last but not least,last class for this semester with miss zuraidah.Today we learn about future tense...this task has been given to amira and nabila.
Future tense
There are 4 types of future tense.
1. Simple future tense
2. Future continuous tense
3. Future perfect tense
4. Future perfect continuous tense
When expressing future tense, we use :
ü soon
ü in the future
ü tomorrow
ü next week
ü next month
ü next year
Simple future tense
☺ The simple future tense is often called will, because we make the simple future tense with the modal auxiliary will.
☺ Rules :
Rules | Examples |
Used to refer actions or events that willhappen in the future. | I’m sure it will rain this afternoon |
Used with will to make predictions or refer to events which we think are highly possible in the future. | Manchester United will beat all the other teams to win the FA Cup this year. (Predictions) |
Used with “will” to refer to something which we decide to do at the time of speaking. | Don’t worry, I’ll be careful |
Used with “be going to” for actions which we have already planned to do in the future and event which we think possible in the future. | Asian share markets are going to perform better at the end of the year because of brighter prospects in the US economy. |
Ø Using will :
Positive | Negative | Question |
I will help | I will not help | Will I help? |
You will help | You will not help | Will you help? |
We will help | We will not help | Will we help? |
They will help | They will not help | Will they help? |
He will help | He will not help | Will he help? |
She will help | She will not help | Will she help? |
It will help | It will not help | Will it help? |
Ø Using be going to :
Positive | Negative | Question |
I am going to leave. | I am not going to leave. | Am I going to leave? |
You are going to leave | You are not going to leave. | Are you going to leave? |
We are going to leave | We are not going to leave. | Are we going to leave? |
They are going to leave | They are not going to leave.. | Are they going to leave? |
He is going to leave. | He is not going to leave. | Is he going to leave? |
It is going to leave | It is not going to leave. | Is it going to leave? |
Future Continuous Tense
☺ A continuous action that will take place at a certain time in future.
☺ How to form ?
§ Will/shall + be + infinitive + ing
☺ Example :
§ The girl will be doing her homework at 8.00 pm tonight.
Uses | Explanation | Examples |
Interrupted action in the future. | To indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future. | § I will be watching television when she arrives tonight. § I am going to be staying at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me. |
Specific time as an interruption in the future. | To show the time an action will begin or end. | § Tonight at 6pm, I am going to be eating dinner. § At midnight tonight, we will still be driving through the desert |
Parallel actions in the future. | Two actions in the same sentences. | § I am going to be studying and he is going to be makingdinner. § Tonight, they will be eatingdinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time. |
Future Perfect Tense
☺ Rules
Rules | Examples |
Use to refer action or situation which will be completed by a definite time in the future. | ˟ ü Our train will have reached Bangkok by midday tomorrow. |
Use already and just to refer to actions or situations which will be finished by an approximate time in future. | ˟ ü By March next year, we will have already received the loan for our new house. |
Ø Using ‘will’
Positive | Negative | Question |
I will have stopped. | I will not have stopped. | Will I have stopped? |
You will have stopped. | You will not have stopped. | Will you have stopped? |
We will have stopped. | We will not have stopped | Will we have stopped? |
They will have stopped. | They will not have stopped. | Will they have stopped? |
He will have stopped. | He will not have stopped. | Will he have stopped? |
She will have stopped. | She will not have stopped. | Will she have stopped? |
It will have stopped. | It will not have stopped. | Will it have stopped? |
Ø Using ‘be going to’
Positive | Negative | Question |
I am going to have stopped. | I am not going to have stopped. | Am I going to have stopped? |
You are going to have stopped. | You are not going to have stopped. | Are you going to have stopped? |
We are going to have stopped. | We are not going to have stopped. | Are we going to have stopped? |
They are going to have stopped. | They are not going to have stopped | Are they going to have stopped? |
He is going to have stopped. | He is not going to have stopped. | Is he going to have stopped? |
She is going to have stopped. | She is not going to have stopped. | Is she going to have stopped? |
It is going to have stopped | It is not going to have stopped. | Is it going to have stopped? |
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
☺ Use to talk about a long action before some point in the future
☺ Example :
§ I will have been working here for ten years next week.
§ He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours.
☺ How do we make the future perfect continuous tense?
subject | + | auxiliary verb‘WILL’ | + | auxiliary verb ‘HAVE’ | + | auxiliary verb BE |
invariable | invariable | past participle | ||||
will | have | been |
☺ For negative sentences in the future perfect continuous tense, we insert not between will and have. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and will.
☺ Example-
subject | Auxiliary verb | Auxiliary verb | Auxiliary verb | Main verb | ||
positive | I | will | have | been | working | |
positive | You | will | have | been | travelling | |
negative | She | will | not | have | been | using |
negative | We | will | not | have | been | waiting |
question | Will | you | have | been | playing | |
question | Will | they | have | been | watching |
Lastly,class for this semester was ended...so thanks to miss zuraidah that teach me for bel 260...i am happy in your class....and forgive me if had been something that hurting you :)...some picture that can be memories for semester 2...:)
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| Me,Miss ZU N Jo |
