Tense And Aspect - 3
3 The Future Tense:3.1 The Simple Future Tense:
Structure: Sub + Verb (V1 ) + Object
Helping Verbs Used: Will & Shall (to form questions and negative statements)
(He, She, It, You and They-------Will
I, We -------- Shall)
Usage in sentences:
1 . She will finish it tomorrow.
2. I shall purchase a T.V. next week.
3. Will she finish it tomorrow?
4. She will not finish it tomorrow
5. Won’t she finish it tomorrow?
Simple future tense refers to actions take place in the future. Generally it is used to refer actions scheduled in the near future. There should be a future reference in this tense. Some adverbs are used to describe such actions are in a year, next, tomorrow.
3.2 The Future Continuous Tense:
Structure: Sub + Verb ing form (V4) + Object
Helping Verbs Used: Will be & Shall be (to form questions and negative statements)
(He, She, It, You and They-------Will be
I, We -------- Shall be)
Usage in sentences:
1 . She will be going abroad next year.
2. We shall be celebrating a party tomorrow.
3. Will she be going abroad next year?
4. She will not be going abroad next year.
5. Won’t she be going abroad next year?
Future Continuous tense refers to actions taking place in the future. Generally it is used to refer actions continuing from one time frame to another in the near future. There should be a future reference in this tense. Some adverbs are used to describe such actions are by this time next year, by this time tomorrow.
3.3 The Future Perfect Tense:
Structure: Sub + Verb (V3) + Object
Helping Verbs Used: Will have & Shall have (to form questions and negative statements)
(He, She, It, You and They-------Will have
I, We -------- Shall have)
Usage in sentences:
1 . She will have finished her degree by 2012.
2. We shall have done it tomorrow.
3. Will she have finished her degree by 2012?
4. She will not have finished her degree by 2012.
5. Won’t she have finished her degree by 201 2?
Future perfect tense refers to actions that are expected to be finished at some time in the future.
3.4 The Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
Structure: Sub + Verb ing form (V4) + Object
Helping Verbs Used: Will have been & Shall have been (to form questions and negative statements)
(He, She, It, You and They-------Will have been
I, We -------- Shall have been)
Usage in sentences:
1 . She will have been doing her degree next year.
2. We shall have been traveling by this time tomorrow.
Future perfect continuous tense refers to actions that are expected to be continuing from one time frame to another in the future.
