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USE 1 Interrupted Action in the Future      
      



Use the Future Progressive to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted. The interruption is usually an action in the  Future Simple. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

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USE 2 Specific Time as an Interruption



In USE 1, described above, the Future Progressive is interrupted by an action in the Future Simple . However, you can also use a specific time as an interruption.

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USE 3 Parallel Actions        



When you use the Future Progressive with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions will be happening at the same time. These are Parallel Actions.

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USE 4 Atmosphere

In English we often use a series of Parallel Actions to describe atmosphere in the future.

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ACTIVE  FORMS Future Continuous

EXAMPLES:

At 10:00 PM tonight, Yossi will be washing the cat. ACTIVE


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            Futuret Progressive Rules

                   1.  Used for temporary actions going on now   
                    2. The action should be important enough to comment on  
                    3. The action must have a beginning and an end

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                    Futuret Progressive Exercises

                    1. Verb Tense Exercise : Simple Future and Future Continuous
                    Verb Tense Practice Test : Cumulative Verb Tense Review
                    Verb Tense Final Test : Cumulative Verb Tense Review               

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