FUTURE TENSESSIMPLE FUTURE TENSE FUTURE CONTINUOS TENSE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE FUTURE PERFECT

CONTINUOUS TENSEshall / will + verb (base) shall / will + be + present participle

(-ing)shall / will have + past participle shall / will have been + present

participle (-ing)1. to show an event will take place sometime in the future

- e.g.: - I will/shall buy a new computer soon. - You will help him later.

2. form of “be going to”- am/is/are + going to + verba. to show actions that have been planned, going to is used instead of will/shall.- e.g.: - We are going to attend Judy’s party tonight. - She is going to marry very soon.

b. to show something will happen.- e.g.: - It is going to rain heavily. - John is going to skip the lesson.

1. to show an ongoing action that takes place in the future.- e.g.: - They will be meeting their new friends soon. - I shall be sleeping at that time tomorrow.

2. form of “be going to”- am/is/are + going to be + present participlea. to show actions that have been planned, and its ongoing take place in the future.- e.g.: - I am going to be eating tonight. - You are going to be attending her wedding feast tomorrow.

3. to show an action that is going to happen in specific time in future.

- e.g.: -Tonight at 6 PM, I am going to be eating dinner. - At midnight tonight, we will still be driving through the desert.

1. to show an action that will be completed at or before a time in the future + a time expression used.

- e.g.: - The supermarket will have closed by 10p.m. - He will have taken his lunch by this time. - She will have gone by the time you arrive.

1. to show that something will continue up from the past until a particular event or time in the future.

- e.g.: -They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Thomas arrives. - You will have been sleeping for a day when the she comes.

4. to show 2 actions are going to happeng at the same.

- e.g.: -I am going to be studying and he is going to be making dinner.

- Tonight, they will be eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time.

- While Ellen is reading, Tim will be watching television.