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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Future Continuous Tense
How do we make the Future Continuous Tense?
The structure of the future continuous tense is:
| subject |
+ |
auxiliary
verb WILL |
+ |
auxiliary
verb BE |
+ |
main
verb |
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invariable |
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invariable |
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present participle |
| will |
be |
base + ing |
For negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we insert
not between will and be. For question sentences, we
exchange the subject and will. Look at these example sentences
with the future continuous tense:
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subject |
auxiliary verb |
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auxiliary verb |
main verb |
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I |
will |
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be |
working |
at 10am. |
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You |
will |
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be |
lying |
on a beach tomorrow. |
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She |
will |
not |
be |
using |
the car. |
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We |
will |
not |
be |
having |
dinner at home. |
| ? |
Will |
you |
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be |
playing |
football? |
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Will |
they |
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be |
watching |
TV? |
When we use the future continuous tense in speaking, we often
contract the subject and will:
| I will |
I'll |
| you will |
you'll |
he will
she will
it will |
he'll
she'll
it'll |
| we will |
we'll |
| they will |
they'll |
For spoken negative sentences in the future continuous tense, we
contract with won't, like this:
| I will not |
I won't |
| you will not |
you won't |
he will not
she will not
it will not |
he won't
she won't
it won't |
| we will not |
we won't |
| they will not |
they won't |
| english club.com Tip |
| We
sometimes use shall instead of will, especially for I and
we. |
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How do we use the Future Continuous Tense?
The future continuous tense expresses action at a particular
moment in the future. The action will start before that moment but it will
not have finished at that moment. For example, tomorrow I will start work at
2pm and stop work at 6pm:
| At 4pm tomorrow, I
will be working. |
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present |
future |
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At 4pm, I will be in the middle of
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When we use the future continuous tense, our listener usually
knows or understands what time we are talking about. Look at these
examples:
- I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.
- They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.
- What will you be doing at 10pm tonight?
- What will you be doing when I arrive?
- She will not be sleeping when you telephone
her.
- We 'll be having dinner when the film starts.
- Take your umbrella. It will be raining when you
return.
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