Use the future
tense for things that have not happened yet, but are going to happen. Use the
verbs shall and will as helping verbs or auxiliary verbs to form the future
tense.
For example:
I shall
be eight years old next year.
They
will finish the job next week.
The
weatherman says it will rain this afternoon.
We shall
play a game of chess after lunch.
You will
be sick if you eat too much.
I
hope it won’t rain tomorrow.
Sharon
is ill. She will not be at the party.
You will
enjoy visiting New Zealand.
Dad will
be back for dinner.
He will make lots of friends at
his new school.
Use shall
or will with I and we.
Use will
with you, he, she, it and they.
Here
is a table to help you remember the rules:
Singular
- Plural
First
person: I shall - we shall, I will - we will
Second
person: you will - you will
Third
person: he will - they will, she will - they will, it will - they will
Learn
these contractions:
I
shall = I’ll we shall = we’ll
I
will = I’ll we will = we’ll
you
will = you’ll they will = they’ll
he
will = he’ll
she
will = she’ll shall not = shan’t
it
will = it’ll will not = won’t
There
are other ways of talking about future actions and happenings. You can use
going to.
We are
going to bake a cake this afternoon.
I’m
sure Mom and Dad are going to be proud of me.
When
are you going to clean your room?
They
are going to wash the car for Dad.
It is
going to get dark very soon.
I
think I’m going to be sick.
You
can also use the simple present tense to talk about things that have been arranged
for the future.
The
new supermarket opens tomorrow.
James
moves to the second grade next year.
The
new school year starts on Monday.
Next
month I go to summer camp.
We have
a history test next week.
The
bus leaves in ten minutes.
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