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Six Minute Grammar from the BBC.
Hello and welcome to Six Minute Grammar.
With me, Callum and me, Catherine.
Today's program is about a couple of ways of talking about the future.
The future continuous verb form and be plus the infinitive.
So you're to listen carefully.
Good example.
Thank you.
Let's start with the future continuous.
And here's an example.
This time next week, I'll be sitting on a beach in Mercury Yorker.
Lucky you.
Yeah.
So I'll be sitting in the future continuous is an event that will be happening at a particular time in the future.
And I've already planned it.
I used the time phrase this time next week.
We can use other time phrases like.
Next year or tonight, for example.
We can also use the future continuous to say how long we'll be doing something.
So, Catherine, how long will you be staying in Majorca?