THE FUTURE TENSE

FUTURE TENSE
Future
Tense

Future
Future
continuous
continuous

Future Simple
Perfect Future

Future
Future
Perfect
Perfect
continuous
continuous
Simple Future Tense
 Form of the verb in this tense:

Base
Shall/w form of
Subject ill+ the
verb
Examples
 I shall see him tomorrow.(see)
 We shall choose.(choose)
 You will decide .(decide)
 He will plan. (Plan)
 She will dance.(dance)
 It will come.(come)
 They will enter.(enter)
Examples
 I am going to buy a new car.
 He is going to build a new house.
 She is going to visit PM.
 We are going to walk up the hill this

afternoon.
 You will write the test next month.
 He is to join medicine.
EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE FUTURE
 He + will+ write + a letter.(write)

 She + will + sing+ a song.(sing)

 They + will + dig + a hole.(dig)

 I +shall + meet + you tomorrow.(meet)

 The doctor + will + examine+ the patients in

the evening.(examine)
EXERCISES FOR SIMPLE FUTURE
 I ---- + ---- him tomorrow. (See)
 We --- + --- you. (help)
 You --- + --- a letter. (write)
 Ram --- + ----- you at the station. (receive)
 The scientists --- + ---- the corona.(rectify)
 Sita --- + --- you in this matter. (support)
 The students ---+---- the job. (do)
 The teacher ---+ --- English. ( teach)
 It ___ + ___ nest. ( build)
 God ---+ --- the evil.( punish)
Future Continuous Tense
 Form of the verb in this Tense:

Subject
Will/shall
beV+ing
Examples for future continuous
 I +shall + be+ meeting him tomorrow.(meet)
 We + shall+ be+ writing a letter. (write)
 She + will+ be+ singing from 9 to11.(sing)
 They +will + be + travelling all night.(travel)
 The lady +will +be + coming + back this

way.(come)
 He + won’t + be + staying long.(stay)
 They will +be + building a hospital.(build)
Examples
 I shall be leaving this place next week.(leave)

 We shall be staying here till Sunday. (stay)

 He will be arriving tomorrow. (arrive)

 She will be taking her examination next week.(take)

 My dog will be waiting when I reach home.(wait)

 They will be travelling all night. (travel)

Exercises for Future continuous
 I ---+--+--- him tomorrow.( meet)
 We ---+--+--- . for Madurai.( leave)
 You ---+--+--- assignment. ( write)
 Everybody ---+--+---a nap in the

afternoon. ( have)
 She ---+--+--- here till Sunday. (stay)
 The children ---+--+--- here this evening.

(play)
 They ---+--+--- at the club this evening.

(assemble)
Future Perfect Tense
 Form of the Verb in this Tense:

PAST
Subject+
Will/shall+
Have
PARTICIPL
+
E
Examples of Future Perfect Tense
 Subject+ will/shall + have+ past participle
 He + will+ have + typed all the letters before

4 p.m. ( type)
 They +will+ have +built the house before

December. (build)
 By the end of next week she + will +have +

opened the new shop. ( open)

 By 6o’ clock I +shall +have + completed this

work. ( complete)
Examples of Future Perfect Tense
 I +shall +have +done my work before you
come.(do)
 You + will +have + met your mother before I

see you again. (meet)

 The movie +will +have + begun when you

get to the theatre.( begin)

 We +will +have + reached the station before

the train starts.( reach)

 They + will + have + spent all their money by

then. (spend)
Exercise for Future Perfect
 By this time tomorrow, I --+--+-- my last
exam. (write)
 You --+--+--this news already. (hear)
 We --+--+-- half the course by Christmas.

(finish)
 Surya --+--+-- to Chennai before Mohan

arrives. ( go)
 I --+--+-- my bath by then. (take)
 He --+--+--when you come again.( marry)
Exercise for Future Perfect
 By 6.30 p.m., the sun --+--+--. (set)
 He --+--+-- a letter.( write)
 By next month, I --+--+-- my assignment.

( do)
 Next May, we --+--+-- our studies.(finish)
 At 9o’ clock we--+already+--+--our dinner.

(have)
 Before next December , I --+--+-- that loan.

( clear)
Future Perfect Continuous
 Form of the verb in this tense:

Will/shall
Subject+
Have+
Been+
V+ing
+
Examples of Future Perfect
Continuous
 Subject+ Will/Shall + have +been+ Verb +ing
 He +will +have +been + writing+ a letter.

(write)
 She +will +have + been+ singing + a song.

(sing)
 By next August, I + shall + have +been +

teaching+ English here for the past 23 years.

(teach)
 We + shall+ have + been + studying+ for 4

hours when our teacher arrives at 9 p.m.(study)

Examples of Future Perfect
Continuous
 The dog + will + have + been + playing +for
20 minutes when you reach there. (play)
 Ashok + will + have + been + living + in

Jaipur for 10 years by the end of this month.

(live)
 I + shall + have + been + speaking+ to you

for half an hour when this lessen ends.

(speak)
 You + will + have + been + studying English

for two years by the end of this year.(study)

Examples of Future Perfect
Continuous
 They will +have+ been+ making +
preparations for the marriage for two
months. ( make)
 By 2.30 I +will+ have+ been+ driving+ six

hours.(drive)
Exercises for Future Perfect
Continuous
 By the summer of 2020,we ___ in this house
for twelve years. (live)
 Ram ___ this magazine for 25 years by next

January. (edit)
 KamalHasan ___ in films for sixty years before

the end of this year. (act)

 I ___ for 20 minutes when you reach there.

(play)
 When it is midnight they ___continuously for

12 hours.( type)
Exercises for Future Perfect
Continuous
 By next week, we ___ this job for six weeks.
( do)
 By March she ____ here for ten years.( work)

 When you complete your P.G. you ___ your research

in the university for two years. (do)

 She ___ a picture for two hours . ( paint)

 The students ____ for over an hour by the time the

teacher arrives.( talk)