Simple Future Tense
+
He / She
It / They /You
+
+
willwill
Infinitive
(V1)
Form
Positive
S+will+V1
Negative
S+will+not+V1
Interrogative
Will+S+V1
Simple Future Tense
Shows that an action will take
place in the future
(basic form of the word)
Will/shall+ infinitive
eg. will go/shall go
This tense is often used together with
soon
Next week
tomorrow
In a few minutes
Simple Future Tense
PronounModal
verb
Infinitive
(V1)
Adverb of
time
tomorrow.
tomorrow.
Shall/
will
will
come
come
I/ We
She/
He/
You/
They/It
Example:
Tomorrow is a holiday.
What will you do?
I shall play badminton.
Where will they go this
summer holiday?
I shall go to Egypt
this summer.
May
May will go to
Egypt.
Where will May go?
I shall go
to France.
Mary
Mary will go to France.
Where will Mary
go?
I shall go to
Italy
Sam
Sam will go to Italy.
Where will Sam
go?
I shall go
to China.
Lucy will go to
China.
Lucy
Where will Lucy go?
Let’s Practice!
Future
Continuous Tense
Future ContinuousTense
+
He / She
It / They /You
+
+
willWill be
(V1+ ing)
Form
Positive
S+will be+V1 (ing)
Negative
S+will+not+be+V1 (ing)
Interrogative
Will+S+be+V1(ing)
Future Continuous Forms
•The FC/ future progressive form of a verb
expresses action or a condition that was
continuing at some time in the future.
•We will be watching a scary show.
•The future progressive form consists of the
helping verb will be and the future participle.
Future Continuous Forms
Singular Plural
I will be watchingWe will be
watching
You will be
watching
You will be
watching
He, she, or it will
be watching
They will be
watching
Future Perfect
Tense
Future Perfect Tense
+
He / She
It / They /You/We
+
+Will
(V3)
+have
FUTURE PERFECTFUTURE PERFECT
•Form: Subj+ WILL+HAVE+ V PAST PARTICIPLE
•Meaning: completed action before a point in the future.
–Emphasis on the RESULT
•By 9:00 tomorrow I’ll have passed my test.
Form
Positive
S+will+ have+ V3
Negative
S+will+not+have+V3
Interrogative
Will+S+have+V3
Let’s practice!
•What’s the meaning of these sentences?
–When we get to the cinema, the film will have
started
–John won’t have found anywhere to park
–Will you have finished this tomorrow
afternoon?
•What will you have finished by the end of this
year?
Write the Future Perfect
Continuous for these verbs
•teach
•hope
•kiss
•drive
•Will have been teaching
•Will have been hoping
•Will have been kissing
•Will have been driving
The 4 future tensesExample
Simple future tense I will go
Future continuous tenseI will be going
Future perfect tense I will have gone
Future perfect continuous I will have been going
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