FUTURE TIME FORMS
Subject: English Languange-
3rd
meeting
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
used to express an action that will occur at sometime in the future.
used in many situations such as when making promises or predictions
Bilal will enter college next fall
We are going to have a picnic on Sunday.
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
Basic Form
Subject + WILL + Verb (present form)
Quick examples
•I will clean up my room. I promise!
•The telephone is ringing. I will pick it up!
•I think it will rain.
•He will stay there for hours, doing nothing.
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
Going to - You can also use going to to express future. We use it to express
predictions based on observing the present situation:
• It's going to rain. Look at the clouds!
• Going to gonna it is informal!
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE: the use
1.To make promises
I promise I will buy you this toy.
Promise you will never leave me!
2. Unplanned actions - to talk about unplanned (spontaneous) decisions.
Don't worry! I will help you with this problem.
I will close the window. It's starting to rain.
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
3. Predictions - when making a prediction based on experience or intuition.
It will rain in a moment.
It will get more difficult.
4. Habits - to express habits.
She will bit her lip if she is thinking or if she's nervous about something.
He will always make noise when we are sleeping.
1. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
Contracted forms
WILL = 'LL
She'll dance = she will dance
WILL + NOT = WON'T
She won't dance = she will not dance
2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
used to describe an action that will be in process at as particular time in the future and often in relation to another action.
He can’t play golf next Sunday because he will be working.
Ben won't be eating the dinner now. He usually eats it around noon!
Will you be coming to the party tonight?
2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Basic Form
Subject + WILL + BE + Verb (continuous form)
2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS:
The Use
1. Future actions in progress - to express future action in progress.
In an hour, I will be sitting in front of my TV.
In the evening, I will be baking a birthday cake.
2. Guesses - to make guesses about something in the present or future.
He won't be coming any time soon. He is still at the office.
Diana will be getting married very soon.
2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS:
The Use
3. Questions - to make polite questions about something or somebody.
Will you be coming home before or after 10 PM?
Will you be going to the supermarket? I have something to buy.
2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Good to know - If you want to learn about somebody's intentions, you should always use the Future Continuous rather than the Future Simple. Using the Future Simple
implies that you want to influence
somebody's decision. Questions become
much more objective if formed in the Future Continuous.
Compare:
Will you come home? (= I want you to come home)
Will you be coming home? (= I just want to know)
3. FUTURE PERFECT
THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
used to describe an action that will have been completed by a certain time in the future,
often in relation to another action.
When we see Ariel again, he will have grown tall.
Dhia will have graduated from UGM by May.
Dhimas will have worked in TNAP for 2 years by the next month.
The train will have left by now.
3. FUTURE PERFECT
Basic form
Subject + WILL HAVE + Verb (past participle form)
3. FUTURE PERFECT: The Use
1.Completion before a specified point in the future- to talk about future
actions that will be finished before some specified point in the future.
Before they come, we will have cleaned up the house.
John will have eaten the whole cake, by the time the birthday party starts!
3. FUTURE PERFECT: The Use
2. Duration in the Future - to talk about actions will last after a given point in the future.
By the next year, I will have known Sarah for 30 years.
Adi will have lived in Yogya for 20 years by 2012.
3. FUTURE PERFECT: The Use
3. Certainty About the Near Past - to express conviction that something
happened in the near past.
The train will have left by now. We have to look for another way to get there. (I'm sure the train has left)
The guests will have arrived at the hotel by now. (I'm sure the guests have arrived at the hotel)
3. FUTURE PERFECT: The Use
Common Time Expressions - Time
expressions that are commonly used with the Future Perfect:
By
By the time
Before
By tomorrow/7 o'clock/next month
Until/till
4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Used to describe an action in the future which will have been going on up to a certain designated
time or in relation to another action.
Hery will have been writing letters for a few hours when his wife returns.
By the next year, I will have been working as a teacher for 30 years.
We will be making a rest stop in half an hour,
because you will have been driving the car for 6 hours by then.
4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Basic form
Subject + WILL HAVE BEEN + Verb (CONTINUOUS- form)
4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
The Use
1. Duration - to express situations that will
last for a specified period of time at a definite moment in the future. It is important that we expect these situations to last longer.
Before they come, we will have been cleaning the house for 5 hours.
By the next year, Ben and his wife will have been living together for 50 years.
4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
The Use
2. Cause - English speakers also use this
tense when they want to express certainty about the cause of some future situation.
By this time, he will have been working for 12 hours, so he will be very tired.
We will be making a rest stop in half an hour, because you will have been driving the car for 6 hours by then.
4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Good to know
Sentence beginning with "how long" are more common in question form. How long will you have been learning English this semester?
How long will you have been trying to get your driving license this week? I hope you'll finally make it!
