The document provides an overview of the different types of future tenses in English grammar: simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous. It defines each tense, provides examples of how to form sentences using "will" and "be going to" for the simple future and future continuous, and includes exercises for learners to practice forming sentences in each future tense.

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3. Introduction to Future Tense
In English grammar, a Future Tense is a verb form that marks the
event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but
expected to happen in the future (indicating action that has not yet
begun)
Forms of Future Tense are:• Simple Future
• Future Continuous
• Future Perfect
• Future Perfect Continuous
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4. Simple Future Tense
The term simple future or future simple, as applied to
English, generally refers to the combination of the verb
“will” with the main verb.
Simple Future has two different forms in English:
"WILL" and "BE GOING TO"
Although the two forms can sometimes be used
interchangeably, they often express two very different
meanings
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5. The affirmative form of the Simple Future:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they – will / ”ll – go
Examples:
o I think I'll buy a new computer.
o I will open the door. Someone is ringing the
bell.
The interrogative form of the Simple Future:
Will - I, you, he, she, it, we, they – go?
Examples:
o Will you buy a computer?
o Will you go to the party?
The negative form of the simple future:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they – will not/wont – go
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Examples:
o I will not stay at home if I finish the homework.
o I won't visit Big Ben if I go to London.
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6. Exercises –Simple Future Tense
Fill in the correct form of the verb with the “will”
form of future simple tense as in the examples:
 I will drive you to your lesson at 4 pm. (drive)
 He won’t work overtime anymore (not work)
1. Sam _______ the documents over to you tomorrow.
(bring)
2. The teachers ________ about the syllabus until next
Thursday. (not decide)
3. _______ your sister ______ in a large church? (get
married)
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7. Exercises – Future Simple
Tense
Fill in the correct form of the verb with the
“be going to” form of future as in the
examples:
 He is going to clean up his room tonight. (clean up)
 Teddy and Sam aren’t going to eat at that restaurant again.
(not eat)
1. Raju __________ Mr. Nair to give him a good grade.
(persuade)
2. We __________ a refund on that TV that broke down.
(demand)
3. ____ Ms. Patel __________ you extra for that work?(pay)
4. I _______ New Delhi next year. (leave)
5. Kumar _______ a car when he lands at the airport. (hire)
He’ll take the train.
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8. Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense combines progressive aspect with
future time reference; it is formed with the will (or shall in the first
person; see shall and will), the be, and present participle of the main
verb. It is used mainly to indicate that an event will be in progress at
a particular point in the future.
There are several time expressions that are used in all of the
different forms of the future tense.
They are generally used at the end of the sentence or question.
The most common are: tomorrow, next week (Sunday/month/year),
in two days (weeks, months years), the day after tomorrow
Future Continuous has two different forms:
"WILL BE" and "GOING TO BE"
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9. Future Continuous with "Will"
[will be + present participle]
Examples:
We will be going to the gym after work.
Will you be joining us?
At 5 a.m. tomorrow, they will be departing Agra.
I’ll be returning home next Thursday.
Future Continuous with "Be Going To "
[am/is/are + going to be + present participle]
Examples:
I am going to be studying and he is going to be making dinner..
Are you still going to be waiting for her when her plane arrives?
I am going to be staying at the Oberoi Hotel, if anything happens
and you need to contact me.
What will you be doing on Sunday morning?
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10. Exercises – Future Continuous Tense
Complete these sentences using the Future Continuous Tense:
1.This time next year I ______ (live) in Srinagar.
2.At 8PM tonight I ______ (eat) dinner with my family.
3.They ______ (run) for about four hours. Marathons are incredibly
difficult!
4.Unfortunately, I ______ (work) on my essay so I won’t be able to watch
the match.
5.She ______ (study) at the library tonight.
6.______ (you/wait) at the station when she arrives?
7.I ______ (drink) at the restaurant while you are taking your exam!
8.______ (she/visit) her Grandmother again this week?
9.At 3PM I ______ (watch) that movie on channel four.
10.______ (they/attend) your concert next Friday? It would be lovely to see
them.
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11. Future Perfect Tense
The Future Perfect Tense combines perfect aspect with future
time reference. It consists of “will” (or sometimes shall in the
first person, as above), “have,” and the past participle of the
main verb. It indicates an action that is to completed sometime
prior to a future time of perspective, or an ongoing action
continuing up to a future time of perspective.
The Future Perfect Simple tense is used to explain an activity
that will be completed by a certain time in the future.
We add time expressions such as: by the time, by then, by the
year 2008, by March 25th to describe these kinds of activities.
Future Perfect has two different forms:
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"WILL HAVE DONE" and "WILL HAVE DONE"
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12. Future Perfect with "Will"
[will have + past participle]
Examples:
You will have perfected your English by the time you come back
from the U.S.
It will not have stopped raining
Won’t you have sent the documents by Thursday?
Future Perfect with "Be Going To "
[am/is/are + going to have + past participle]
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Examples:
By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire
house.
Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before
she moves to Beijing?
How many countries are you going to have visited by the time
you turn 50?
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13. Exercises – Future Perfect Tense
Fill in the correct form verb in either the future
perfect simple or future perfect progressive tense:
1.By 9 o'clock, we ___________ (finish) our
homework.
2.They ___________ (leave) the classroom by the
end of the hour.
3.We ___________ (go) home by next week.
4.She ___________ (return) from the excursion by
6 o'clock.
5.___________ (buy / he) the new house by
October?
6.The sun ___________ (not / rise) by 4 o'clock.
7.___________(you/do) the shopping by 3 o'clock?
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14. Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
The future perfect progressive tense is used to talk about
an action that will already have started and will still be
happening by a certain time in the future.
We use time expressions such as for 30 minutes and since
early morning to describe the length of time the activity
has already going on.
Future Perfect has two different forms:
"WILL HAVE BEEN DOING" and
"BE GOING TO HAVE BEEN DOING"
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15. Future Perfect Continuous with "Will"
[will have been + present participle]
Examples:
You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane
finally arrives.
By the time you get here, we will have been building the house for a
year.
By 2008, Adam will have been selling sports equipment for 10 years.
Future Perfect Continuous with "Be Going To "
[am/is/are + going to have been + present participle]
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Examples:
We are going to have been driving for over three days straight when we
get to Anchorage.
Jason will be tired when he gets home because he will have been jogging
for over an hour.
You won't get a promotion until you have been working here as long as
Tim.
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16. Exercises – Future Perfect
Continuous Tense
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Fill in the correct form verb in either the future perfect simple or
future perfect progressive tense:
1.By the time I start my shift, Dr. Batra _________ for 18 hours straight.
(work)
2.Sheila ____ the scholarship by the time she starts school in September.
(get)
3.By this time next month, I hope they ____building the community center.
(finish)
4.Professor Krishnamurthy ______ at this university for 25 years by the
time he retires in June. (teach)
5.By this time tomorrow night we ______ in Kochi. (arrive)
6.______ he ______ the message by the time your flight takes off? (receive)
7.Dana _____ the night shift by the time you get up in the morning. (not
finish)
8.The team _____ at the exhibition for five hours by the time I arrive there.
(work)
9.By the time we get on the plane, they ____already _____ the luggage.
(load)
10.By 2025, I hope researchers ______ a cure for cancer. (find)
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