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Future Continuous tense Examples : All Four Forms

12th June 2020 By Edify English Leave a Comment

Hello readers! Welcome to Edify English. This article is on various forms of Future Continuous Tense Examples which helps you to understand how the tense is used in communication. But before going into that, it is essential to learn the structure and rules of future continuous tense.

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Future Continuous Tense

Future continuous tense is expressed in sentences that show an action that will be going on at some time in the future.

Structure: Subject + Will/ shall + be + verb 1 + ing + Object

Examples:

I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
Tom will be visiting India in January next year.
I shall be writing an essay for an examination at this time tomorrow.

For both the singular and plural subjects, the structure of the tense remains the same.

Future Continuous tense Examples

Like all the other tenses, the future continuous tense can also be expressed in four different forms. They are as follows:

Positive : Subject + Will/ shall + be + verb 1 + ing + Object

Positive Interrogative : Will/ shall +Subject + be + V1 + ing + Object?

Negative : Subject + will/shall + not + be + V1 + ing + Object

Negative Interrogative : Will/ shall + not + Subject + be + V1 + ing + Object?

Now let us take an example, I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight. The four forms of this sentence are:

I will be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
Will I be playing a game at 8 PM tonight?
I will not be playing a game at 8 PM tonight.
Won’t (Will+not) I be playing a game at 8 PM tonight? (or) Will I not be playing a game at 8 PM tonight?

Exercise Some more future continuous tense examples are as given below. Write all the four forms of the examples as part of the exercise and post it in the comment section below.

She will be travelling to New York tomorrow.
The President will be addressing the press conference.
China will not be participating in the Olympics.
They will be preparing dinner for the guests in a while.
I shall be making a move by now.

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Simple Future Tense Examples – All Four Forms

10th June 2020 By Edify English Leave a Comment

Hello readers, in this article various forms of simple future tense examples are discussed to help you understand how the simple future tense is used in English communication. But, before going into that, let us first discuss the structure and rules of the simple future tense.

Simple Future Tense

The simple future tense is used in the sentences where the action will take place at some time in the future.

Structure: Subject + Will/Shall + verb 1 (V1) + Object

Example: I shall meet you tomorrow.

Simple Future Tense Examples

He will play Cricket in the evening.
Martin will complete his studies in 2020.
They will go on a world tour next month.
We shall be late for the show.

Tip: Future tense can be used in sentences that contain the words tomorrow, next week, soon, later, after, etc.

When are will and shall used?

Traditionally, Shall is used with the first person pronouns (I and We) and Will is used with the second and third-person pronouns (he, she, It, and they). However, when expressing something certain, will can be used with the first person pronouns and shall can be used with the second and third-person pronouns.

We will not tolerate such behavior.
They shall go to the Museum.

Examples of Simple Future Tense – four forms

You can express Simple Future Tense in any of the following four ways in written or oral communication

Positive : Subject + Will/Shall + V1 + Object

Positive Interrogative : Will/Shall +Subject + V1 + Object?

Negative : Subject + Will/Shall not + V1 + Object

Negative Interrogative : Will/Shall not + Subject + V1 + Object?

If we take an example “I shall meet you tomorrow”, the following are the four forms:

I shall meet you tomorrow.
Shall I meet you tomorrow?
I shall not meet you tomorrow.
Shall I not meet you tomorrow?

Exercise: Let us write all the four forms for the examples of simple future tense given below

The government will not allow that drug in the market.
Will you go on a flight?
The Prime Minister shall speak to the ambassador in a while.

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Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

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Past Perfect Continuous Tense Examples – All Four Forms

8th June 2020 By Edify English Leave a Comment

In this article various forms of Past Perfect Continuous Tense examples are given to help understand different ways in which the tense is used in real life English communication. Also in the end some sentences are given for your practice.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Mary had been working as a nun for 30 years when she passed away in 2015. This shows an action that started in the past and continued for a period of time until some action happened in the past. Past perfect continuous tense, like the past perfect, is used in combination with the simple past tense.

Structure: Subject + Had been + Verb 1 (V1) + Ing + Object

Rahul had been waiting for the bus for half an hour when his friend picked him up.
She had been watching the movie for two hours.
The previous king had been alive when his heir became the new king.
During this time last year, it had been raining for three days continuously.
When I went to college, the lecture had been going on for half an hour already.

Rule: This tense is also used for expressing an action in the past which is repeated many times. For example,

She had been trying to contact you.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Examples

Like every tense, the past perfect continuous also has four forms through which it can be expressed. The four are as follows:

Positive : Subject + Had been + Verb 1 (V1) + Ing + Object

Positive Interrogative : Had +Subject + been + V1 + ing + Object?

Negative: Subject + Had not been + Verb 1 (V1) + Ing + Object

Negative Interrogative : Had +Subject + not been + V1 + ing + Object?

Look at the following example

She had been trying to contact you – the four forms of the above example can be written as

Positive : She had been trying to contact you.
Positive Interrogative : Had she been trying to contact you?
Negative: She had not been trying to contact you.
Negative Interrogative : Had she not been trying to contact you?

Exercise: Let us take some more examples and write them in all the four forms.

Had she not been aspiring to get a job?
I had not been planning this meeting with you.
She had been writing her first novel when she turned 10.

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