FUTURE TENSE

Alda Puspita Sari

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Simple Future Tense is used to state events activities or that will
occur or be carried out in the future, whether 10 minutes or 1
hour in the future, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week,
next month, next year, and so on. If the past tense denotes
events or activities after now (past time), simple future events or
activities before now (future time).

DEFINITION
 5 categories of using the simple
future tense

 To state events or activities that are predicted

to occur or be carried out
 To state the events or activities that are planne
d to occur or be carried out
 To express willingness or ability to do something
 To create a hypothetical conditional play clause;
That is, what will happen to the main clause depe
nds on what happens to the sub-clause of the sente
nce
 To make requests and commands more formal or more
polite
 Modifier of time for Simple Future Tense

• Single word : tomorrow (tomorrow), soon (soon), tonight (a little night). Note :
Tonight means future time if at the time of expressing an event activity or it is not yet
evening (only 5 pm, 2 pm, or still 10 am ect). But if for example at 8 o'clock in the
evening you are alone with your boyfriend, tonight means tonight (meaning now). I
am with my boy or girlfriend tonight. I am so happy. Tonight is one of my greatest
nights in my whole life.
• Phrase next week (next week), next month (next month), next year (next year), etc.
• Clause: when she arrives, if the rain falls tomorrow, etc. Remember: the clause (i.e.
adverbial clause) for the simple future tense is always in the present tense. Don't
put it in future tenses. INCORRECT if when she will arrive; if the rain willfall
tomorrow.
S + Will + Verb1 + O
S + To be (is, am, are) + Going to + Verb1 + O

Example :
- I will read all of this letter tonight
- I am going to drive for more than three hours tomorrow

(+) S + Will + V1 + O+C

(-) S + Will + not + V 1 + O+C
(?) Will + S + V1 + O+C

Example :
(+) John Will join story telling competition at latansa course tomorrow
(-) John Will not join story telling competition at latansa course tomorrow
(?) Will John join story telling competition at latansa course tomorrow?
 SOAL LATIHAN

1. They …… a concert next month.

a. Are going to have
b. Going to be
c. Are going
d. Are going to be

2. He …………………a prosecutor.
a. Was going to
b. Is going to
c. Going to
d. Is going to be
1. . . . . . buy a new car next week.
a. I
b. I will
c. I am
d. I am going to

2. I . . . . . rich someday.
a. Will be
b. Will
c. Going to
d. Am
Essay

1. I ...... (Eat) fried rice tomorrow (Will)

2. Dani ....... (Meet) his father 2 daya later (Will)
3. Look at the clouds. It .....rain soon (is going to)
4. I– to – her – going – tomorrow – am – phone – ev
ening (I am going to phone her tomorrow evenin
g)
THANK YOU