This Time Tomorrow: The Future Continuous

About This Resource

A complete Grade 8 ESL grammar pack on the future continuous (will be + -ing). Students describe actions in progress at a future time (This time tomorrow, I will be flying to Lima), compare it with the future simple, use it for planned events and polite questions about plans (Will you be using the laptop later?) and imagine a day in their life in twenty years. Includes slides, a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, flashcards, a rubric and answer keys.

Overview

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a particular time in the future: At 8 a.m. tomorrow, I will be sitting in my math class. It contrasts with the future simple, which describes a complete action: The class will start at 8. Students also learn two useful extra meanings: events that are part of a plan or routine (The team will be training on Saturday as usual) and polite questions about someone's plans (Will you be using the printer this afternoon?). They complete timelines, choose between the future simple and the future continuous, ask and answer questions about a classmate's schedule and write about a day in the future.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Future Continuous
Category: Grammar
File Type: PDF
File Size: 303.3 KB
Published: 13 Nov 2026
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Grade 8 ESL (ages 13–14), B1 55 minutes Grammar speaking writing time expressions

Learning Objectives

Form the future continuous with will be + -ing in positive, negative and question forms.
Use the future continuous for actions in progress at a future time and contrast it with the future simple.
Ask polite questions about plans with Will you be…?

How to Use This Resource

Show the slides: a clock showing 10 a.m. tomorrow. Ask: "What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?"
Do worksheet activities 1 and 2 together, drawing timelines for each sentence.
Students complete activities 3 to 6, then use the quiz and send the homework page home.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Diary swap: students fill in a diary for next Saturday and ask a partner What will you be doing at 3 p.m.?
Twenty years from now: students describe a typical day in the future using the future continuous.
Polite requests: students ask Will you be using…? before borrowing classroom items.

Differentiation

Support: give a form chart (subject + will be + -ing) and a diary template. Challenge: students compare the future continuous with going to and the present continuous for arrangements.

Assessment

Use the worksheet and quiz to check form and meaning. Use the rubric to assess the diary interview and the future-day writing.

Teacher Tips

Draw a timeline with a point (the future time) inside a wavy line (the action in progress). Students often add -ing to will alone (I will going) or forget be. Not all verbs are natural in continuous forms: we usually say I will know, not I will be knowing.

What's Included

10-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (7 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 7 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

Lesson Slides (PPTX)
Editable Student Pages and Lesson Plan (DOCX)
A5 Flashcards (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF)

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