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Present, Past, and Future Tenses

Tense means time.

The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.

The bear walks to the honey tree.

The bear walked to the honey tree.

The bear will walk to the honey tree.

The Future Tens

Future Tense

Future tense expresses action which will take place in the future.

It uses the helping verbs will or shall and the present tense form of the verb).

Examples: He will send the letter tomorrow. I shall wait here until you return.

* Traditionally, shall is used for 1st person and will for 2nd and 3rd persons.

Future Verbs

Verbs which tell about actions which are going to happen are future tense verbs.

We will awaken at six a.m.Will awakenWill awaken is a future tense verb because the action has not yet happened.

Future tense verbs

Future tense verbs use special words to talk about things that will happen: will, going to, shall, aim to, etc.

going to start

shall email

will enjoy

The FutureThe Future Will and be + going + to are often

used to describe future actions.

Thomas will graduate in June.

Maria is going to go to Mexico next week.

The FutureThe Future The simple present and present progressive are

also used to express future time. These are often used in connection with schedules.

She is meeting a new client at eleven o’clock.

The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.

The Future ProgressiveThe Future Progressive This tense is used to describe an event or

action that will occur over a period of time at a specific point in the future.

I will be teaching ESL 40 at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

They will be moving their furniture out of the house by the time you arrive tomorrow.

at 10 a.m. tomorrow

by the time you arrive

The Future PerfectThe Future Perfect This tense is used to describe an event or

action that will be completed before another event or time in the future.

We will have finished the exam by the time class ends tomorrow.

will have finished the exam

class ends

Future Perfect ProgressiveFuture Perfect Progressive This tense describes an action that has

been in progress for a duration of time before another event or time in the future.

By the time he finishes law school, we will have been living in the U.S. for eight years.

finishes law school

will have been living in the U.S. for eight years

TenseTense SingularSingular PluralPlural

FutureFuture I shall beI shall be

You will beYou will be

He will beHe will be

We shall beWe shall be

You will beYou will be

They will beThey will beFuture Future PerfectPerfect

I shall have I shall have beenbeen

You will have You will have beenbeen

He will have He will have beenbeen

We shall have We shall have beenbeen

You will have You will have beenbeen

They will have They will have beenbeen

Conjugation of the verb: to be

sources

The Enternet The Englhsh of 3rd year secondary

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