Future Tenses

Future tense refers to an action that will be done in future. Future tense is of four types.

1. Future Indefinite Tense: Future indefinite tense refers to an action that will be done in the future.
Structure: Subject+shall/will+verb(present form)+object/complement. Example:
They will play a friendly football match.

2. Future Continuous Tense:Future continuous tense refers to an action that will be going on in the future.
Structure: Subject+shall be/will be+ verb(ing) +object/complement. Example:
You will be reading a book.

3. Future Perfect Tense: Future perfect tense refers to an action that will be completed a specific time in the future.
Structure: Subject+shall have/will have+PPV(past participle of verb) +object/complement. Example:
I shall have done my home work before my mother comes.
Here, “I shall have done my home work” is future perfect tense and “my mother comes” is present indefinite tense.

4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense:Future perfect continuous tense refers to an action that will have been running by a specific time in the future.
Structure: Subject+shall have been/will have been+verb(ing)+object/complement. Example:
I shall have been doing my home work before my teacher comes.
Here, ” I shall have been doing my home work” is future perfect continuous tense and ” my teacher comes” is present indefinite tense.