THE FUTURE

SIMPLE TENSE
The Future Simple Tense
is used to express an
action that will occur or
happen in the future. It is
used to describe an action
which will happen in
near or far future after
being said about it by the
speaker.
 Future Indefinite Formula Chart
Subject + shall/will + Ist form + object = for affirmative sentence
I will play football
Subject + shall/will + not + Ist form + object = for negative
sentence
I will not play football
Shall/will + subject + Ist form + object? = for interrogative
sentence
Will I play football ?
 Will
1) We use the future simple with 'will' to predict the future. It is the
basic way we talk about the future in English, and we often use it if
there is no reason to use another future tense. We can use it for future
facts and for things that are less certain.
• The sun will rise at 7am.
• I think the Conservatives will win the next election.

2) Promises / requests / refusals / offers. This is sometimes called

'volitional' will. It's about desire to do something or not to do
something in the future.
• I'll help you with your homework.
• Will you give me a hand?
• I won't go!
3) In a similar way, we often use 'will' when we're
talking about a decision at the moment of speaking. We
are usually making an offer or promise or talking about
something that we want to do.
• A: I'm cold. B: I'll close the window.

4) We use the future simple with 'will' in the first

conditional, and in other sentences that have a
conditional feeling.
• If it doesn't rain, we'll go to the park.
• Let's arrive early. That will give us time to relax.
 Shall
'Shall' has a modal meaning.
It is used mainly in the forms
'shall I?' and 'shall we?' in British
English. These forms are used when you
want to get someone's opinion, especially
for offers and suggestions.

 Shall I open the window? (= Do you

want me to open the window?)
 Where shall we go tonight? (= What's
your opinion?)
Construction ‘Be going to’
 Construction ‘Be going to’
We often use 'be going to' to talk about
our future intentions and plans. We
have usually made our plans before the
moment of speaking.
• A: We've run out of milk. B: I know,
I'm going to buy some.
We can also use 'be going to' to make
a prediction about the future. Often it's
possible to use both 'be going to' and
'will' but it's more common to use 'be
going to' if we can see evidence in the
present.
• Look at those boys playing football!
They're going to break the window.
• The sky is getting darker and darker.
It's going to rain.
 In The Future Simple Tense we usually use
such Time Markers
Time Marker Examples
Tomorrow I will do this test tomorrow.
The day after There will be a festival in the town the day after tomorrow.
tomorrow
Next Patrick won’t marry Helen next month.
day/week/month/ Will Jack go help his parents next week?
year
Soon I will give you the book back soon.
Later I will call you later.
One of these days John will tell the story one of these days.
Some day We will meet again some day.
In a day/in a I will be a teacher in four years.
week/in five years
 Translation Features of The Future Simple
Tense
The Future Simple Tense is translated from English into Ukrainian
as future. In the Ukrainian language, the future is formed
differently for perfective and imperfective verbs.

• I will play football. – Я буду грати у футбол.

• Tomorrow he won’t go to the school. – Завтра він не піде до
школи.
• Will you go with us? – Чи підеш ти з нами?
 Imperfeсtive aspect
Imperfective verbs, in addition to the word «бути» , generally have a
synthetic (simple) and analytical (compiled) form of future. The word
«бути» has only a synthetic form.

Persona Singular Plural

1st Буду Будемо

2sd Будеш Будете

3d Буде Будуть

Declension of the word «бути» in the future.

 Analytical form of the verb in the future is formed
as: auxiliary verb «бути» in the corresponding
person + infinitive.

Persona Singular Plural Persona Singular Plural

Будемо
1st Писатиму Писатимемо 1st Буду писати
писати
2sd Будеш Будете
2sd Писатимеш Писатимете писати писати
Будуть
3d Буде писати
3d Писатиме Писатимуть писати

The synthetic form of word «писати» in The analytical form of the word «писати»
the future in the future
 Perfective aspect
Imperfective verbs do not have the present, and the form of the future is
similar to the form of the present of imperfective verbs – «напишу»
means the future action.

Persona Singular Plural

1st Напишу Напишемо

2sd Напишеш Напишете

3d Напише Напишуть

Declension of the verb «напишу» in the future

 Exercises
Open the brackets, using the Future
Simple:
1. I (to be) at school tomorrow.
2. They (to go) to Paris next week.
3. Mike (to phone) you later.
4. We (to fly) to Paris tomorrow.
5. My father (to drive) a car
tomorrow.
6. Ben (to be) late tonight.
Translate from Ukrainian into English:
1. Я завтра не піду до школи.
2. Післязавтра буде сонячно.
3. Ми відвідаємо це місце
наступного разу.
4. Вони зустрінуться через
тиждень.
5. Я збираюся купити новий
телефон.
6. Через 3 місяці вони побачать
свого сина.