This is a concise guide to understand different types of sentences in Future Tense along with their examples.
Tenses work as the heart of English grammar, without which It is very difficult to form a meaningful sentence. One just have to know the rules, person’s role and the tense.
You can use this article as an extensive guide to understand how future tense sentences are formed. There are twelve types of tenses in English grammar, so go through each of it to have a wider picture.
1. Simple Future Tense
The simple future tense is used when an action is expected to occur in the near future.
Structure: (Subject + will / shall + Past Participle form of the verb + object)
EXAMPLES
- I shall write
- We shall write
- You will write
- He will write
- She will write
- It will write
- They will write
2. Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense is used when an action is expected to be going on at some point in the future.
Structure: (Subject + will be / shall be + ‘ing’ form of the verb + object)
EXAMPLES
- I shall be writing
- We shall be writing
- She will be writing
- They will be writing
- It will be writing
- You will be writing
- He will be writing
- Bob will not be writing today’s exam.
Future continuous tense is the one where an upcoming action will be explained with an ‘ing’ form by mentioning the key words as shown above.
3. Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense is used to express actions that will be finished at some point in the future. (before another future event.)
Structure :(Subject + will have / shall have + Past Participle form of the verb + object)
EXAMPLES
- I shall have written
- We shall have written
- You will have written
- He will have written
- She will have written
- It will have written
- They will have written
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
The future perfect continuous tense expresses the ongoing actions that will be completed at some specified point of time in the future.
Note: There is no practical applications of this tense.
Structure: (Subject + will have been / shall have been + ‘ing’ form of the verb + object)
EXAMPLES
- I shall have been writing
- We shall have been writing
- You will have been writing
- He will have been writing
- She will have been writing
- It will have been writing
- They will have been writing
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