Future Tense
The future tense expresses a future event or a future state of being.
For example:
I will jump in the lake.
(future event)
I will be happy.
(future state of being)
The tense of a verb is determined by when the action took place. The
three main tenses are:
past tense
present tense
future tense
Examples of the Types of Future Tense
The future tense is categorized further depending on whether the
action will be in progress or will be completed. The four future tenses
are:
The 4
Future
Tenses
Examples Uses
simple future
tense
I will go.
We will celebrate
our anniversary by
flying to New York.
The simple future tense is
used for an action that will
occur in the future.
future
progressive
tense
I will be going.
The Moscow State
Circus will be
performing in
Cheltenham for the
next 3 weeks.
The future progressive
tense is used for an
ongoing action that will
occur in the future.
future perfect
tense
I will have gone.
By the time you
arrive, we will have
finished the meal
and the speeches.
The future perfect tense
is used to describe an
action that will have been
completed at some point
in the future.
