FUTURE TENSE
Simple Future
• This tense tells us about an action which has not
occurred yet and will occur after saying or in
future
• Rule – Will/Shall + Verb (Ist form)
• In Future Tense helping verb ‘Shall’ is used with
‘I’ and ‘We’.
• Helping verb ‘Will’ is used with all others.
• I shall open the door.
• We shall read the book.
• She will top the exam.
Simple Future
• You will deliver the lecture.
• She will take the test.
• In general speaking there is hardly any difference
between 'shall & will' and normally ‘Will’ is used
with all.
Rule
• Positive / Affirmative Sentences –
Subject + Will/Shall + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (.)
She will stand first in the class.
I shall receive the medal.
• Negative Sentences-
Subject + Will/Shall + Not + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (.)
He will not fail.
We shall not prove her wrong.
RULE
• Interrogative Sentences-
Will/Shall + Subject + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)
Will he start the conversation?
Shall I pass the glass to her?
Shall we move forward?
Will Fatima finish the novel tonight?
• Interrogative Negative Sentences-
Will/Shall + Subject + Not + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)
Will she not speak for her rights?
Will you not behave yourself?
Shall we not prove our potential?
Examples with will only
• + I will open the door.
• + You will finish before me.
• - She will not be at school tomorrow.
• - We will not leave yet.
• ? Will you arrive on time?
• ? Will they want dinner?
CONTRACTIONS
When we use the simple future tense in speaking, we
often contract the subject and auxiliary verb:
• I will I'll
• you will you'll
• he will he'll
• she will she'll
• it will it'll
• we will we'll
• they will they'll
CONTRACTIONS
For negative sentences in the simple future tense, we
contract with won't
• I will not I won't
• you will not you won't
• he will not he won't
• she will not she won't
• it will not it won't
• we will not we won't
• they will not they won't
SITUATIONS OF USE
Prediction
• We often use the simple future tense to make a prediction
about the future. Again, there is no firm plan. We are saying
what we think will happen. Here are some examples:
• It will rain tomorrow.
• People won't go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
• Who do you think will get the job?
Be
• When the main verb is be, we can use the simple future tense
even if we have a firm plan or decision before speaking.
Examples:
• I'll be in London tomorrow.
• I'm going shopping. I won't be very long.
• Will you be at work tomorrow?
Future Continuous Tense
• It is used to express an ongoing or continued
action in future. e.g. He will be distributing
sweets in temple tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
• In the example, the action will start in future
(tomorrow) and action is thought to be
continued till sometime in future.
• We use the future continuous to talk about
something that will be in progress at or around a
time in the future.
• Rule: Will/Shall + Be + Verb (Ist form) + Ing
RULE
Positive / Affirmative Sentences –
• Subject + Will/Shall + Be + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.)
• She will be dancing at night.
• I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.
• We 'll be having dinner when the film starts.
• Take your umbrella. It will be raining when you return.
When we use the future continuous tense, our
listener usually knows or understands what time
we are talking about.
Negative Sentences-
• Subject + Will/Shall + Not + Be + Verb (Ist form) + Ing +
Object + (.)
• We will not be having dinner at home.
• They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.
• She will not be sleeping when you telephone her.
Interrogative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Be + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (?)
• Will she be waiting for him.
• Will you be playing football?
• Will they be watching TV?
Interrogative Negative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Not + Be + Verb (Ist form) + Ing +
Object + (?)
• Will she not be skipping the class?
• Shall we not be progressing in our lives?
Future Perfect Tense
• It is used to express an action which will
happen/occur in future and will be completed by
a certain time in future.
• We use the future perfect to say that something
will be finished by a particular time in the future.
e.g. They will have shifted the house by Sunday
morning.
I will have finished by 10am.
• Rule: Will/Shall + Have + Verb (3rd form)
RULE
Positive / Affirmative Sentences –
• Subject + Will/Shall + Have + Verb (3rd form) + Object + (.)
• She will have written a letter.
• You will have forgotten me by then.
Negative Sentences-
• Subject + Will/Shall + Not + Have + Verb (3rd form) + Object +
(.)
• They will not have cooked the meal.
• She will not have gone to school.
• We will not have left.
RULE
Interrogative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Have + Verb (3rd form) + Object + (?)
• Will you have arrived?
• Will they have received it?
• Will she have written a letter?
Interrogative Negative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Not + Have + Verb (3rd form) + Object +
(?)
• Will she not have achieved her dreams?
• Will you have arrived?
• Will they have received it?
• The future perfect tense expresses action in the
future before another action in the future. This is
the past in the future. For example:
• The train will leave the station at 9am. You will
arrive at the station at 9.15am. When you arrive,
the train will have left.
• You can call me at work at 8am. I will have
arrived at the office by 8.
• They will be tired when they arrive. They will
not have slept for a long time.
Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
• It is used to talk about actions that will
commence at a fix time in future and will
continue for some time in future.
• If there is no time reference, then it is not a
Future perfect continuous tense.
• Without continued time reference, such
sentences are Future Continuous Tense.
• Continued time reference only differentiates
between Future Continuous Tense and Future
Perfect Continuous Tense.
• The future perfect continuous emphasize the
duration of an activity that will be in progress
before another time or event in the future.
• It is also used to talk about planned actions or
actions expected to happen.
e.g. They will be staying for a week.
• The future perfect progressive emphasize the
duration of an activity that will be in progress
before another time or event in the future.
• Rule: Will/Shall + Have been + Verb (Ist form) +
Ing
Positive / Affirmative Sentences –
• Subject + Will/Shall + Have been + Verb (Ist
form) + Ing + Object + (.)
• I will have been working for four hours.
• You will have been cooking for three years by
2018.
RULE
Negative Sentences-
• Subject + Will/Shall + Not + Have been + Verb (Ist form) + Ing
+ Object+ (.)
• She will not have been using the car for two weeks.
• We will not have been waiting since March.
Interrogative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Have been + Verb (Ist form) + Ing +
Object +(?)
• Will you have been playing football since morning?
• Will they have been watching TV for the last two days?
RULE
Interrogative Negative Sentences-
• Will/Shall + Subject + Not + Have been + Verb (Ist form) + Ing
+ Object +(?)
• Will she not have been travelling for 24 hours?
• Shall we not have been working here for ten years since
February?
