Definition, Types, Rules With Examples

Future Tense: Tense is the verb that denotes the time when an action or event took place. On the basics, tenses are of three types, that is, Present tense, Past tense, and future tense. In English Grammar, aspect is a property of verbs that communicate how an activity, occasion, event, or state, meant by a verb, stretches out after some time.

Definition of Future Tense

According to Cambridge DictionaryFuture Tense is “the form of a verb that indicates the action or events that will happen or exist in the future some time”.

According to Collins Dictionary, Future tense is “a form of the tense of verbs used when the action or event described is to occur after the time of utterance.”

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the future tense as “a verb tense that is used to refer to the future.”

Structure of Future Tense

Structure of Future Tense
Type General Formula & RuleExample
Simple Future TenseSubject + will/shall + V1 + ObjectI will write articles on different topics.
Future Perfect TenseSubject + will have/shall have + V3 + ObjectI will have dressed up by the time you reach home.
Future Continuous TenseSubject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + ObjectI will have been waiting here for three hours by six o’clock.
Future Perfect Continuous TenseSubject + will have been + V1 + ing + ObjectI will have been waiting here for three hours by six o’clock.

Tense Chart of Future Tense In Hindi

Future
Indefinite

ga, gee, ge,

Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object

Continuous

Must have been, must have been,

Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object

Perfect

It will be paid, it will be paid, you will be paid,

Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object

Perfect Continuous

Must have been, must have been, must have been + time

Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object

Structure of Sentences in Future Tense

Future Tense sentences can be in three forms, that is, Positive or Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative sentences. Below is the structure of all three forms and examples to make you understand better.

Affirmative/Positive Sentence StructureNegative Sentence StructureInterrogative Sentence Structure
Subject + Will + Base form of the verb + rest of the sentenceSubject + Will not/Won’t + Base form of the verb + rest of the sentenceWill + Subject + Base form of the verb + rest of the sentence?

For example-

Bharati will walk to academy tomorrow.

For example-

Bharati will not/won’t walk to academy tomorrow.

For example-

Will Bharati walk to school tomorrow?

Example of Future Tense

Some of the example of future tense are-

  • Robert will read various kinds of books.(Simple Future Tense)
  • You will have dressed up by the time they reach home.(Future Perfect Tense)
  • I will be watching the series today.( Future Continuous Tense)
  • When I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.( Future Perfect Continuous Tense)

Types of Future Tense

In English , there are four types of future tense:

  1. Simple Future Tense
  2. Future Perfect Tense
  3. Future Continuous Tense
  4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

1. Simple Future Tense: The change in verb form which is used to denote/ defines an action that will happen in the future, then such verb is used as simple future tense.

DefinitionThe change in verb form which is used to denote/ defines an action that will happen in the future, then such verb is used as simple future tense.
General Formula For Simple Future TenseSubject + will/shall + V1 + Object
Simple Future Tense Examples
  • I will write articles on different topics.
  • Robert will read various kinds of books.
  • They will play football in that field.

2. Future Perfect Tense: The change in verb for in which is used to indicate an action that will be taking place in the future.

DefinitionThe change in verb for in which is used to indicate an action that will be taking place in the future.
General Formula For Future Perfect TenseSubject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object
Future Perfect Tense Examples
  • I will have dressed up by the time you reach home.
  • You will have dressed up by the time they reach home.
  • He will have dressed up by the time you reach home.

3. Future Continuous Tense: The change in verb from which is used to denote/defines those actions which will be in progress/motion at some point in the future.

DefinitionThe change in verb from which is used to denote/defines those actions which will be in progress/motion at some point in the future.
General Formula For Future Continuous TenseSubject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object
Future Continuous Tense Examples
  • It will be raining from tomorrow.
  • I will be watching the series today.
  • They will be staying at my place.

4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense: The verb forms that denotes/defines a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.

DefinitionThe verb forms that denotes/defines a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
General Formula for Future Perfect Continuous TenseSubject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Examples
  • When I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
  • Next year I will have been working here for four years.
  • When I come at 6:00, will you have been practicing long?

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