Future Simple for beginners

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The best way to predict the future is to create it. In this lesson, you will learn to talk about the future in English using 'will.'

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"Future Simple" Tense in English Grammar

What Is Future Simple Tense?

English has no future tense. But, we use some ways to talk about the future. One of them is using the modal verb 'will'.

Structure

We make the future simple tense with 'will (or the short form 'll) + base form of the verb.'

Subject	Full Form	Short Form
I	will go.	I'll go.
He/She/It	will go	he'll/she'll/it'll go.
We/You/They	will go.	We'll/you'll/they'll go.

Negation

To make a negative future simple tense, you need to add not to will or the short form 'won't'.

Affirmative	Negative	Short Form
I work.	I will not work.	I won't work.
She runs.	She will not run.	She won't run.

Questions

To make a question in a future simple form, all you have to do is to use will at the beginning of the sentence.

Statement	Question
He will go.	Will he go?
You will work.	Will you work?

Using Future Simple to Talk about Requests

Use

We use the future simple tense to talk about an action or situation that will begin and end in the future.

Jack will call today. Don't worry.

Next year, we will travel to Italy.

I will throw him a surprise birthday party tomorrow.

Tenses

Tenses are a set of grammatical characteristics that are used in languages to show time. Here you will learn all how to use tenses in English language.

Present Simple

In this lesson, you will learn all the grammatical features of the Present simple tense in the English language and get familiar with its uses.

Past Simple

Past simple tense is one of the most exciting and important tenses in English. We often use it to talk about what happened before.

Present Continuous

The present continuous tense is a basic tense. It is usually one of the first tenses you start to learn when you first start studying English.

Past Continuous

The past continuous tense is used quite often in English, so let’s understand exactly when to use it and how to use it. Are you ready? Let's begin.

Future Continuous

The future continuous tense is used by native English speakers quite often and this is your chance to learn and understand this tense so you can start using it.

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