Practice Future Continuous Tense Quiz

Future Continuous Tense (Will & Shall Modals) — Exercise 7 (Q&A with Solution’s Explanation and Improve English with Vocabulary Builder)

This fresh practice set contains 10 new Future Continuous sentences designed to test subtle differences in progressive aspect and modal register (will vs shall). Each question uses a useful, non-trivial verb (with a short dictionary-style note) and four plausible options that all include will or shall in different forms. Future Continuous form (will be + V-ing or shall be + V-ing when I/we are used and the nuance is a promise/commitment). Every option includes a full explanation — grammar, rule, and what selecting that option would imply.

English Grammar Definition: Future Continuous Tense (will + verb-ing form)

  • Form: will / shall + be + verb-ing form.
  • Examples: She will be publishing new books; We shall be coming back; will you be stopping it?
  • Main uses:
    • actions or events that will be in progress at a future time; to describe background activity in the future; to indicate planned ongoing activity.
  • Signal words: at 3pm tomorrow, by then, tonight, during the deployment window, while, when X happens.
  • Negatives / Questions: will not (won't) / shall not (shan't) + verb-ing form ; Will / shall + subject + be + verb-ing form?
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1. He __ quorum checks while coordinating failover leadership.

A) will be performing B) shall be performing C) will perform D) shall perform

Word: quorum (check) — noun/verb. Quorum: minimum required participants; performing quorum checks ensures cluster consensus.

A) Correct: will be performing — ongoing verification during leadership coordination.

B) Wrong: shall be performing — awkward with third person.
C) Wrong: will perform — single checks vs continuous monitoring.
D) Wrong: shall perform — formal non-continuous.

2. I __ the interface mocks while the devs implement the API.

A) shall be designing B) will be designing C) will design D) shall design

Word: designverb. To plan and create UI/UX or system artifacts; noun design.

A) Correct: shall be designing — personal pledge to continue designing during implementation.

B) Wrong: will be designing — progressive but less promisey.
C) Wrong: will design — single design action, not continuous refinement.
D) Wrong: shall design — formal non-progressive.

3. They __ health-score while microservices restart.

A) will be aggregating B) shall be aggregating C) will aggregate D) shall aggregate

Word: aggregateverb. To combine multiple metrics into summary scores; noun aggregation.

A) Correct: will be aggregating — continuous aggregation taking place during restarts.

B) Wrong: shall be aggregating — odd register with third person.
C) Wrong: will aggregate — periodic/singular aggregation, not ongoing.
D) Wrong: shall aggregate — formal, non-progressive.

4. We __ backpressure signals and adjusting producers as load changes.

A) shall be emitting B) will be emitting C) will emit D) shall emit

Word: emitverb. To send or generate signals/events; noun emission.

A) Correct: shall be emitting — organisational commitment to actively emit signals; progressive duty.

B) Wrong: will be emitting — progressive but less formal/responsible sounding.
C) Wrong: will emit — single emission events, not continuous.
D) Wrong: shall emit — formal non-progressive.

5. He __ the anomaly with verbose traces as the test storms arrive.

A) will be instrumenting B) shall be instrumenting C) will instrument D) shall instrument

Word: instrumentverb. (see earlier) Add traces/observability to code.

A) Correct: will be instrumenting — continuous tracing during incoming test storms.

B) Wrong: shall be instrumenting — odd for third person.
C) Wrong: will instrument — single instrumentation event, not iterative tracing.
D) Wrong: shall instrument — formal non-progressive.

6. I __ the config drift remediation while the teams stabilise.

A) shall be coordinating B) will be coordinating C) will coordinate D) shall coordinate

Word: coordinateverb. To arrange and synchronise actions across teams; noun coordination.

A) Correct: shall be coordinating — speaker’s pledge to continuously synchronise remediation efforts.

B) Wrong: will be coordinating — progressive but less pledgey.
C) Wrong: will coordinate — single coordination event, not sustained.
D) Wrong: shall coordinate — formal non-progressive.

7. They __ lifecycle policies to reclaim storage as the backlog clears.

A) will be enforcing B) shall be enforcing C) will enforce D) shall enforce

Word: enforceverb. To apply policies/rules; noun enforcement.

A) Correct: will be enforcing — ongoing enforcement process concurrent with backlog clearing.

B) Wrong: shall be enforcing — odd with third person.
C) Wrong: will enforce — discrete enforcement actions, not continuous policy enforcement.
D) Wrong: shall enforce — formal, non-progressive.

8. We __ metadata changes in real time during ingestion.

A) shall be cataloguing B) will be cataloguing C) will catalogue D) shall catalogue
Word: remediateverb. To fix or correct problematic records; noun: remediation.

Word: catalogueverb. To record data about data; noun catalogue/catalog.

A) Correct: shall be cataloguing — promise to continuously record metadata during ingestion; shall denotes responsibility.

B) Wrong: will be cataloguing — progressive but less formal.
C) Wrong: will catalogue — batch/discrete cataloguing, not real-time.
D) Wrong: shall catalogue — formal and non-progressive.

9. I __ reconcile divergent checkpoints while replication proceeds.

A) shall be resolving B) will be resolving C) will resolve D) shall resolve

Word: resolveverb. To settle inconsistencies or conflicts; noun resolution.

A) Correct: shall be resolving — pledge to continuously fix divergent checkpoints while replication runs.

B) Wrong: will be resolving — progressive but less pledgey.
C) Wrong: will resolve — implies discrete resolution actions, not ongoing reconciliation.
D) Wrong: shall resolve — formal non-progressive.

10. They __ non-critical endpoints gracefully during high load.

A) will be degrading B) shall be degrading C) will degrade D) shall degrade

Word: degradeverb. To reduce functionality/quality to protect core services; noun degradation.

A) Correct: will be degrading — continuous protective step across the high-load period.

B) Wrong: shall be degrading — awkward with third person.
C) Wrong: will degrade — single degradation step, not continuous throttling.
D) Wrong: shall degrade — formal non-progressive.

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