simple future tense
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The Simple Future Tense
Used to actions that will happen in the future.
There are two patterns in making a sentence in simple future.
Willbe going to
Simple Future
Simple past and its usage:
Will and be going to is used to express future time and often have essentially the same meaning. Prediction:According to the weather report,it will be cloudy tomorrow.According to the weather report,it is going to be cloudy tomorrow.Prior Plan:Why did you buy this paint?I ’m going to paint my bedroom tomorrow.Willingness:The phone’s ringing.I will get it.
Affirmative StatementTo make an Affirmative simple future tense statement using will, simply follow this pattern:
Subject+will+ verb in base form
Jack will finish his homework tomorrow.Anna will come tomorrow around 5:00.
Negative statement
Jack will finish his homework tomorrow. Jack won’t finish his homework tomorrow.
Anna will come tomorrow around 5:00. Anna won’t come tomorrow around 5:00.
To make a negative simple future statement,
simply follow the following pattern:
Subject+will not/won’t+main verb in base
form
QuestionTo make a question in the simple future, simply follow the following pattern:
will+subject+main verb in base form
Jack will finish his homework tomorrow. Will Jack finish his homework tomorrow? Anna will come tomorrow around 5:00. Will Anna come tomorrow around 5:00?
Subject+am/is/are+going to+verb in base form
•Jack is going to finish his homework tomorrow.
•Anna is going to come tomorrow around 5:00.
Affirmative Statement
To make an Affirmative simple future tense statement using be going to, simply follow this pattern:
Negative statement
To make a negative simple future statement, simply
follow the following pattern:
Subject+am/is/are not/going to+main verb in base
form•Jack is going to finish his homework tomorrow. •Jack is not going to finish his homework tomorrow.
•Anna is going to come tomorrow around 5:00. •Anna is not going to come tomorrow around 5:00.
Question
To make a question in the simple future, simply follow the following pattern:
Am/is/are+subject+going to+main verb in base form
•Jack is going to finish his homework tomorrow. •Is Jack going to finish his homework tomorrow?
•Anna is going to come tomorrow around 5:00. •Is Anna going to come tomorrow around 5:00?
Exercise:
Make affirmative, negative statements and questions in simple present tense.
Affirmative Negative QuestionThe children are going to have a
tripAndrew is not going to study
pianoThey won’t go
for jogging tomorrow
will you visit my office soon?
I ’m going to eat a lot