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Four Types

Future Simple
Future Progressive
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Future simple
S + will + base form of Verb

Things we think that will happen in the future


I think it will rain tomorrow.

Making offers or promises


I will carry you with those boxes.

Facts in the future


It will be our 1st wedding anniversary next year.
Shall & Be going to
'shall' instead of 'will' with I and we. (slightly more formal)
We shall never forget this beautiful day.
shall in questions to make offers, suggestions
Shall I open the window?
predictions based on evidence and for future plans, use be going to
Look! It's definitely going to rain.
Future continuous
S + will be + Ving

Used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain time in the future.
I will be eating dinner at 8 pm tomorrow. [ I don't know when I will finish. ]

It also indicates that an action will be carried out over a period of time, not simply
in an instant.
I will be playing tennis tomorrow. [ considerable amount of time, maybe 30
minutes to an hour, not just a second ]
Future Perfect
S + will have + past participle

Used to talk about actions or states that will be completed before a certain point
in the future. Often use time clauses with the future perfect.

I will have retired by the time I'm 65.


You will have finished the popcorn before the film starts.
Come over at 9 pm. My parents will have left by then.
Future Perfect continuous
S + will have been + Ving

Used to describe actions that will be continuing at a certain point in the future.
When you use this tense, you're thinking about the duration of that action up to a
certain point in time.

When I retire next month, I will have been working here for three years.
Pros and cons

How it can benefit to us?


How does it affect in writing?

Good or bad? Why?


It allows you to play around with the concept of events that you’re describing.
It can give you an unparalleled opportunity to make a reader question if the event has to
happen at all.
It can be used to describe spontaneous actions and predictions.
It has a quite unique style of writing and can stand out from the rest.
The narrator has rooted in the future which gives you a greater scope to have fun and
experiment.
The use of future tense can encourage individuals to think proactively and plan ahead.
It can be used in expressing intentions, aspirations, or commitments.
It can be used to speculate about future outcomes or possibilities, which allows for
hypothetical discussions.
In professional writing and speaking, it is commonly used to discuss upcoming events,
deadlines, meetings, and so on.
It allows for making predictions or forecasting future developments, such as business, and
science.
The rarity of future tense being used is a drawback as it will take much time for readers to
get used to it.
It can easily annoy the reader with repetitive patterns as the writer will use “he is going
to,” “she will,” “they will.”
It is something that you probably haven’t seen before and probably won’t see very often.
So, unlike the present and the past, it is not easy to overcome the drawbacks by writing
well.
It can be easier to slip into “telling” a story rather than “showing it.”
Exclusive use of the future tense may overlook important aspects of the present moment.
The meaning can heavily rely on the context in which the tenses are used, leading to
confusion.
It can not be used for unexpected or unforeseen events.
By focusing on the future, there is a potential loss of immediacy to the present situation.
The future tense involves uncertainty, as they refer to events that have not yet occurred.
There is also a risk that voice can become passive, and readers will struggle to connect.
Thank you!

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