Future tenses-form & function
Listen in British and American English
FUTURE SIMPLE TENSES
| Future Simple Form: • I, you he,she, we, they will / won’t (will not) see… • Will you see…? “Yes I will/ no I won’t” |
Future Simple Passive Form: (subject +will + past participle) • I , you, we, they will be seen/won’t be seen… • Will it be seen/won’t they be seen? “Yes he will/ No they won’t” |
PRESENT CONTINUOUS [+ GOING TO + INFINITIVE] FOR FUTURE PLANS
| Present Continuous Form: • I’m seeing /going to see/ not seeing/ not going to see • He, she it is seeing / isn’t seeing • We, you they are seeing/aren’t seeing • Are you seeing? “Yes I am / no I’m not” |
Present Continuous Passive Form: (subject + am/are + being + past participle) • I am being seen/going to be seen • He/she, it is being seen/going to be seen • Is he being seen/ going to be? • Are they being seen/going to be seen…….? “Yes he is / No they aren’t.” |
“I’m going to Paris on Saturday”
“I’m going to see the film tomorrow”
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSES
| Future Continuous Form: • I, you he,she, we, they will / won’t (will not) be seeing… • Will you be seeing …? “Yes I will/ no I won’t” |
Future Continuous Passive Form: (subject + will + be + being +past participle) • I , you, we, they will be being seen/won’t be being seeing…
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“I’ll be working at 6pm tomorrow so please don’t come round”
“He’ll be being seen now by the doctor.” (NOT VERY OFTEN USED IN THE PASSIVE)
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
| Future Perfect Simple Form: • I, you he,she, we, they will have / won’t (will not) have seen… • Will you have seen…? “Yes I will/ no I won’t” … |
Future Perfect Simple Passive Form: (subject + will have + been + past participle) • Will he have been seen/won’t he have been seen? “Yes he will/ No he won’t”
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I’ll have lived here for ten years tomorrow”
“This room will have been painted by Saturday”
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
| Future Perfect Continuous Form: • I, you he,she, we, they will have been seeing / won’t (will not) have been seeing…. • Will you have been seeing…? “Yes I will/ no I won’t”… |
Future Perfect Continuous Passive NOT NORMALLY USED IN THE PASSIVE
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“John and Sarah will have been seeing each other for two years on Sunday”
