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              Chapter                                        The Future Tense







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             The future tense is formed by adding:
             We/I            + shall   + verb
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             They/He/She/You/It  + will   + verb
             4.1   Future Simple

                                  Usage                                          Example

             The future simple is used to:
             (a)  Show an action that will take place in the future.  The clerk will try to talk to the boss.
                                                              We shall organise a Christmas party.
             (b)  Give a command or provide an explanation.   You will do as I say.
                                                              The bus will leave without you.
             (c)  Make a prediction.                          Sue will win the gold medal.
             (d)  Express a decision at the moment of speaking.    I will have vegetable soup, please.
             (e)  Make a request.                             Will you give us a hand?
             (f)  Make promises and offers.                   We will help you whenever we are free.
             (g)  The following are also used to express future actions:
                 (i)  be + going to                           Rita is going to buy a new dress.
                 (ii)  the present continuous tense           The tourists are leaving for Paris.
                 (iii) be + to express a command/plan         You are to follow the duty roster.
                 (iv) be + about to                           Lim is about to leave for work.
                 (v)  the simple present tense                The new semester starts next Monday.

             4.2   Future Continuous

                                  Usage                                          Example
             The future continuous is used to:
             (a)  Show an action that will be going on in the future.  Annie will be leaving us in July.
                                                                Sid will be returning home very soon.
             (b)  Predict or guess about future events.       I am sure Rosa will be baking a cake.
                                                              Sam will be celebrating his 80  birthday.
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             4.3   Future Perfect

                                  Usage                                          Example

             The future perfect is used to talk about something that  Doris will have completed her training in a month’s time.
             will be completed before a specific time in the future.  They will have reached their destination in a day’s time.


             4.4   Future Perfect Continuous
                                  Usage                                          Example

             The future perfect continuous is used when projecting  By July next year, Jim will have been teaching for
             ourselves forward in time and looking back at the duration  three decades.
             of that activity which is expected to continue.  When Bob turns 50, he  will have been working as a
                                                              mechanic for 30 years.


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