GRAMMAR

FUTURE TENSE

October 15, 2020

USES OF FUTURE TENSE

Uses of Simple Future Tense
[sub+shall/will+main verb]

_{a. TO EXPRESS FUTURE ACTIONS}I shall go to Yorkshire next week.
The teacher will teach English Tenses tomorrow.
They will come to meet me on Wednesday.
The minister will declare Annual Budget soon.

_{b. TO PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS}
It will rain heavily tomorrow.
Brazil will surely win the football final.
The train will arrive late for two hours.
The PM will talk on current pandemic crisis.

_{c. TO EXPRESS WILLINGNESS}
Tony will help his friend to write a blog on internet.
Mrunal will give a public speech on Monday.
My mother will deposit $50 in Relief Fund.
All teachers will participate in blood-donation camp.

_{d. IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES}
They will not listen the songs on radio.
I won’t leave my sit until I get written order.
Rosie will not help you in this situation.
He will not waste his time in talking on phone.

_{e. IN QUESTIONS}
Shall we go to the cinema tomorrow?
Will you come with me to collect the papers?
Won’t they visit the monuments now?
Will the students attend today’s online meet?

Uses of Continuous Future Tense
[sub+shall/will+be+main verb(ing)]

_{a. TO EXPRESS PROGRESSIVE FUTURE EVENTS}
She will be singing a beautiful song.
They will be waiting at the bus stop.
I’ll be celebrating my birthday tomorrow evening.
The teacher will be conducting a grammar test.

_{b. TO EXPRESS PLANNED FUTURE ACTION}
We shall be staying in Jerusalem for two weeks.
They will be coming together in December.
Imran will be presenting a slide show about Animals.
At 6 o’clock, we will be practicing a drama.

_{c. IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES}
You will not be carrying cellphone with you.
Villagers won’t be staying there for a long time.
The college will not be conducting exams in this situation.
They won’t be reading my messages anymore.

_{d. IN QUESTIONS}
Will he be studying in our college library?
Will they be talking with the experts this afternoon?
What songs Stanley will be singing in concert?
Where will they be staying together?

Uses of Perfect Future Tense
[sub+shall/will+have+main verb(past participle)]

_{a.TO EXPRESS COMPLETED FUTURE ACTIONS}
I shall have gone to Paris with my classmates.
The players will have won the match.
They will have reached the airport by 11 o’clock.
Dexter will have sent an email before you reach.
It will have stopped raining.

_{b. IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES}
We shall not have booked the railway tickets.
They will not have distributed the papers.
Arthur won’t have shifted his luggage there.
I shall not have painted the house.
All students will not have submitted journals tomorrow.

_{c. IN QUESTIONS}
Shall we have completed the online course successfully?
Will they have not written the poems by then?
Won’t they have reserved all AC coaches?
Will the players have won the World Cup Final?
What will the teachers have planned for next year?

Uses of Perfect Continuous Future Tense
[sub+shall/will+have been+main verb(ing)]

_{a. TO EXPRESS THE ACTION WHICH WILL START}_{IN FUTURE AND CONTINUE IN FUTURE}
I shall have been reading a novel.
The family will have been living in Sydney.
They will have been living in France for ten years.
Our family will have been travelling all day.
My father will have been driving our new car.

_{b. IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES}
He will not have been watching TV for seven hours.
Smith won’t have been studying much to pass the exam.
Julie will not have been sleeping for five hours.
I shall not have been staying there until you wish.
The workers will not have been continuing the work.

_{c. IN QUESTIONS}
How long will you have been studying Chemistry?
Will the English teacher have been teaching since morning?
Will they have been travelling to Africa?
Where will she have been studying after graduation?
Will your mother have been cooking for the family?

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TENSES

DIRECT-INDIRECT SPEECH

MODAL AUXILIARIES

COLLOCATIONS

DETERMINERS

MOOD

AFFIRMATIVE-NEGATIVE

EITHER…OR/NEITHER…NOR

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

PUNCTUATIONS

WORD BUILDING