In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened

yet, but expected to happen in the future, or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future.

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FUTURE FORMS: will+base form of the verb

To make a prediction based on personal opinion
I think youll love this film. Its got John Cusack in it. She's convinced that the team won't win the cup.

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To express future facts
London will host the next olympics. The class will finish at 7:30 tonight.

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In formal written style to express future events (often planned in detail)
This bank will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday. We are sorry there will be no deliveries of mail during next week's postal strike.

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To make a prediction based on present evidence.
Look at those dark clouds, it's going to rain. The traffic is terrible! We're going to be late.

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FUTURE FORMS: Shall+base verb

Used with 'we' or 'I' in formal situations or in writing
We shall be delighted to have you over for dinner. I shall visit London from the 4th to the 7th of June.

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Sometimes we talk about an event that still lies in our future. But when we talk about this future event, it's from a point even further into the future. This is the future perfect tense.

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A: What will your life be like in 2025? B: Well, I will have gotten married by 2025. I will have had children, too.

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Future Perfect Tense Sentence Structure

subject | auxiliary verb (will) | auxiliary verb (have) | past participle | object/complement Tina | will | have | started | school in one week.
The President | will | have | given | his speech by 8:00 pm.

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Future Continuous
Future Continuous has two different forms: "will be doing " and "be going to be doing." Unlike Simple Future forms, Future Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.

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[will be + present participle]

You will be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight. Will you be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight? You will not be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.

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[am/is/are + going to be + present participle]

You are going to be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight. Are you going to be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight? You are not going to be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.
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USE OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS

Use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight.

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USE OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS

In addition to using short actions as interruptions, you can also use a specific time as an interruption. Tonight at 6 PM, I am going to be eating dinner. I will be in the process of eating dinner.

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USE OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS

When you use the Future Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions will be happening at the same time. The actions are parallel. I am going to be studying and he is going to be making dinner.

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