Preparation: For Activity 3, Future Forms Sentence Strips, label 4 sheets of chart paper with each of four forms of the future tense: Be Going to + Verb / Will + Verb / Present Progressive / Present Simple. Make sentence strips for each situation, as well as for each example. Use a different color cardstock for the situation and example strips. Simple Future tense is used to signify activities that periodically occur. Thus, verbs expressed in the simple Future tense are very frequently modified by adverbs of manner or time. At the end of this article, the reader should be able to: Understand the basic idea of Simple Future Tense; Understand Subject-Verb agreement for the Simple Future 1: We use the future simple with 'will' to predict the future. It is the basic way we talk about the future in English, and we often use it if there is no reason to use another future tense. We can use it for future facts and for things that are less certain. The sun will rise at 7am. I think the Conservatives will win the next election. The simple future tense is the tense we use to talk about our future plans or goals. We will explore over 100 Simple Future Tense Examples through this article. These real-life simple future tense examples will not only make the tense easy to understand but also give you the confidence to use it effectively. 50 Sentences of Simple Future Tense Future Simple Tense You can use the Future Simple Tense, which is one of the most popular tenses in English and is widely used, for actions you plan to do in the future. Two basic auxiliary verbs should be used in the Future Simple Tense, these auxiliary verbs are “will” and “be going to”. The two have many distinguishing features, but both refer to Si clause sentence with futur simple. The futur simple can be used in sentences like, “If I have the money, I will buy the car”. “Si j’ai l’argent, j’achetèrai la voiture”. The rule is: Si + present tense, then + futur simple. Here are some examples: Si j’ai le temps, je partirai en vacances. I’ll go on vacation if I have the Use auxiliary (helping) verbs with the past participle form of the base verb. Distinguish between usage of simple present and present perfect forms of verbs. Use verbs in present perfect tense in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences. Arrange the words in the proper order to form good sentence structure. Form 1: will + verb. Examples: I will write to John. It will be dark soon. Form 2: am/is/are + going to + verb. Examples: I am going to finish my work soon. We are going to win. The following diagrams show examples of Future Tense and the differences between using “Will” and “Going to”. Definition of Future Perfect Tense. The future perfect tense refers to a verb tense which we use for actions that will be finished before some other point in the future. Moreover, it has two different forms which are ‘will have done’ and ‘be going to have done’. They are not like simple future forms because future perfect forms are Besides using the wrong future form, students often make mistakes when making sentences using one of these forms. The most common mistakes are: Forgetting 'am/is/are' when using the 'going to' form. Incorrect: "I going to visit them tomorrow." Correct: "I am going to visit them tomorrow." Forgetting 'to' when using the 'going to' form. fxWy5w2.