Which of the following sentences is in the future continuous tense?

The correct answer is Option (3) → This time on Sunday, Nikhil will be sitting in the stands at Eden Gardens.

Future continuous tense:

• Its form is will be + V-ing.
• It shows an action in progress at a set time in the future.
• In Option 3, “will be sitting” shows Nikhil in the middle of the action at a future time, “this time on Sunday”.
• Example: At eight tonight, we will be having dinner at Nani’s house.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: By Sunday evening, the groundsmen will have covered the whole pitch. — Incorrect.

• This is the future perfect: will have + past participle (V3).
• “Will have covered” shows an action that will be finished by a future time, not one going on.

Option 2: Nikhil is going to watch the final at Eden Gardens on Sunday. — Incorrect.

• This is the “be going to” future: am / is / are going to + verb.
• It shows a plan.
• It has no “will be” and no -ing form of the main verb.

Option 4: By the end of the match, the fans will have been waiting in the stands for nine hours. — Incorrect.

• This is the future perfect continuous: will have been + V-ing.
• “Will have been waiting” shows how long an action will have gone on by a future time.