Future Tense

THE FUTURE TENSE FUTURE SIMPLE FUTURE CONTINUOUS FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FUTURE SIMPLE Formula Subject + (will, shall)+ Base Form of Verb +Object For Example She will cook meal. Negative Subject + will not + BFV + Object For Example He will not go to Market. Interrogative Will + Subject + BFV + Object ? For Example Will they watch TV ?

FUTURE SIMPLE The simple future is used to talk about the things which we cannot control. It expresses the future as fact. For Example: 3. We will know our exam results in May.  We use this tense to talk about what we think or believe will happen in the future. For Example: 6. I think Pakistan will win the match. 7. I am sure he will get a first position. 

FUTURE SIMPLE As in the above sentences, we often use this tense with I think and I am sure. We also say I expect____, I believe_____, Probably_____, etc.  We can use this tense when we decide to do something at the time of speaking. For Example: 4. It is raining. I will take an umbrella. 5. ‘Mr. Sinha is very busy at the moment.’— ‘All right. I'll wait’. 

FUTURE INTENTIONS Formula Subject + (am, is, are)+ GOING TO + BFV + Object For Example My mother is going to cook food. Negative Subject + (is, am , are) + NOT + GOING TO + BFV + O For Example He is not going to play cricket. Interrogative (Is, am , are) + Subject + Going to + BVF + O ? For Example Is he going to become a cricketer ?

FUTURE INTENTIONS We use the going to form when we have decided to do something before talking about it. For Example: 3. “Have you decided what to do ?”— “Yes. I am going to resign the job”. 4. “Why do you want to sell your motorbike?” – “I am going to buy a car.”  We also use the going to form to talk about what seems likely or certain, when there is something in the present which tells us about the future. For Example: 7. The boat is full of water. It is going to sink. 

FUTURE INTENTIONS The going to form may also express an action which is on the point of happening. For Example: 3. Let’s get into train. It’s going to leave. 4. Look! The cracker is going to explode. 

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE Formula Subject + (will be, shall be)+ Base Form of Verb (ing) +Object For Example I will be leaving for Lahore on Monday. Negative Subject + (will/shall not be) + Base Form of Verb (ing) + Object. For Example She will not be joining us in English Language classes next month. Interrogative Will + Subject + be + BFV (ing) + Object ? For Example Will they be watching cricket match in stadium ?

FUTURE CONTINUOUS We use the Future Continuous Tense to talk about actions which will be in progress at a time in the future. For Example: 3. I suppose it will be raining when we start. 4. This time tomorrow I will be sitting on the beach in Singapore.  We also use this tense to talk about actions in the future which are already planned or which are expected to happen in the normal course of things. For Example: 7. I will be staying here till Sunday. 8. The post man will be coming soon. 

FUTURE PERFECT Formula Subject + (will have, shall have) + Past Participle + O For Example My team will have played the match. Negative Subject + (will/shall not have)+ Past Participle + O For Example He will not have gone there. Interrogative (Will/Shall) +Subject + Have + Past Participle + O ? For Example Will they have come earlier ?

FUTURE PERFECT The Future Perfect Tense is used to talk about actions that will be completed by a certain future time. For Example: 3. I shall have written my exercise by then. 4. He will have left before you go to see him. 5. By the end of this month I will have worked here for five years. 

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS Formula Subject + (will/shall have been ) + BFV (ing) + Since/For + O For Example My team will have been playing the match for six hours. Negative Subject + (will/shall not have been)+ BFV (ing) + Since/For +O For Example He will not have been living for several years in UK. Interrogative (Will/Shall) +Subject + Have Been + BFV (ing) + Since/For +O? For Example Will they have been singing a song for five minutes ?

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS The Future Perfect Continuous tense is used for actions which will be in progress over a period of time that will end in the future. For Example: 3. By next March we shall have been living here for four years. 4. I’ll have been teaching for twenty years next July. 