock. So at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning …………………………………………      

4. Ricky is going to give a speech in front of his six friends from Sunday until Tuesday next week. So on Monday next week …………………………      

5. It’s 2.45 now. My brother Pepeng is going to wash his bicycle. It will take from 3 o’clock until 3.30.  So at 3.15 later ………………………
              

This is the end of The Future Continuous Tense tutorial. Good luck.