THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
The Future Perfect Tense Form This tense is formed with shall/will + perfect infinitive (without to): shall + have spoken = (We) shall have spoken. will + have read = (You) will have read. Functions The future perfect tense is used to express: I) an action that will be completed at a given time in the future: By the end of this year, I shall have read ten novels. II) an action which at a given time in the future must have ended before another action takes place: I shall have finished my degree exams before your next visit. You will have cleared the field before tilling the…
THE FUTURE TENSE AND FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Future Tense Form The future tense is formed with shall/will + the bare infinitive: shall + sing = shall sing. will + dance = will dance. Usually, shall/will + bare infinitive is used for the first person singular and plural while only will + bare infinitive is used for the other persons to express future tense: I/We/Shall (or will) sing. He/You/They/will sing. Note that while I/We shall merely states a fact, I/We will expresses intention: I/We shall sing (the grammatically correct form). I/We will sing (i.e. I/ We intend to sing). Functions The future tense is used to express: I) an action that the speaker or writer knows…
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