Future tense | 4 kinds of future tense
FUTURE TENSE
Future tense |
In this tense we talk about the future in English.
There are four (4) kinds of future tense.
(1) Future indefinite tense.
(2) Future continuous tense.
(3) Future perfect tense.
(4) Future perfect continuous tense.
(Each tense has four kind of sentence)
• positive
• negative
• interrogative
• negative interrogative
Now we will descuss about the each kind of future tense with detail.
(1) Future indefinite tense.
/// Rule///
** the 1st form of the verb is use in this tense.
** for negative we place " not" after the will and shall.
** for inerrogative we use will and shall at the start of the sentence.
** for negative interrogative . first we use will/shall and then "not" is use after the subject.
(*) Future indefinite ( positive).
Method.
(subject + will/shall+1st form of Verb+ object)
Examples:
• I shall go to Market.
• she will go to Market.
• they will play cricket.
(**) Future indefinite ( negative ).
Method.
( subject+will/shall + not + verb+ object )
Examples:
• I shall not go to market.
• she will not go to market.
• they will not play cricket.
(***) Future indefinite ( interrogative ).
Method:
( will/shall + subject+ verb+ object )
Examples:
• shall i go to market?
• will she go to market?
• will they play cricket ?
(****) Future indefinite ( negative interrogative ).
Method:
( will/shall+subject+ not+ verb+ object )
Examples:
• shall i not go to market?
• will she not go to market?
• will they not play cricket ?
(2) Future Continuous tense.
We use the future continuous tense to talk about action which will be in progress at a time in the future .
/// Rules///
** the 1st form of the (verb + ing) is use in this tense.
** will be and shall be are used as helping verb.
** for negative we place " not" after the will and shall.
** for inerrogative we use will and shall at the start of the sentence.
** for negative interrogative . first we use will/shall and then "not" is use after the subject.
(*) Future continuous ( positive).
Method.
(subject + will/shall+be+1st form of Verb+ing+ object)
Examples:
• I shall be going to Market.
• she will be going to Market.
• they will be playing cricket.
(**) Future continuous ( negative ).
Method.
( subject+will/shall + not + be +verb+ing+ object )
Examples:
• I shall not be going to market.
• she will not be going to market.
• they will not not be playing cricket.
(***)Future continuous(interrogative ).
Method:
( will/shall + subject+be+ verb+ing+ object )
Examples:
• shall i be going to market?
• will she be going to market?
• will they be playing cricket ?
(****) Future continuous ( negative interrogative ).
Method:
( will/shall+subject+ not+be+ verb+ing+ object )
Examples:
• shall i not be going to market?
• will she not be going to market?
• will they not be playing cricket ?
(3) Future perfect tense.
Future perfect tense is used to talk about an action that will be completed by a certain future time.
/// Rule///
** the 3rd form of the verb is used in this tense.
** will have / shall have are used as helping verb.
** for negative we place " not" after the will have and shall have.
** for inerrogative we use will and shall at the start of the sentence.
** for negative interrogative . first we use will/shall and then "not" is use after the subject.
(*) Future perfect ( positive).
Method.
(subject + will/shall+ have+3rd form of Verb+ object)
Examples:
• I shall have gone to Market.
• she will have gone to Market.
• they will have played cricket.
(**) Future perfect ( negative ).
Method.
( subject+will/shall + have+ not +3rd form of verb+ object )
Examples:
• I shall have not gone to market.
• she will have not gone to market.
• they will have not played cricket.
(***) Future perfect ( interrogative )
Method:
( will/shall + subject+ have+ verb+ object )
Examples:
• shall i have gone to market?
• will she have gone to market?
• will they have played cricket ?
(****)Future perfect(negative interrogative)
Method:
(will/shall+subject+have+not+verb+object )
Examples:
• shall i have not gone to market?
• will she have not gone to market?
• will they have not played cricket ?
(4) Future perfect continuous tense.
/// Rule///
** we use ( ing) with 1st form of the verb in this tense.
** been is used after the shall have and will have.
** since and for is used for time.
** for negative we place " not" after the will have and shall have.
** for inerrogative we use will and shall at the start of the sentence.
** for negative interrogative . first we use will/shall + subject then "not" is used after the have.
(*) Future perfect continuous ( positive).
Method.
(subject + will/shall+have + been+ 1st form of Verb (ing) + since/for + object)
Examples:
• I shall have been teaching for six years next june.
• she will have been waiting for two hours.
• they will have been living in this house since 1990.
(**) Future perfect Continuous( negative )
Method.
(subject + will/shall+have + not + been+ 1st form of Verb (ing) + since/for + object)
Examples:
• I shall have not been teaching for six years next june.
• She will have not been waiting for two hours.
• They will have not been living in this house since 1990.
(***) Future perfect continuous . ( interrogative )
Method:
(will/shall+they +have + been+ 1st form of Verb (ing) + since/for + object)
Examples:
• Shall i have been teaching for six years next june.
• Will she have been waiting for two hours.
•Will they have been living in this house since 1990.
(****) Future Perfect continuous ( negative interrogative )
Method:
(will/shall+they +have +not + been+ 1st form of Verb (ing) + since/for + object)
Examples:
• Shall i have not been teaching for six years next june.
• Will she have not been waiting for two hours.
• will they have not been living in this house since 1990.
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