Example : Shall I get angry?
4 Negative-interrogative sentence : Shallwill + not + S + V1.
Example :
Shall not I get angry ?
3.10 Future Continuous Tense
The future progressive tense is a tense in which a speaker expresses the temporary activities that will be in progress at a point of time. The event has not
happened at the moment of speaking, but \ it will be expected to happen in the future of a particular time. The possible area of the action can be seen in the
diagram below.
Use of the Future Continues Tense To state an event, activity or action which begin in the past and it will
end at some time in the future. Example:
Next year, I shall be studying English for Jive years. Sentence Pattern
1. Positive Sentence : S+shallwul+be +V-ing. Example :
I shall be going to farm tomorrow. 2. Negative Sentence : S+shallwill + not+be +V-ing.
Example : I shall not be going to farm tomorrow.
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3. Interrogative sentence : Shallwill + S+ +be +V-ing. Example :
Shall I be going to farm tomorrow? 4 Negative-interrogative sentence : Shallwill + not + S+be +V-ing.
Example : Shall not I be going to farm, tomorrow?
The journalist of the Jakarta post in telling the news of 51 Egyptians were killed which was published on Thursday, July 9
th
, 2013 did not use the Future Continuous Tense.
3.11 Future Perfect Tense
The Future Perfect Tense emphasizes on the words, one future time is past in relation to the second future time, it is usually accompanied by a time
expression such as, at, by or before. Use of the Future Perfect Tense
To state an event, activity or action which begin in the past and will be completed at some time in the future.
Example: By the end of the week, I shall be rich.
Sentence Pattern 1. Positive Sentence : S+shallwill+have +been+ adjN.
Example :
I shall have been there.
2. Negative Sentence : S+shallwill+not +have +been + adjN,
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Example : I shall not have been there.
3. Interrogative Sentence : Shallwill + S+ have +been + adjN. Example :
Shall I have been there? 4. Negative-interrogative Sentence : Shallwill +not + S+ have +been+ adjN.
Example :
Shall not I have been there?
Sentence with S + shallwill + have + V3 1. Positive Sentence : S+shallmU+have V3
Example :
I shall have gone.
2. Negative Sentence : S+shallwill+have V3 Example :
I shall not have gone.
3. Interrogative Sentence : Shallwill +S +have V3 Example :
Shall I have gone?
4. Interrogative-negative Sentence : Shallwill +not +S +have V3 Example :
Shall not I have gone? In Future Perfect Tense, the activities occur before another action or point of
time in the future.
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Example: + I will have been done it next week.
- They will not have arrived by 2.00 p.m. tomorrow. ? Will she have gone tomorrow morning?
-? Wont she have answered the questions?
3.12 Future Perfect Continuous Tense When a speaker uses the Future Perfect Continues Tense to state something,
it means that the action will take place in the future and it also wall emphasize the
continuous nature of the event. Example:
+ We will have been flying. - She will not have been playing her guitar.
? Will you have been sleeping at the time? -? Wont you have been reading the newspaper?
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense expresses an action that is represented as being in progress over a period of time and it will end in the future.
Use of Future Perfect Continuous Tense To state an action, event, or activity that would have been in progress in the
past. Example
I would be working hard at 12.00 oclock this morning. Sentence Pattern
1. Positive Sentence : S+shouldwould+ be + V-ing
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Example : I should be working hard.
2. Negative Sentence : S+shonldwould+ not + be + V-ing Example :
I should not be working hard. 3. Interrogative Sentence : Shouldwould + S+ be + V-ing
Example : Should I be working hard?
4. Negative Interrogative Sentence : Shouldwould + not + S+ be + V-ing
