Simple Future Tense Examples I will write articles on different topics. Robert will read various kinds of books. They will play football in that field. April will prefer coffee to tea. Bob will go to the library tomorrow.

Future Simple: will + base form of the verb. Be Going To: am, is, are + going to + base form of the verb. Shall: Shall + subject + base form of the verb? Future Progressive: will be + verbing.

Uses of the Future With Going To

1. Used for Plans. The future with ‘going to’ is used to express planned events or intentions. These events or intentions are decided on before the moment of speaking. Frank is going to study Medicine.
2. Used for Future Predictions Based on Physical Evidence. Oh no! Look at those clouds.

Example Sentences Using “Going To” I am going to win this race. I am going to move to Europe. He is going to run home. We are going to bake a pie.

Was/were + continuous verb is used to talk about a future in the past that was a personal arrangement.

We have this in the past tense, simple past tense and then, in that past tense thought, we have some idea about the future and we use Would to express that idea about the future. So meaning, in the past, in the far past, I knew that this would happen. Um. So we can use Would to talk about future but in the past.

(Entry 1 of 2) : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is traditionally formed in English with would or should and denotes an action or state as future from a past point of view (as would write in “he promised that he would write”)

Exercise 1

• 1I saw he had a gun, but I didn’t think he. was shooting.
• 2I knew you. would fail.
• 3I lost my passport the day before we. would leave.
• 4Sorry, I. would call.
• 5She promised she. would put.
• 6He asked whether I. was helping.
• 7He. was sending.
• 8That night I was very excited because the next morning I. was going.