Mastering Future Simple and Future Continuous Tenses

In this video, Jennifer from jforestenglish.com explains the future simple and future continuous tenses. She addresses a student's question about the use of 'ing' in the sentence 'She'll be demonstrating advanced ballet positions in class today.' Jennifer clarifies that the future continuous tense is used to stress the duration of an action, while the future simple is more commonly used by native speakers. She provides examples to illustrate the differences and similarities between the two tenses, emphasizing that the future continuous is less common and often interchangeable with the future simple. The video concludes with a call to practice by leaving example sentences in the comments.

What is the main focus of this video?

• Conditional sentences

• Past simple and past continuous tenses

• Present simple and present continuous tenses

• Future simple and future continuous tenses

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which verb tense is used in the sentence 'She will be demonstrating advanced ballet positions in class today'?

• Future continuous

• Future simple

• Present continuous

• Past continuous

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What combination of words indicates the future continuous tense?

• Will + have + verb-ing

• Will + be + verb-ing

• Will + be + base verb

• Will + base verb

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the structure of the future simple tense?

• Will + have + past participle

• Will + base verb

• Will + have been + verb-ing

• Will + be + verb-ing

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Why do native speakers often use the future simple instead of the future continuous?

• Because there is often no difference in meaning

• Because it is easier to understand

• Because it is more formal

• Because it is grammatically incorrect

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence correctly uses the future continuous tense?

• I will be reviewing the exercises tomorrow.

• I will have reviewed the exercises tomorrow.

• I will have been reviewing the exercises tomorrow.

• I will review the exercises tomorrow.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When should you use the future continuous tense?

• To describe a habitual action

• To stress the duration of an action

• To indicate a completed action

• To talk about a past event

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which type of verbs can be used with continuous tenses?

• Modal verbs

• Auxiliary verbs

• Action verbs

• State verbs

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Why can't the verb 'be' be used in the future continuous tense?

• Because it is a state verb

• Because it is an auxiliary verb

• Because it is an action verb

• Because it is a modal verb

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What should you do if you are comfortable with the future simple tense?

• You should learn more about past tenses

• You should use the future continuous tense more often

• You should avoid using the future continuous tense

• You will be fine

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D