Future Forms

Simple Future Tense

Do you have any plans for tomorrow? Maybe you will eat a delicious breakfast alone, or you will go to a diner to enjoy a stack of pancakes with a friend? When you come home, you will watch TV or maybe you will browse social media. At the end of a long day, you will sleep in your bed. You might not do any of these specific things, but you will do something in the future. When we refer to things that will happen in the future, we often use something known as simple future tense.

What is simple future tense?

 Verbs are words that we use to refer to actions or states of being. In English, verbs can be used in other verb tenses. The tense of a verb, generally speaking, tells us at what period in time an action or state is happening. The particular verb tense we will look at is called simple future tense. Simple future tense is used to refer to events that will happen in the future.

​When do you use simple future tense?

The simple future tense is used to refer to actions or states that begin and end in the future. These events have not happened yet, but will happen sometime in the future: I will meet her at the mall.

In general, we use the simple future tense for several different reasons. Here are some of the common reasons this tense is used.

1. Often, we use the simple future tense to make predictions or guesses about the future. These can be confident predictions or more uncertain ones.: He said it will rain tomorrow.

2. We can also use the simple future tense to ask questions about the future.: Will we find the pirate treasure?

3. We can also use the simple future tense to express factual statements about the future.:
It will be a leap year next year.

4. We use the simple future tense to consider future possibilities or conditions.:
If I fail this test, my parents will take away my phone.

5. Finally, we can use the simple future tense to make commands.

You will turn in your term paper on time, or else you will fail this class

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences expresses making predictions or guesses about the future.

• This expensive soap will cost us more money.

• I think our team will win the baseball game.

• Will the Grinch discover the true meaning of Christmas?

• She will only go to the party if her sister goes with her.

How to form the simple future tense

​The simple future tense is composed of two parts: will / shall + the infinitive without to

Open Ended

Make a sentence with simple future tense.

Summary to the future tense lesson

The simple future tense helps us talk about what will happen in the future. It’s formed with "will" + base verb for positive statements, "will not" (won’t) for negatives, and "will + subject" for questions. Use it for predictions, plans, promises, and decisions made in the moment.