This article was first published on the 11th February, 2017 and last updated on the 8th of May, 2017 by Patrick Carpen.
The future tenses describe an actions that will take place some time in the future. The future can be defined as anytime beyond the present, and can range from less than one Milli-second to more than one billion years.
E.G: I will cook dinner tonight.
The simple future tense is make up of the helping verb “will” and the present tense of an action verb.
E.g: I will go to sleep at nine of clock.
Helping verb: will
Present tense of main verb: go
The Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense describes an action that “will have been completed” before a specific time in the future. The word “perfect” suggests that the action has been “perfected” at that time. Here are some examples:
By the end of the year, I will have completed my TEFL course.
This this time next year, Mary will have visited three countries.
By December this year, I will have settled down in my favorite Brazilian city.
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
This tense is similar to the future perfect simple. The only difference is that as we are using the continuous form, we are going to be focussing on the duration of the action.
Here are some more examples for you:
- By this time next week, Jack will have been working in IT for 20 years.
- By this time tomorrow, Ollie will have been studying for a year.
- On their anniversary next month, Alicja will have been going out with her boyfriend for 2 years.
So, you can see the form that we have used is this one: subject + “will” / “won’t” + “have” + “been” + present participle.
