Simple Future Tense

The Simple Future tense is used when we plan or make a decision to do something. Nothing is said about the time in the future.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
You	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
He	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
Mohan	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
The boy	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
She	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
Pooja	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
The girl	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
We	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
You	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
They	will	read	the story book tomorrow.
The children	will	read	the story book tomorrow.

SUBJECT	AM / IS / ARE GOING TO	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
You	are going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
He	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
Mohan	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
The boy	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
She	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
Pooja	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
The girl	is going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
We	are going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
You	are going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
They	are going to	read	the story book tomorrow.
The children	are going to	read	the story book tomorrow.

Notice how we use ‘will’ or ‘going to’ and the verb in the base form for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL NOT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will not	play	football next week.
You	will not	play	football next week.
He	will not	play	football next week.
Mohan	will not	play	football next week.
The boy	will not	play	football next week.
She	will not	play	football next week.
Pooja	will not	play	football next week.
The girl	will not	play	football next week.
We	will not	play	football next week.
You	will not	play	football next week.
They	will not	play	football next week.
The children	will not	play	football next week.

SUBJECT	AM / IS / ARE NOT GOING TO	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am not going to	play	football next week.
You	are not going to	play	football next week.
He	is not going to	play	football next week.
Mohan	is not going to	play	football next week.
The boy	is not going to	play	football next week.
She	is not going to	play	football next week.
Pooja	is not going to	play	football next week.
The girl	is not going to	play	football next week.
We	are not going to	play	football next week.
You	are not going to	play	football next week.
They	are not going to	play	football next week.
The children	are not going to	play	football next week.

Notice how we use ‘will not’ or ‘not going to’ and the verb in the base form for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

WILL	SUBJECT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Will	I	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	you	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	he	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	Mohan	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	the boy	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	she	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	Pooja	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	the girl	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	we	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	you	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	they	go	to Mumbai next month?
Will	the children	go	to Mumbai next month?

AM / IS / ARE	SUBJECT	GOING TO	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Am	I	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Are	you	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	he	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	Mohan	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	the boy	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	she	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	Pooja	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Is	the girl	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Are	we	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Are	you	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Are	they	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?
Are	the children	going to	go	to Mumbai next month?

What is Simple Future Tense?

FUTURE SIMPLE

USE: We use FUTURE SIMPLE to talk about an action or a situation which will be true or will happen in the future time.

Example:

- The global economy will be better soon.

- The Earth will become hotter and hotter.

- I will call you tomorrow.

FORMULA

Positive Sentence:

Subject + will/shall + infinitive + object/complement

Example:

- The announcement will release tomorrow on the newspaper.

- We shall meet each other at the restaurant near my place.

- They will paint their house with new color.

Negative Sentence:

Sub + will/shall + not + infinitive + obj/comp

Example:

- The police will not arrest non-mistake people.

- It will not have heavy rain tonight.

- Foreign government shall not supply food to the refugees next week.

Contractions:

will not = won’t

shall not = shan’t

Question:

Will/Shall + sub + infinitive + obj/comp ?

Example:

- Shall we meet at 2:00 this afternoon?

- Will you fly to Canada this evening?

- What shall I wear to the party tonight?

Related page

What is Tense? Definition of Tense.

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What Is the Present Tense?

What is the Future Tense?

Structure of All Tense

Simple Present Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Future Tense

Future Continuous Tense

Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

All Tense with example

Table of English Tenses with example

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