1) THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
a. Form
I/ WE SHALL + INFINITIVE
YOU/ THEY/ HE/ SHE/ IT WILL + INFINITIVE
b. Use
1) To express an action that takes place at some definite future time.
Example :
· I shall write a letter tomorrow
· He will post the letter by ten
· Will you help me toorrow ?
2) To express a future habitual action or future state.
Example :
· He will go to school by bus next month
· They will attend the meeting next year
· The famer will plough their rice next winter.
2) FUTURE CONTINOUS TENSE
a. Form
SHALL/ WILL/ BE/ PRESENT PARTICIPLE
b. Use
It is used to express an action which is still in progress at the certain time in the future.
Example :
· Come to my house at sevent o’clock tomorrow, i shall be waiting for you.
· They will be studying at this school in a few years
· We shall be speaking English this evening
· Ahmad will be sleeping at this time tomorrow.
3) FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
a. Form
SHALL/ WILL/ HAVE/ PAST PARTICIPLE
b. Use
It is used to express an action which will be completed at the certain time in the future.
Example :
· Deni will have written all the letters before she comes.
· I will have met my loyal friend by next week.
· I shall have finished my work by tomorrow.
4) FUTURE PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE
a. Form
SHALL/ WILL + HAVE + BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE
b. Use
It is to express a durative or habitual action that is taking place in the present and that will continue into the future up until or through a specific future time.
Example :
· I shall have been watching TV for two hours by the time my father gets home from his office.
· On the New Year she will have been living with us for five month.
· By the end of this year we shall have been studying Japanese for two years.
