Future Tense Types And Rules With Examples

Future Tense

In English, the future tense is used specifically to express those activities or actions that will happen in future.

For Example

We will clean the house before the festival.

Her sister will be reaching here tomorrow morning.

I shall have concluded the article before Monday.

Types and Rules of Future Tense

The future tense has 4 types:

a) Future Indefinite Tense

Future Indefinite tense tells us about the activities that will happen in the future. Future Indefinite Tense is also known as Simple Future Tense. It is also used for conditional sentences.

Rules and Examples of Future Indefinite/Simple Future Tense

Sentence	Rules	Examples of Future Indefinite/Simple Future Tense
Assertive	Subject + Helping Verb (shall/will) + Main Verb (1^st form) + Object	i) The customer will deposit the cheque into the bank. ii) The parents shall visit the principal office after 2 p.m. iii) He will participate in this contest. iv) My younger brother will assist you to raise a fund for the poor children. v) She shall complete her homework before the deadline.
Interrogative	Helping Verb (shall/will) + Subject + Main Verb (1^st form) + Object	i) Will I play the drums in a musical performance? ii) Shall I blend the two chemicals into a test tube to check the chemical reaction? iii) Will we knit the cardigan for mother? iv) Shall you reach the office early for the meeting? v) Will we combine the efforts of each member in a group?

b) Future Continuous

The future continuous tense is used to focus on those activities that will continue in the future for some time. We also know future continuous tense by other names such as Future Progressive Tense.

Rules and Examples of Future Continuous Tense

Sentence	Rules	Examples of Future Continuous Tense
Assertive	Subject + Helping Verb (shall/will) + be + Main Verb (1st form) + ing + Object	i) He shall be concluding his project tomorrow. ii) Tanisha will be enjoying the concert at this time on Monday. iii) I will be wandering in the mountains of Uttarakhand next week. iv) They will be taking a halt there. v) The company will be launching its new brand by the end of the month.
Interrogative	Helping Verb (shall/will) + Subject + be + Main Verb (1st form) + Object	i) Shall you be reading the quote tomorrow in the morning assembly? ii) Will he be leaving from there? iii) Will the interior designer be decorating our house on Monday? iv) Will she be beautifying her dance skills there? v) Will you be taking admission to my school tomorrow?

c) Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense states the activities will be completed within a specified time.
If two activities will happen in the future, and the first one is completed before the second activity, then also we have to use the future perfect tense.

Rules and Examples of Future Perfect Tense

Sentence	Rules	Examples of Future Perfect Tense
Assertive	Subject + Auxiliary Verb (shall/will) + Helping Verb (have) + Main Verb (3^rd form) + Object	i) He will have showcased her exhibits in the art exhibition by Monday. ii) My brother will have visited the dentist for tooth decay by evening. iii) He shall have sold the products to the customers before this week. iv) We will have received the gift coupons before the award ceremony commences. v) You will have visited the Taj Mahal.
Interrogative	Auxiliary Verb (shall/will) + Subject + Helping Verb (have) + Main Verb (3^rd form) + Object	i) Shall you have solved the problem before the teacher enters the class? ii) Shall you have prepared the presentation by Monday? iii) Will she have made compost from onion peels and dry leaves before the soil of the potted plants dried up? iv) Will they have watched the life documentary of APJ Abdul Kalam? v) Will she have registered herself for the Cycling marathon by evening?

d) Future Perfect Continuous Tense

The future continuous tense expresses those activities that will be in continuation at a certain time in the future.

It is related to the present, past, and future.

Time expression words:

By
For
From

Rules and Examples of Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Sentence	Rules	Examples of Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Assertive	Subject + Helping Verb (shall/will) + have + been + Main Verb (1^st form) + ing + Object	i) Riya will have been organizing a warm welcome party for her sister by the time her sister goes to school. ii) Next week, I shall have been working in this school for ten years. iii) We will have been living here for a long time. iv) He will have been planning to visit there by tomorrow. v) She will have been planting the trees for twenty trees.
Interrogative	Helping Verb (shall/will) + Subject + have + been + Main Verb (1^st form) + ing + Object	i) Will you have been singing there by midnight? ii) Will I have been eating enough healthy veggies to lose weight by the day I visit my nutritionist? iii) Will he have been training the kids’ gymnastics for over five years? iv) Will it have been raining by the time the cloud bursts? v) Will the dog have been barking at the thief for an hour when it saw him?

Practice Exercise

1. Fill in the blank with the suitable form of the future tense of the verb: She ________________ the deal tomorrow.	(will finalize/ will finalizing)
2. Fill in the blank with the suitable form of the future tense of the verb: I will put extra efforts if you _____________ me in the next year.	(will put, promote/put, will promote)
3. Fill in the blank with the suitable form of the future tense of the verb: By this time tomorrow she ______________ her painting in art exhibition.	(will showcasing/will be showcasing)
4. Fill in the blank with the suitable form of the future tense of the verb: I will have been finding the solution of this query _____________ two hours.	(for/since)

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