Future Tense Rules, Types & Examples | Complete English Grammar Guide

Future Tense Rules, Types & Examples | Complete English Grammar Guide

Future tense means time of an action is future. In simple words, Future tense describes an action will happen later or after sometime.

Types:

  • Future Indefinite or Simple Future Tense 
  • Future Continuous or Future Progressive Tense
  • Future Perfect Tense 
  • Future Perfect Continuous Tense 

Future Indefinite or Simple Future Tense

It describes an action which did not happen but will happen later.

Rules/Sentence Structure:

Affirmative: Subject + shall/ will + Base verb (Verb1) + Object+ Remaining part.

Negative: Subject + shall/ will + not + Base verb (Verb 1) + Object+ Remaining part.

Interrogative: Shall/ will + Subject + Base verb (Verb1) + Object+ Remaining part ?

Examples:

  1. Affirmative: She will buy a book
  2. Negative: I shall not play badminton in the evening today.
  3. Interrogative: Will our teacher start new math chapter today? 

Future Continuous or Future Progressive Tense

It describes an action which will be going on / continuing in future. In simple terms, it applies to a continuous action in future.

Rules/ Sentence Structures:

Affirmative: Subject + shall/ will + be + Base verb (verb 1) — ing  + Object+ Remaining part.

Negative: Subject + shall/ will + not + be + Base verb (verb 1) — ing + Object+ Remaining part.

Interrogative: Shall/ will + Subject + be + Base verb (verb 1) — ing  + Object+ Remaining part? 

Examples:

  1. Affirmative: I shall be reading my English text book.
  2. Negative: They will not be watering plants tomorrow morning.
  3. Interrogative: Will he be preparing orange juice for his parents? 

Future Perfect Tense

Future perfect tense describes an action that will have completed in future before a specific time or another action.

Common uses:

  • Action will have completed before a particular/ specific time in future 
  • Action will have completed before another action in future 
  • To denote prediction of completion of an event in future 

Rules/ Sentence Structures:

Affirmative: Subject + shall/will have + Verb 3 + Object + Remaining part 

Negative: Subject + shall/will have + not + Verb 3 + Object + Remaining part .

Interrogative: Shall / will + Subject + have + Verb 3 + Object + Remaining part ?

Examples: 

  1. Affirmative: He will have finished his homework by evening.
  2. Negative: The train will not have departed the station before my sister arrives.
  3. Interrogative: Our college research team will have developed a new memorizing technique by 2040.

Tips — Common time related words used in Future perfect tense: 

  • By next week/month/year
  • By tomorrow 
  • By
  • By morning 
  • By the time 
  • Before 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense describes an action that will have been going on for a period of time upto a particular point of time in future.

Common uses:

  • To describe duration of a particular action upto a particular point of time in future 
  • To describe an emphasis on duration of an action means how long that action will have continued 

Rules/ Sentence Structures:

Affirmative: Subject + shall/ will have + been + base verb (verb 1) — ing + Object+ since/for + time + remaining part.

Negative: Subject + shall/ will have + not + been + base verb (verb 1) — ing + Object+ since/for + time + Remaining part.

Interrogative: Shall/ Will + Subject + have + been + base verb (verb 1) — ing + Object+ since/for + time + Remaining part ?

Examples:

  1. Affirmative: This couple will have been living in our city for three years by next year 
  2. Negative: We will not have been waiting for her for long.
  3. Interrogative: Will he have been studying for five hours by evening ?

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