Future continuous and be + infinitive

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  Six Minute Grammar from the BBC.

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  Hello and welcome to Six Minute Grammar.

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  With me, Callum and me, Catherine.

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  Today's program is about a couple of ways of talking about the future.

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  The future continuous verb form and be plus the infinitive.

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  So you're to listen carefully.

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  Good example.

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  Thank you.

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  Let's start with the future continuous.

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  And here's an example.

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  This time next week, I'll be sitting on a beach in Mercury Yorker.

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  Lucky you.

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  Yeah.

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  So I'll be sitting in the future continuous is an event that will be happening at a particular time in the future.

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  And I've already planned it.

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  I used the time phrase this time next week.

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  We can use other time phrases like.

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  Next year or tonight, for example.

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  We can also use the future continuous to say how long we'll be doing something.

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  So, Catherine, how long will you be staying in Majorca?

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