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As the name suggests, this form of tense is used for sentences with a future sense. There are various ways of referring to the future in English, below are types.
1) Simple Future Tense: It can be used in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences. Both ‘shall’ and ‘will’ can be used in simple future tense sentences, but modern English uses ‘Will’ rather than ‘shall’.
It is also used to denote facts or events of certainty.
It is used to give a warning or take a spontaneous decision.
To express readiness
Make an offer or suggestion using ‘shall’
To give an invitation or an order to someone
2) Future Continuous: The future continuous or future progressive tense is used to denote an event that is ongoing in the future. It is made up of two elements: a simple future of the verb ‘to be’ + the present participle (-ing). The future progressive tense is used in the following condition:
To extend ourselves in the future.
To predict the future events.
Ask or inquire about events in the future.
To refer to events in the future that have a continuous nature or occur regularly.
3) Future Perfect Tense: The future perfect tense is a bit complicated as compared to the two types mentioned above. It is used to refer to an action which will have been completed at some time in the future.
The future perfect is composed of two elements: the simple future of the verb “to have” (will have) + the past participle of the main verb. It can be used in the affirmative, negative and affirmative and negative of interrogative sentences.
4) Future Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense is used to describe an event that is ongoing and will complete sometime in the future. A time reference is used to indicate the starting time of the event or action or how long it has been continuing. Commonly used words to indicate time reference are ‘since’ and ‘for’.
The future perfect Continuous is composed of two elements: the main verb in the present participle(base form of verb + -ing) + Auxilliary verb ‘will have been’
