2. The term tense is derived from Latin word
“Tempus” meaning “Time”.
Tense is used to indicate time in English
language. It has been broadly classified into
three groups-Present Tense, Past Tense and
Future Tense.
What Is Future?
The future is what will happen in the time after the
present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the
existence of time and the laws of physics.
3. A tense expressing an action that has not yet
happened or a state that does not yet exist.
A tense expressing an expectation of something
that will happen in the future.
Examples:
“ I will go there tomorrow.”
“I will be waiting for you.”
“You will have started a job.”
“I will have been waiting for him for three hours.”
5. This is used when an action is going to take place
in future.
Example; “I will go there tomorrow”
Sentence formation:
Here, auxiliary verb “Will” and first form of verb are
used.
Subject + Will/Shall + Verb (1stform) + Object.
In negative sentences subject + will + not + verb
(1st Form) + object are used.
In interrogative sentences, will comes before
subject then verb (1st Form) + object + “?” are used.
6. Used to express a continued or ongoing action in
future. E.g. “I will be Waiting for you there”.
Sentence formation; Here auxiliary verb ‘will be’’
and first form of verb along with present participle
‘ing’ are used.
It is formed using the construction “Subject +
will/shall be + Verb (1st form) + ing +object”.
In negative sentences “not” comes after will and
before be.
In Interrogative sentences, ‘Will’ occurs before
subject and be comes after subject with “?” at the
end of the sentence.
7. Refers to an action which will occur and completed
in the future. E.g. “ John will have gone tomorrow”.
Sentence Formation; Here, Auxiliary verb ‘Will have’
and third form of verb ( Past Participle) are used.
Subject + will/shall + have/has + verb ( 3rd form) +
object
In negative sentences, word ‘not’ comes after will/
and before have/has.
Will/shall comes in start of the sentence, then
subject and auxiliary has/have comes and “?” is
used at the end of the sentence.
8. It is used to indicate an ongoing action which will start
and continue for sometime in future. E.g. “ He will have
been playing in this team since 2006”.
Sentence formation; in this case, auxiliary verb “
will/shall have been” 1st form of verb along with present
participle and time reference ‘for/since’ are used.
Subject + will/shall + have/has been + verb (1st form) + ing
+ object + for/since + time
In negative word ‘not’ comes after ‘will/shall’ and before
‘have/has been’.
In interrogative ‘will/shall’ comes before subject and
then ‘have/has been’ occurs with “?” at the end of the
sentence.