8/8/2019 Future Tenses Chart 2

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GRAMMAR REVIEW: FUTURE TENSES 2

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FORM

(+) Subj + WILL BE + V -ing + Compl.

I will be doing homework all morning.

(-) Subj + WONT BE + V -ing + Compl. I wont be studying all day Saturday.

(?) Wh- + WILL+ Subj + BE + V -ing + Compl?What will you be doing after dinner?

USE

1. To talk about actions happening at a specified time in thefuture.

Dont phone me tomorrow morning. Ill be painting the

kitchen then.

*Time expressions:- (at) this time, then, tomorrow (morning, afternoon...)

- at (seven oclock) tomorrow, this evening...

- from (9) to (11), between (noon) and (half past three)...

- next (week)

- in (2012, August...)

FUTURE PERFECT

FORM

(+) Subj + WILL HAVE + V (past participle) + Compl.

We will have finished our homework by evening.

(-) Subj + WONT HAVE + V (past participle) + Compl.

They wont have got to the airport by then.

(?) Wh- + WILL+ Subj + HAVE + V (past participle) + Compl?When will they have finished the game?

USE

1. To talk about completed actions before a specified time inthe future.

Well have finished the job by next week.By the time you get to the airport, the plane will have

landed.

*Time expressions:- by (10 oclock) tonight

- by then- by next week, month, year...