Basics. Future Simple, Continuous and Perfect Tenses.
Future Tenses: Future Simple, Future Continuous, and Future Perfect
Future Simple
The future simple tense is used to express an action or event that will happen in the future.
Example: She will visit her grandparents tomorrow.
| Subject | Auxiliary (will/shall) | Base Form of Verb |
|---|---|---|
| She | will | visit |
The future simple is used to describe an action or event in the future, unlike the present or past tenses, which describe actions or events in the present or past.
Negative Sentences
Add "not" after "will" or "shall" to form a negative sentence.
Example: She will not visit her grandparents tomorrow.
Questions
Invert "will" or "shall" and the subject to form a question.
Example: Will she visit her grandparents tomorrow?
Future Continuous
The future continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that will be happening at a specific time in the future.
Example: She will be visiting her grandparents at 5 PM tomorrow.
| Subject | Auxiliary (will be/shall be) | Present Participle (-ing form) |
|---|---|---|
| She | will be | visiting |
The future continuous emphasizes the ongoing nature of an action in the future, unlike the future simple, which focuses on the occurrence of the action.
Negative Sentences
Add "not" after "will be" or "shall be" to form a negative sentence.
Example: She will not be visiting her grandparents at 5 PM tomorrow.
Questions
Invert "will be" or "shall be" and the subject to form a question.
Example: Will she be visiting her grandparents at 5 PM tomorrow?
Future Perfect
The future perfect tense is used to express an action or event that will be completed by a specific time in the future.
Example: She will have visited her grandparents by the end of the week.
| Subject | Auxiliary (will have/shall have) | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| She | will have | visited |
The future perfect emphasizes the completion of an action by a specific time in the future, unlike the future simple or future continuous, which focus on the occurrence or ongoing nature of the action.
Negative Sentences
Add "not" after "will have" or "shall have" to form a negative sentence.
Example: She will not have visited her grandparents by the end of the week.
Questions
Invert "will have" or "shall have" and the subject to form a question.
Example: Will she have visited her grandparents by the end of the week?