In English, there are several ways to talk about the future, each with its own form and use. Understanding future tenses helps you describe plans, predictions, promises, and scheduled events.
- Simple Future (will)
Form: will + base verb
Use: For spontaneous decisions, promises, offers, and predictions.
Example: I will call you later.
- Be Going To
Form: am/is/are going to + base verb
Use: For planned actions and predictions based on present evidence.
Example: She is going to travel next week.
- Present Continuous
Form: am/is/are + verb-ing
Use: For definite plans or arrangements.
Example: We are meeting them tomorrow.
- Simple Present
Form: base verb (with -s for he/she/it)
Use: For scheduled events, like timetables.
Example: The train leaves at 6 pm.
- Future Continuous
Form: will be + verb-ing
Use: To describe actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
Example: This time next week, I will be relaxing on the beach.
- Future Perfect
Form: will have + past participle
Use: To describe actions that will be completed before a specific future time.
Example: By 2025, I will have graduated.
- Future Perfect Continuous
Form: will have been + verb-ing
Use: To show that an action will have been happening for a duration by a certain future time.
Example: By noon, she will have been working for six hours.
Knowing when and how to use each future tense makes your English more accurate and expressive!
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Table of Contents
- Will-future
Will-future is an English verb tense used to talk about future events, decisions, promises, and predictions.
- Going to-future
The going to-future tense in English is used to talk about plans, intentions, and predictions based on evidence. It is formed with “be going to” + base verb.
- Present Continuous as Future
Present Continuous as Future explains how the present continuous tense is used to talk about planned or arranged actions that will happen in the near future.
- Future Perfect
The future perfect tense in English shows that one action will be finished before a specific time or another action in the future.
Last updated: Wed Jun 18, 2025
