Future Tenses: Future tenses are used to describe an event not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. These are of 4 types:
1.
Future Simple: simple future has two different forms in English: ‘
will’ and ‘
be going to’. Both ‘will’ and ‘be going to’ refer to a
specific time in the future.
Rule: Subject + will/shall + 1st form of verb
Example: She will read a book.
I will walk.
He will run 3 miles.
You will sleep.
2.
Future Progressive: The future continuous tense
describes a continuing action, something that will be happening, going on, at some point in the future.
Example: She will be reading a book.
I will be walking.
They will be running.
You will be sleeping.
3.
Future Perfect: Future perfect tense
indicates an action will have been completed (finished) at some point in the future.
Example: She will have read a book.
I will have walked.
He will have run 3 miles.
You will have slept.
4.
Future Perfect Progressive: Future perfect progressive tense is used to
describe a continuous action that will be completed at some point in the future.
Example: She will have been reading.
I will have been walking.
He will have been running.
You will have been sleeping.
Note:
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Present participle: The 1st form of verb ending with ‘ing’ is called Present participle.