3.9 Future Tense
The Future Tense describes actions, activities, and states in the future.
Generally, there are two ways in forming the Future Tense, they are by using to be goig to and will or shall. The to be going to model can express the speakers
feeling of certainty. Although the lime is not usually mentioned though the time is indicated or not, the action or activity is expected to happen in the near future.
The future of will or shall model is a common way of expressing what the speaker thinks, believes, hopes, etc., in the future. Traditionally, the will or shall were
different in the usages. Will is used in the simple future construction. This is its most common use grammarians once thought that shall was used with I and we,
and I will was used with he, she, it, you, and they. In certain situation, this order was reversed. In the modem usages this distinction does not exist any more
changes come down. Example:
to be going to +
I am going to see him tomorrow afternoon.
- He is not going to mar Susan. ? Are you going to continue your study next year ?
-? Isn t it going to rain?
will or shall + I will see him tomorrow afternoon.
- He will marry Susan, ? Will you continue your study next year?
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-? Shall not it rain? Use of The Future Tense
1 To state an event, activity or action that will happen in the future. Example:
Susan will many me next year. 2 To state the terms in the conditional clause.
Example: I shall go if you invite me.
3 To state an opinion, assumption, or estimation about an event in the future. It is usually preceded by words such as think, doubt, suppose, assume,
expect, hope, be afraid, feel sure, wonder. Example :
I hope I will get nine for my biology test.. Use of Future Tense
1 To state an event, activity or action that happen in the future. Example:
She will go to Jakarta tomorrow morning. 2
To state an event, and the terms in conditional clause. Example:
I shall go if you invite me. 3
To state an opinion, assumption or estimation about an event in the future, it is usually preceded with words such as think, doubt, suppose, assume,
expect, hope, be afraid, feel, sure, and wonder.
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Example : I hope I will get nine for my biology test.
Sentence Pattern Sentence with shallwill be
1. Positive Sentence : S+shall will + be + adj N Example :
I shall be angry. 2. Negative Sentence : S+shallwill+not+be+adjN
Example : I shall not be angry
3. Interrogative sentence : Shallwill+s+be+adjN Example :
Shall I be angry? 4 Negative-interrogative sentence : Shallwill + not + S + be + adjN.
Example : Shall not I be angry?
Sentence with shallwill + V1 1. Positive Sentence : S+shallwill+V1
Example : shall get angry.
2. Negative Sentence : S+shallwiH+not + V1 Example :
I shall n at get angry. 3. Interrogative sentence : Shallwill +S +not + V1
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Example : Shall I get angry?
4 Negative-interrogative sentence : Shallwill + not + S + V1.
Example :
Shall not I get angry ?
3.10 Future Continuous Tense
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