FUTURE TENSE
The future tense is a verb tense used for a future activity or a future state of being.
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Uses of the simple future :
* Used to express any actions that will take place in the future.
*provide information about possible events that have not taken place yet
*make a prediction about a future event
*discuss some future plans
* Shall is used for first person – I ,We
Syntax: Subject +will/shall +V1 +Object
Example :This car will go to the airport.
: I shall go to Mumbai tomorrow.
NEGATIVE SENTENCE IN SIMPLE FUTURE
Syntax : Subject + will/shall+ not + V1 +Object
Example: My mother will not go to office tomorrow .
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE IN SIMPLE FUTURE
Syntax: will/shall+Subject+V1+Object?
Example :Will she leave for Goa tomorrow ?
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FORM OF THE VERBS GIVEN IN THE BRACKET.
1.She _____________well in her exams.(do)
2.The children ______________ back by afternoon.(be)
3.I think they _____________ us a visit.(not pay)
4.I ____________ you to the school auditorium .(accompany)
5.____________I ___________you?(help)
6.I _______________to the doctor’s clinic today.(not go)
7.___________Vinay ___________college next month?(join)
8.Deepa _______________ a bouquet on your birthday. (send)
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
* for expressing any continuous action which will take place in the future.
*for predicting or guessing about future events
*to politely ask for information about the future
Syntax: Subject +will/shall+be+V1+ing+Object
Example: He and his friends will be presenting a play next week.
:The ship will be sailing to Singapore soon.
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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES IN FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
Syntax: will/shall + Subject +be+V1+ing +object?
Examples
:Will Joanne be coming home for the holidays?
:Will we be flying over the Atlantic soon?
NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Subject +will/shall+not+be+V1+ing+Object.
Examples
:He will not be meeting us next week.
:The amusement park will not be increasing ticket prices later this year.
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OF THE VERBS GIVEN IN THE BRACKET.
1.Father ________________(leave) for office soon.
2.The mechanic ______________(repair)the fan today.
3.Heena _______________(invite) her cousins in the evening .
4.Harish ___________(get) a new study table from the market.
5.___________you ___________(join) us for the party?
6.This time next year, we __________(fly) to Dubai.
7.Raj ____________ (attend) the party .
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
*express that an action will occur before another action in the future
* for an action expected to be completed in the future.
* used with the time expressions like-by that time, by then, by next week or
by the tenth of next month and so on.
Syntax: Subject+ will/shall+ have+ V3+Object
Examples: I shall have completed my project by afternoon.
: By next April ,I shall have gone to Class VII.
NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES IN
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Negative
Syntax : Subject +will /shall + not + have + V3+Object.
Examples
:I shall not have eaten by then.
Interrrogative
Syntax : shall/will + subject + have + V3 +object?
Examples
: Will mom have cooked our favorite meal?
: Will the plant have grown by then?
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FORM OF THE VERBS GIVEN IN THE BRACKET.
1.She ____________(finish) her exams by then, so we can watch a film.
2.We __________(arrive) by the time it is dark.
3.By the time I leave ,I __________(be) in London for six months.
4.The gymnast ____________(perform)in the stadium by evening .
5.The tailor ___________(stitch ) her dress by tomorrow .
6.The woodcutter ___________(cut) logs of wood before the night sets in .
(FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE IS NOT USED IN MODERN ENGLISH)
