Future Tenses

Future Tenses

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Example: 

Simple Future Tense 

Examples of the Simple Future Tense

1. The Moscow State Circus will perform in Cheltenham next year.
2. We will celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York.
3. The Moscow State Circus will not perform in Cheltenham next year.
4. We won't celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York.(Note: "Will not" can be shortened to "won't" in English.).
5. Will the Moscow State Circus perform in Cheltenham next year?

Examples of the Future Progressive Tense

1. We will be celebrating like Kings if it works.
2. The Moscow State Circus will not be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.
3. We will not be celebrating like Kings if it fails.
4. Will the Moscow State Circus be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks?
5. Will we be celebrating like Kings if it works?

• Examples of the Future Perfect Tense

1. By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal and the speeches.(Note: "By the time you arrive" identifies the point in the future.)
2. I will have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the dentist.(Note: The clause "before I see the dentist" identifies the point in the future.).
3. I will not have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the dentist.
4. Will you have finished the meal and the speeches by the time I arrive?
5. Will you have read every magazine in the waiting room before you see the dentist?

• Examples of the Future Progressive Tense

1. In July next year, you will have been studying for three years.("In July next year" is the specified time)
2. I will have been playing poker for 30 years by then.("by then" is the specified time)
3. In July next year, you will not have been studying for three years.
4. I will not have been playing poker for 30 years by then.
5. In July next year, will you have been studying for 3 years?