ELC 121

FUTURE TENSE
Nayli Adelyn, Balquish Amna, Hidayah Rosli
Today's
Agenda According to wikipedia, in grammar,

a future tense is a verb form that

generally marks the event described

What is future tense? by the verb as not having happened

yet, but expected to happen in the

future.

Example: Amira will do her best to

lose weight.
 Form of the Verbs.

There are no inflected forms for the

future in English (nothing like those -

ed or -s endings in the other tenses).

Instead, the future tense employs the

helping verbs will or shall with the

base form of the verb:

 TIME EXPRESSION

example
example
Time expression introduces a We will discuss the plans after he

dependent clause and can be gives the presentation.

used at the beginning or in the John will make a coffee after he's

middle of a sentence. In future finish with the chores.

tense, it is what will happen after

Alison checks her mail after she

something occurs. gets home.

Example of Sentences.

T H E F O R M U L A F O R T H E S IM P L E F U T U R E IS " W IL L " + [ R O O T F O R M O F V E R B ] .
for instance:

Jen will make new memories on her trip to German.

My brothers will sleep till noon if no one wakes them up.

I will get a 4.00 CGPA for every semester.

Syasya will go to the grocery store after class.

 TT II M
M EE LL II N
N EE

Past Simple Present Simple Future Simple

"I studied hard." "I study hard." "I will study hard."

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

 List of Verb

ACTION NON-ACTION

achieved increased feelings  ● like, love and hate.

adapted improved thinking  ● think, understand.

advised managed desires ● want, preference, like.

built modernized perception ● hear, see, seem.

communicated belong to 

developed
QOUESTIONS