The paradigm of the verb in the future continuous
| Affirmative | Interrogative |
| I shall be speaking He (she, it) will be speaking We shall be speaking You will be speaking They will be speaking | Shall I be speaking? Will he (she, it) be speaking? Shall we be speaking? Will you be speaking? Will they be speaking? |
Negative
| I shall not (shan’t) be speaking He (she, it) will not (won’t) be speaking We shall not (shan’t) be speaking You will not (won’t) be speaking They will not (won’t) be speaking |
Negative-interrogative
| a) | Shall I not be speaking? Will he (she, it) not be speaking? Shall we not be speaking? Will you not be speaking? Will they not be speaking? | b) | Shan’t I be speaking? Won’t he (she, it) be speaking? Shan’t we be speaking? Won’t you be speaking? Won’t they be speaking? |
§ 47. The future continuous is used to denote:
1. An action in progress at a certain moment of time or during a certain period of time in the future (compare the corresponding use of the past continuous).
At that time she will be having her early morning cup of coffee.
In an hour I'll be flying over the sea.
When she comes, I think I’ll be packing already.
It will be too late. He will be sleeping.
From ten till twelve he will be writing in his study.
As can be seen from the above examples, the moment (or period) of time at which the action is taking place is either indicated by special adverbials of time, or is implied by another future action, or else by the context or situation.
2. An action the occurrence of which is expected by the speaker.
By the way, Megan will be coming to lunch.
She says she’ll be seeing you tomorrow.
In all its uses the future continuous is rendered in Russian by means of the future tense of the imperfective aspect (будет пить, буду лететь, буду упаковываться, etc.).
The future perfect
§ 48. Formation. The future perfect is formed analytically by means of the auxiliary to have in the future indefinite (shall/will have) and participle II of the notional verb.
In the interrogative the corresponding form of the first auxiliary (shall/will) is used in the front position and the second auxiliary (have) and participle II follow the subject.
In the negative the corresponding negative forms of shall/will are used and the second auxiliary (have) and participle II follow them.
In the negative-interrogative the corresponding negative-interrogative forms of shall/will are used in the front position and the second auxiliary and participle II follow the subject.
The paradigm of the verb in the future perfect
| Affirmative | Interrogative |
| I shall have spoken He (she, it) will have spoken We shall have spoken You will have spoken They will have spoken | Shall I have spoken? Will he (she, it) have spoken? Shall we have spoken? Will you have spoken? Will they have spoken? |
Negative
| I shall not (shan’t) have spoken He (she, it) will not (won’t) have spoken We shall not (shan’t) have spoken You will not (won’t) have spoken They will not (won’t) have spoken |
§ 49. The future perfect is very rarely used either in conversation or in writing.
It is used to denote:
1. An action that both begins and ends before, a definite moment of time in the future (the exclusive future perfect).
"I have no doubt," I said, "that I shall have seen anybody who is anybody by then."
You will have got my cable and I shall have received your answer long before this letter reaches you.
The moment in the future before which the action is to begin and end may be indicated by appropriate adverbials or other verbs denoting future actions, or by the whole context or situation.
2. An action that begins before a certain moment of time in the future and goes up to it or into it.This is the case when the action in question is expressed by statal verbs, which do not admit of continuous forms, or else by certain actional durative verbs, such as to live, to study, to work, etc., which denote a process (the inclusive future perfect).
She will have been in your service fifteen years next year.
The future perfect continuous
§ 50. Formation. The future perfect continuous is formed analytically by means of the auxiliary to be in the future perfect (shall/will have been) and participle I of the notional verb.
Their interrogative, negative and negative-interrogative forms are built similar to other future forms.