Future Tense Use of future tense Simple future

Future Tense

Use of future tense �Simple future tense �The simple future tense is used to talk about things which we cannot control. It expresses the future as fact. �I shall be twenty next Saturday � It will be Diwali in a week. �We use this tense to talk about what we think or believe will happen in the future. �I think India will win the match. � I am sure Sumit will get a first class.

Future tense �We can use this tense when we decide to do something at the time of speaking. � It is raining. I will take an umbrella. � “Mr. Sinha is very busy at the moment”. - “All right. “I’ ll wait” �Going to – � We use the going to form (be going to + base of the verb) when we have decided to do something before talking about it. � “Have you decided what to do? ” – “Yes, I am going to resign the job”. � “Why do you want to sell your bike? ” – “I’m going to buy a car”.

Future tense �We also use the ‘going to’ form to talk about what seems likely or certain, when there is something in the present which tells us about the future. �It is going to rain; look at those clouds. �The boat is full of water. It is going to sink. �The going to form may also express an action which is on the point of happening. �Let’s get into the train. It’s going to leave. �Look! The cracker is going to explode.

Future tense �Be about to + base form can also be used for the immediate future. � Let’s get into the train. It’s about to leave. � Don’t go out now. We are about to have lunch. �Simple Present tense �The simple present tense is used for official programmes and timetables. � The college opens on 23 rd June. � The film starts at 9. 30 and finishes at 11. 30

Future tense �The simple present is often used for future time in clauses with if, unless, when, while, as ( = while)before, after, until, by the time and as soon as. The simple future tense is not used in such cases. �I won’t go out if it rains. �Can I have some milk before I go to bed? �Let’s wait till he finishes his work. �Please ring me up as soon as he comes.

Future tense �Present continuous tense �We use the present continuous tense when we talk about something that we have planned to do in the future. �I am going to Shimla tomorrow. � We are eating out tonight. � Mr. abdul rehman is arriving this evening. �Future continuous tense �We use the future continuous tense to talk about actions which will be in progress at a time in the future.

Future continuous tense �I suppose it will be raining when we start. �This time tomorrow I will be sitting on the beach in Singapore. �We also use this tense to talk about actions in the future which are already planned or which are expected to happen in the normal course of things. �I will be staying here till Sunday. �He will be meeting us next week.

Future continuous tense �Be to �We use be to+base for to talk about official plans and arrangements. � The Prime Minister is to visit America next month. � The conference is to discuss “Nuclear tests”. �Be to is used in a formal style, often in news reports. Be is usually left out in headlines � Prime Minister to visit America.

Future Perfect Tense �The future perfect tense is used to talk about actions that will be completed a by a certain future time. �I shall have written my exercise by then. � He will have left before you go to see him. � By the end of this month I will have worked here for five years.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense �The future perfect continuous tense is used for actions which will be in progress over a period of time that will end in the future. �By next march we shall have been living here for four years. �I’ll have been teaching for 20 years next july. � This tense is not very common.

Exercise �The plane ___ at 3. 30 (arrives, will arrive). �I will phone you when he __ back(comes, will come) �When I get home, my dog __ at the gate waiting for me. (sits, will be sitting) �I ___ the joshis this evening. ( vist, am visiting) �Look at those black clouds. It __(will rain, is going to rain)

Exercise �The train __ before we reach the station. (arrives, will have arrived) �Perhaps we __ Mahabaleshwar next month. (visit, will visit) �Unless we __ now we can’t be on time. (start, will start) �I __ into town later on. Do you want a lift? (drive, will be driving) �The next term ___ on 16 th Nov. (begins, is beginning)