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FutureSimpleTense

FutureSimpleTense
Grammar>>>FutureSimpleTense
Englishdoesnothaveaverbformspecificallyusedtoexpressfuturetense.Wehavetochoosefromavariety
offorms(using'will'/'shall','goingto',thepresentcontinuous,thepresentsimple,etc.)totalkaboutfutureevents.
Thefutureexpressedwiththemodalauxiliarieswillandshall+thebaseformoftheverbisknownasthefuture
simpletenseor'will'future.Keepinmind,however,that'will'doesn'talwaysservetoindicatethefuture.Wecan
use'will'totalkabouteventshappeningatthepresent.(Forexample:Thiscarwon'tstart.)
Structure

Examples

Thefuturesimpletenseis
composedoftwoparts:
will/shall+baseverb.Will 1.Iwillfinishmyreportlater
today.
andshallareoften
2.Thesunwillriseat6:03am.
contractedto'll.
3.I'llgotothemarkettomorrow.
4.Therewillbeanother
Affirmativeform
conferencenextmonth.
5.I'llcometoseeyouon
I+shall/
Sunday.
will+work
6.We'llbebackonFriday
we
afternoon.
7.Tomwillvisithisparentsnext
you
he/she/it+will+work week.
8.Theywillpaintthefenceblue.
they
9.Iwillreturnintwohours.
10.Hewillfinishhishomework
1.Ishall/willwriteher
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WeusetheFutureSimple
Tense:
tosaythatsomethingwill
happeninthefuture.Adverbsof
timethatwillindicatesuchtense
mayinclude,tomorrow,today,
latertoday,infiveminutes,in
twohours,onMonday,on
Saturdayafternoon,next
week/month,thisyear,etc.
!Notethatwhenwetalkabout
priorplans,strongintentionsor
fixedarrangementswedonot
normallyuse'will':
Iamgoingtomeethimthis
afternoon.('tobe'+'goingto'+
mainformoftheverb)
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tomorrow.
intwentyminutes.
2.Weshall/willgoshopping 11.Janewillturn18thisyear.
togetherduringtheholidays. 12.Theweddingwilltakeplace
onMay8th.Theceremonywill
Note:'Will'isusedwith beginat4pm,followedbyameal
andabigparty.
allpersons.'Shall'canbe
usedinsteadof'will'with
Note:Incertainsituationswe
I/we.InmodernEnglish,
particularlyinAmerican
use'will'toemphasize:
English,'shall'withafuture
referenceisrarelyused.
13.Youwilldrinkyourmilk!
14.Iwillfindajob.
Negativeform
1.I'llclosethewindow.
ISHALL+NOT
2.I'llhaveacupoftea,please.
we/SHAN'T/+
3.Thephoneisringing.
WORK
I'llanswerit.
4.Oops,Idroppedmypencil.
I
I'llpickitup.
youWILL+NOT
he/she/it/WON'T/
we+WORK
1.Ithinkitwillrain.
they
2.Theweathertomorrowwillbe
sunnyandwarm.
Iwon'tanswerthat
3.IthinkDavidBrownwillbe
question.
thenextmayorofourcity.
Theywon'tacceptthis
4.Everythingwillbefine.
offer.
5.Youaregoingtobeafamous
artistsomeday.
Interrogativeform
6.Ithinkyouaregoingtomarry
awrongperson.
Toforminterrogative
sentencesweusewillwith
1.I'llbethereat7p.m.,I
allpersons:
promise.
2.I'lltellyourparentswhatyou
WILLIWORK?
did.
we
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I'mgoingtobuyanewcarthis
year.('tobe'+'goingto'+main
formoftheverb)
Iamgoingtoapartytommorrow
night.(thepresentcontinuous)
Tinaisgettingmarriednext
month.(thepresentcontinuous)
!Note:'Will'isusedinsteadof
'goingto'whenaformalstyleis
required,particularlyinthe
writtenlanguage(See12)
toexpressspontaneous
decision/
tovolunteertodosomething(the
actionisdecidedatthemoment
ofspeaking)
topredictfutureevents(for
example,tosaywhatwethinkor
believewillhappen),weuseboth
'will'and'goingto'
!Butnotethatweuse'goingto'
(not'will')tomakepredictions
abouteventswhenthereisa
concreteevidence:
Lookatthosedarkcloudsinthe
sky.Itisgoingtorainsoon.
tomakepromisesorthreats

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you
WILLhe/she/itWORK?
they
Willyouopenthewindow,
please?
Willyoudoitforme?
Note:Weuseshallto
makeoffers,askforadvices
orsuggestions,etc.(mainly
inBritishEnglish)
1.ShallIclosethedoor?
2.Shallwegotopicnic
tomorrow?
3.ShallIstudyEnglish?

1.Willyoupleasehelpmetodo
myhomework?
2.Thatsuitcaseistooheavy.Ill
helpyou.
1.I'llprobablygettherebymy
car.
2.Youmustreadthisbook.I'm
sureyou'lllikeit.
3.IexpectTomwillpasshis
exam.

torequesthelportoofferhelp

withwordsandexpressions
suchas:probably,possibly,
perhaps,(I'm)sure,(I)expect

1.Ifitbeginstorain,I'llcertainly
totalkaboutconsequences
neadanumbrella.
(withif,when,provided,unless,
2.Shewilltellhimwhenhecalls. as,assoonas,aslongas,etc.)
1.I'llbeinAthenstomorrow.
2.I'llbeataconferencenext
week.

whenthemainverbisbeeven
ifwetalkaboutplannedevents

'Shall'isalsousedasan
Moreexamples:
imperativeinformalorlegal
writtenstatements:
1.Willyougoshopping?
2.Iwillnotpermitthatkindof
1.TheChairmanshallbe
behaviour.
presentattheCompany's
3.Willourtheachercomewith
generalmeetings.
us?
2.Theaccusedshallbe
Yes,hewill.No,hewon't.
presentduringthetrial.
4.Ourteacherwon'tcomewith
us.

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