Note about All-Tenses Table (page 3)
In All-Tenses Table (page 3), you will learn how to form the near future (be going to+verb), future continuous/progressive, and future perfect, in addition to their uses and the signal words associated with them.
| Tense | Formation Rule | Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Signal words | Use/Function |
| BE GOING TO + VERB (NEAR FUTURE) | subject + am / is / are +going to+verb | – I am going to work/ write – You/we/they are going to do / work/write – He/she/it is going to work/write | – I am not going to work/write – you/we/they aren’t going to work/write – He/she/it isn’t going to work /write | – Am I going to work/write? – Are you/we/they going to work/write? – Is he/she/it going to work/write? | – next…. – on+day of the week – at+hour – in+month/ year/season – tomorrow | – predictions with physical evidence (i.e.signs that something will happen) – planned/premeditated actions /intentions – immediate/ near future – speaker’s feelings of certainty |
| FUTURE CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE | subject + will be + verb-ing | – I/you/we/they will be working/writing – he/she/it will be working/writing | – I/you/we/they won’t (= will not) be working /writing – He/she/it won’t be (= will not) working/ writing | – Will I/you/ we/ they be working/ writing? – Will he/she/it be working/ writing? | – next…. – on+day of the week – at+hour -in+month/ year/season – tomorrow | Action that starts before a point of time in the future and probably continues after it (it is an ordinary /casual continuous action in the future i.e.future without intention) |
| FUTURE PERFECT | subject + will have + past participle | – I/you/we/they will have worked/written – he/she/it/ will have worked/written | – I/you/we/they won’t have worked/written – He/she/it won’t have worked/ written | – Will I/you/we/ they have worked/written? – Will he/she/it have worked/ written? | – by + expression of time – by then | Action which, at a given point of time in the future, will be in the past or will have just finished |
