将来进行时主要表示将来某一时间正在进行的动作,或表示要在将来某一时间开始,并继续下去的动作。
一般用延续性动词表示。常用来表示礼貌的询问、请求或期待等。
例句:This time next day they will be sitting in the cinema.
将来进行时常用的时间状语有soon, this evening,on Sunday, by this time,tomorrow, in two days, tomorrow evening等等。它表示的是一种客观的制约约束,而不是主观意愿。
例句:By this time tomorrow, I'll be lying on the beach.
将来进行时的构成
将来进行时是由“shall/will + be +现在分词”构成的。
Don't phone me between 8:00 and 10:00. We'll be having classes then.
8点到10点之间不要给我打电话,我们那时正在上课。
Will you be using your bicycle this evening?
She won't be having a meeting in her office at 8:00 tomorrow.