How to Avoid Misunderstandings in English | Use Future Continuous!

hello I'm Ali in today's video we're looking at the future continuous when can we use it and we got it did work hey Ali I'm you from the future oh my god I figured out time travel what's the future like their dog stared well I mean you'll be figuring out in like ten minutes don't worry today I'm going to be time traveling today yes yes in fact from now until the end of this lesson you'll be thinking about how to time travel but actually you already own a time machine whoa this is too much I mean will you be staying for the lesson no no I've literally just done all of this and I'll be editing it all day probably look I should go right now so bye okay bye then let's start the lesson I suppose time machine [Music] did I just imagine that the future continuous what is it how do we use it and when do we use it let's have a look first nice and easy the form will and be going to those are future forms right okay so that's the future and continuous forms need the verb be and that next verb needs to be in the in form put all of this together you have the future continuous or future progressive it's the same thing some teachers will say you always always need a time reference with a future continuous sentence I mean yes but also no not always there are exceptions this is English but don't worry I will explain exactly when you need the time reference and when you don't need it I can show you right now it's much easier for example you're at your friend's house and they want to know hey when are you leaving maybe you're an annoying friend they want to know so you give a time reference tomorrow you can put this time reference at the beginning you can put it at the end so tomorrow I'll be leaving or I'll be leaving tomorrow fine but if we don't include the time reference what happens is it wrong let's have a look I say to you okay I'll be leaving without a time reference you would assume that I mean right now I'm leaving right now so for that reason it's best to be clear what time you mean the exception is if you both understand when you're talking about then you don't need a time reference okay maybe you've seen my future forms video if you haven't click here to watch that it will really help with this lesson but if you I've seen that then you already know that using present continuous to talk about future situations just adds certainty to that situation well it's the same with future continuous let's compare am fighting tonight you're gonna watch me fight notice that he used present continuous I'm fighting because it's a definite definite plan 100% he is fighting tonight Shiraki I'll watch this is future simple it's normal I'll watch maybe she certain maybe she's not it doesn't really matter depends how she says it but let's change this for future continuous sure I'll be watching see how it changes now there's a certainty to it with the future simple maybe it's definite maybe not but with future continuous it works in that same way as present continuous now it's certain sure I'll be watching it's kind of like a promise remember that video if you haven't watched it definitely watch it also notice that there's no time reference here she doesn't need to say tonight because we already know when this is happening we don't need the time reference it's the same in this situation you want to talk to your friend but your friend is working and they say don't worry I'll I'll call you after work they used future simple it's kind of a promise right and you can reply with okay great I'll be waiting definitely going to wait also if we compare that to the simple okay great our wait this way again it might be fine but it might sound not certain it might even sound annoyed like she's annoyed honestly it just depends how you say it but if you think about in a text or in an email you can't see that person's face you don't really know how they feel you don't know how they mean it so it's always best to be clear for that reason if you just want to say definitely I'll do this thing definitely different definitely use future continuous it's it's clear and there's no miscommunication now most commonly we use future continuous just to talk about what is happening at a specific future point in time for example if your friend wants to know what are you doing in the future at a specific time for example tomorrow 5:00 p.m. are you busy we're talking about this time it's future this specific time 5:00 p.m. what is your action around that moment future continuous I won't be doing anything again no time reference needed because we both know we're talking about that specific time if he wants to say actually this time I'm at work from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. that'd be a weird time to work but how could he say that mmm tomorrow at 5 p.m. I'll be working so we've got a negative sentence and a positive sentence that's how it works that example is probably the most common way that we use future continuous and let's change this continuous to a simple let's see if it changes the meaning I removed the continuous in now it's a simple I won't do anything this sounds like you're refusing to do something right that's not what you mean so again be clear don't be misunderstood use future continuous if that is the situation that you mean okay let's practice for you this Saturday what are you going to be doing let me know in the comments type your own sentence so for example this Saturday at 9 p.m. I'll be drinking with friends this Saturday at 9 p.m. I'll be dancing to cheesy music and let's take this a step further in the comments if you see someone's comment that's like this Saturday at 9 p.m. I'll be dancing and drinking and you want to compare your action to theirs you can reply with well while you're drinking I'll be sleeping notice I said this verb in the present tense this one is future continuous why the word while the next verb form should be present while you're drinking while you're doing something so while with present continuous means future and this is future continuous because we're saying what will be happening at the same time as this action oh my god I booked a holiday to Spain this time next week I'll be sunbathing and drinking on the beach this time next week this time next month I'll be working at a new job okay okay okay in the comments write in the comments um what will you be doing this time next year ooh challenge come back to this video next year see if it came true that'd be fun for me this time next year I'll be looking for a dog to adopt this form can also make questions sound more polite I know it's weird right so imagine that you are going to have dinner with your friend and your friend has a very annoying girlfriend called Megan but you want to know ah is Megan coming to dinner too or no okay this question yeah it could sound normal like oh are you bringing Megan to dinner that's fine but could sound annoyed for example the way he means it are you bringing Megan to dinner so again it depends how you say it but let's compare that same question let's just change it to future continuous Oh will you be bringing Megan this way sounds more polite it I know it's weird but it adds distance between the speaker and the receiver of the question this is not a very casual way to ask a question new it does sound more polite so keep that in mind not just questions this form can also make statements and requests sound more polite or formal too for example if you're at work your boss gives you some documents she gives you some documents to work with and she says this sorry John I'll be needing those documents finished before the end of today this sounds much more polite and much less direct than if you said it in simple so again remove the continuous form you just have simple I'll need those documents finished before the end of today that sounds more direct so it's the same request but again adding that future continuous just adds a bit of politeness to your request statement question whatever also also also notice that that's a stative verb why am i using that in continuous you're not allowed to use stative verbs in continuous wrong wrong sometimes there are exceptions for example I'll be needing those documents before the end of today that's fine sometimes you can use stative verbs sometimes in the continuous form another example could be this uh-oh office romance will you be wanting to get dinner tonight let's get Thai again stative verb want but in this case in this context yeah you can use it in continuous it's fine using the future continuous can add a long duration to an action an example your friend wants to do something fun but you have a project an assignment you have to start working today so you tell your friend I'm sorry I can't do anything fun because I'm working on my project today yay oh that sucks well let's do something tomorrow then but no this project is not one day it's not a short thing it's going to take a long time so she can say this see by using that future continuous tense you put emphasis on a long time for that action finally you can use this form for guesses when you suppose something is happening right now I know using future continuous to talk about right now that's weird I know English is weird I'm sorry but a question like what do you think Ally's doing right now hmm 10 p.m. he'll probably be sleeping now this is showing it's a guess emphasized by that word probably so we're guessing we suppose what's happening now using future continuous I know it's weird sorry so I have another two questions for you in the comments number one what do you suppose what do you think what do you guess the queen is doing right now and to ask me a very polite question using that structure using that form and if you need more proud with this lesson you can join this channel as a member or join my patreon page you'll find a PDF worksheet to help you really understand and practice this lesson if you haven't already please 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Length: 16min 9sec (969 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 27 2019