Future Forms

Future Forms

1. Future continuous tense

   • Examples:
     • I think my daughter will be sleeping when I get home.
     • You won't be doing much cooking this week.
     • What will he be eating?
   • Rules:
     • It is formed using the construction will + be + the present participle (the root verb + -ing).
   • Definition:
     • Is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time

2. Future perfect continuous tense

   • Rules:
     • The future perfect continuous consists of will + have + been + the verb's present participle (verb root + -ing).
   • Definition:
     • Is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
   • Examples:
     • On Thursday, I will have been knowing you for a week
     • They will not have been cooking for very long.
     • Will he have been living?

3. Simple future tense

   • Rules:
     • The formula for the simple future is will + [root form of verb]. ... It follows the formula [am/is/are] + going to + [root form verb].
   • Examples:
     • It'll rain tomorrow
     • It will not snow tomorrow
     • What will we cook?
   • Definition:
     • Is used to refer to actions or states that begin and end in the future. These events have not happened yet, but will happen sometime in the future:

4. Future perfect tense

   • Definition:
     • Is a verb tense used for actions that will be completed before some other point in the future.
   • Rules:
     • The formula is pretty simple: will have + [past participle]. It doesn't matter if the subject of your sentence is singular or plural. The formula doesn't change.
   • Examples:
     • I will have finished this book
     • You will have not gone to work
     • When will I have finished writing this book?