Mastering English Future Tenses: Examples
Mastering English Future Tenses
Simple Future
Used for predictions, spontaneous decisions, promises, and offers.
- Take an umbrella! You will get wet if it rains.
- Who do you think will win the race?
- I don’t feel well. I think I will stay home today.
- I’m thirsty. I will order a drink.
- An old man just got on the bus. I will give him my seat.
- I am hungry. I think I will eat something.
- I’m feeling cold and tired. I think I will have a nice hot bath.
- Chris will be happy to hear your news.
Future Continuous
Used for actions in progress at a specific time in the future.
- Dan will be living in Mexico this time next year.
- Will you be studying for the exam tonight? If not, could I come over?
- I can’t meet you on Friday. I will be visiting my aunt.
- At this time next week, I will be sailing in the Bahamas.
- At this time next week, I will be flying to Paris on my honeymoon!
- At this time tomorrow, I will be celebrating my birthday.
- How will I recognize him? He will be wearing a green shirt.
- The film starts at 8:00 and finishes at 10:00, so at 9:00 we will be watching it.
- Don’t phone at 6 o’clock. I will be sleeping at that time.
Future with “Going To”
Used for plans, intentions, and predictions based on present evidence.
- I am going to wash the car later.
- I am going to go to the party tomorrow.
- Pat is not going to fly to Paris in May.
- We’re collecting plastic bottles. We are going to take them to the recycling center.
- We are going to have a big history test next week.
Present Continuous for Future
Used for scheduled events and fixed arrangements.
- The train leaves at 8:40 p.m.
- Our school is cleaning up the park at the weekend.
- Susanne is ill. She is not singing in the concert tonight.
- He is beginning skating lessons tomorrow.
- They are buying a new sofa this afternoon.
- My friends are preparing a meal for their parents tomorrow night.
- The President is ill so he won’t be attending the meeting this evening.
- This is my last day here. I am flying back to England tomorrow.
- President Biden is meeting with European heads of state today.
- The sun sets tomorrow at 20:35.
- Do you know who is coming to the party tonight?
Future Perfect
Used for actions completed before a specific time in the future.
- By the end of the marathon, the runners will have run 42.2 km.
- The new store will have opened next Tuesday.
- By the end of the day, will have finished three research papers.
- By this time tomorrow, our friends will have arrived.
- By 2040, someone will have discovered a new energy source.
- Let’s hope that we will have stopped global warming by the year 2025.
- If he wins the Oscar this year, he will have won three awards.
- In ten years’ time, everyone will have forgotten about his book.
- We will have finished our dishes by the time the cooking competition begins.
- Will you have finished baking the birthday cake before the guests arrive?
- You won’t have lost enough weight to fit into those trousers by next week.
- By the time you read this letter, I will have left the country.
- John won’t have read the book by next week.
- I can go with you next Monday. I will have finished all my exams by then.
- By the end of the month, this website will have had more than 100,000 visits.
Future Perfect Continuous
Used for the duration of an action up to a specific time in the future.
- On their next anniversary, the Johnsons will have been married for 25 years.
- By next year, will be living in France.
- During the next two months, they will be traveling around Australia.
- At the end of the day, she will be exhausted because she will have worked for 12 hours.
Mixed Examples
- We will arrive in Delhi in a few minutes.
- This time next month we will be lying at the beach.