Future Tense
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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 • 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 23rd 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. abdulrehman 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 16th Nov. (begins, is beginning)
