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.”

4.  Future indefinite
 Future continuous
 Future perfect
 Future perfect continuous

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.