There are four future tenses in English. These include the simple future tense, the future continuous tense, the future perfect tense, and the future continuous perfect tense.
As a brief reminder, let’s look at an example of each future tense. If you need to refresh your memory in more detail, check out our article on using the future tense.
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Choose the correct answer for the sentence.
A. will be goingB. will goC. will have been going
A. will beB. is going to beC. will have been
A. ShallB. Will
4. She can’t go on the trip in September because she will ______ school.
A. have startedB. go toC. have been starting
A. will beB. will not have beenC. won’t be
A. have been workingB. be workingC. have worked
Question 1: B (simple future tense because it does not point to a specific time)Question 2: C (future perfect tense because it refers to a specific point in the future)Question 3: B (“Shall” is used when the subject is I or we, while “will” is used for the second person)Question 4: A (future perfect tense because something will have happened at a specific point in the future)Question 5: C (future continuous tense because it refers to an ongoing action throughout the night, and it’s in the negative because of the context)Question 6: B (future continuous tense because the action will not have ended at that point)
Write the correct tense in the blank box.
Question 1: Will (simple future tense, and the subject of the sentence is you)Question 2: will have been (future perfect continuous tense)Question 3: will be (simple future tense)Question 4: will not be (future continuous tense)Question 5: will have been (future perfect tense)Question 6: Shall (simple future tense, and the subject of the request is we)Question 7: will not (simple present tense in the negative)Question 8: will have (future perfect tense)Question 9: will have been (future perfect continuous tense)Question 10: will be (future continuous tense)
Using the phrases below, make sentences using the future continuous tense. Leave your answers in the comments.
What will you be doing…?
Look at the pictures below. Make a sentence describing what each person will have been doing once their day is over. Write your sentences in the comments below.A teacher
A. A teacher
B. A musician/singer
C. A police officer
D. A server/waitress
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Below, we’ve listed some additional resources and possible sentences for activities 1 and 2. Don’t forget to share your sentences in the comments below.
Additional Resources for Future Tenses:
A Quick Guide to the Simple Tenses
A Quick Guide to the Perfect Tenses
Possible Sentences for Activity 1:
● This weekend, I’ll be watching TV at home and reading lots of books.
● In two hours, I’ll be studying for my exam.
● In five years, I’ll be running my own business.
● In two weeks, I’ll be skiing with my family.
Possible Sentences for Activity 2:
A) By the end of the day, she will have been teaching her class for five hours.
B) By the end of his set, the musician will have been playing the guitar for two hours.
C) By the end of the day, the police officer will have been at the scene for five hours.
D) By the end of her shift, the server will have been working for six hours.
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