English Grammar tense Future tense

1. FUTURE
TENSE

2. A future tense is a verb form that generally
marks the event described by the verb as not
having happened yet, but expected to
happen in the future.
FUTURE TENSE

3. FUTURE
PERFECT
FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
FUTURE
INDEFINIT
E
Forms:

4. FUTURE INDEFINITE
Future Indefinite is a form of
the verb that refers to an action or
event that has not yet begun. It is used
to make a prediction or to show
ability, intention, or determination.

5. STRUCTURE
Subject+will/shall+V1(First form of verb)+ Object
Examples:-
• He will study Math.
• She will come back.
We can also use “shall”
instead of “will”.
• I shall go
• You shall go

6. CONTRACTED FORMS
You will read. You’ll read.
I shall read. I shall read.
(There is NO contracted form for shall.)
You will not read. You won’t read.
I shall not read. I shan’t read.

7. Will/Shall+ subject +1st form of Verb+object
Examples:-
• Will he play basketball?
• Will you stay in hotel?
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

8. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Subject + will/shall + not + V1 + object
Examples:-
• He will not call him.
• I shall not go to park.

9. USES
REQUESTS:-
Will you help me carry my bags?
THREATS:-
Stop doing that or I’ll call the police.
 TO SUGGEST SOMETHING:-
Shall we go out for a meal?
 OFFERS:-
I’ll open the door for you.

10. NO FUTURE IN TIME CLAUSES
When I will arrive at the cinema,I’ll call you.
future simple
When I arrive at the cinema,I’ll call you.
present simple
when,while,before,after,if,as soon as,unless etc
RULE:-
 If we use a time expression at the beginning of a clause, then
we do NOT use the future simple.
 We must only use the present simple.

11. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Future continuous tense expresses an activity
that will be taking place at a particular time
in future.

12. STRUCTURE
Examples :
• I shall be reading a book.
• They will be playing football.
Subject+ will be/shall be+ verb-ing+object

13. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Subject + will be/shall be+ not + verb-ing
Examples:-
• You will not be eating.
• They will not be dancing.

14. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Will/shall +subject +be +verb-ing +object
Examples:-
• Shall I be reading a book?
• Will they be playing football?

15. IT IS USED
For specific time as an interruption In the
future:-
We will be having breakfast tomorrow
morning at 9 o’clock.
To ask questions politely about future:-
Will you be leaving America tonight?
While expressing intentions for future:-
I will be helping my mother during the
weekend.

16. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Future perfect tense is used to express
an action, which the speaker assumes
will have completed or occurred in the
future. It gives a sense of completion of
a task that will happen in the future.

17. STRUCTURE
Subject+will have/shall have+3rd form of verb+object
Use of will / shall
Traditionally shall is used for 1st person and will
is used for 2nd and 3rd person.
Examples:
• They will have enjoyed party.
• I shall have played cricket.

18. The future tense is used:
With the following time expressions:
Before, till, until, by the time, by,then etc.
NOTE!
Till/Until are mostly used in the negative
sentences.
 She will have finished the report by
tomorrow.
 She won’t have completed the report
till/until 6 o’ clock.

19. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Subject+will have/shall have+not+3rd form of verb+object
Examples:-
• She will have not reached his home.
• They will have not written an application
for leave.

20. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Will/shall+subject+have+3rd form of verb+object
Examples:
• Will they have helped his friend?
• Will she have participated in the song
competition?

21. USES:-
Completion before a specified time in future.
By the end of this week,she will have completed
her assignment.
Duration in the future.
He will have worked in Japan for exactly thirty
years by 2020.
Certainty about the near past.
They will have arrived at the hotel by now.

22. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
• It is a verb tense that describes
actions that will continue up until a
point in the future.
• The future perfect continuous also
sometimes called the future perfect
progressive.

23. TIME REFERENCE
A time reference is used in the sentence to show
starting time of the action or for how long the
action continues.
Two specific words “since” and “for” are used in the
sentence.
The word “since” is used if the exact starting time
(e.g. since Friday, since 10 am) of the action is
known or intended to be shown in the sentence.
The word “for” is used to express the amount of
time (e.g. for six hours) for which the action
continued towards a point in future.

24. STRUCTURE
Subject + will/shall+ have been+ verb-ing +
object+ time reference
Examples:-
• She will have been eating an apple since
morning.
• Maryam will have been going to park for
two hours.

25. Subject + will/shall +not + have been +V-ing
+ object + time reference
Examples:-
• She will not have been eating apple since
morning.
• She will not have been going to park for
two hours.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES

26. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Will/shall+ subject+have been+ V1-ing+
object + time reference
Examples:-
• Will she have been eating an apple
since morning?
• Will he have been going to park for
two hours?

27. Make the correct tenses.
1. I live here for one year next week.
(future perfect continuous)
2. She catch the train by 3 pm. (future
perfect)

28. ANSWERS
1. I will have been living here for one
year next week. (future perfect
continuous)
2. She will have caught the train by 3
pm. (future perfect)

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