FUTURE TENSES

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE FUTURE CONTINUOS TENSE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
shall / will + verb (base) shall / will + be + present participle
(-ing)
shall / will have + past participle shall / will have been + present
participle (-ing)
1. to show an event will take place
sometime in the future
- e.g.: - I will/shall buy a new computer
soon.
- You will help him later.
2. form of be going to
- am/is/are + going to + verb
a. to show actions that have been
planned going to is used instead of
will!shall.
- e.g.: - "e are going to attend #ud$%s
part$ tonight.
- &he is going to marry ver$ soon.
b. to show something will happen.
- e.g.: - It is going to rain heavil$.
- #ohn is going to skip the lesson.
1. to show an ongoing action that takes
place in the future.
- e.g.: - 'he$ will be meeting their new
friends soon.
- I shall be sleeping at that time
tomorrow.
2. form of be going to
- am/is/are + going to be + present
participle
a. to show actions that have been
planned and its ongoing take place in the
future.
- e.g.: - I am going to be eating tonight.
- You are going to be attending her
wedding feast tomorrow.
(. to show an action that is going to
happen in specific time in future.
- e.g.: -'onight at ) *+ I am going to be
eating dinner.
- ,t midnight tonight we will still
be driving through the desert.
1. to show an action that will be
completed at or before a time in the
future - a time e.pression used.
- e.g.: - 'he supermarket will have
closed b$ 10p.m.
- /e will have taken his lunch b$
this time.
- &he will have gone b$ the time
$ou arrive.
1. to show that something will continue
up from the past until a particular event or
time in the future.
- e.g.: -'he$ will have been talking for
over an hour b$ the time 'homas arrives.
- You will have been sleeping for a
da$ when the she comes.
0. to show 2 actions are going to happeng
at the same.
- e.g.: -I a going to be st!d"ing and
he is going to be aking dinner.
- 'onight the$ will be eating
dinner disc!ssing their plans and
having a good time.
- "hile 1llen is reading 'im will
be watching television.