What is Future Tense?
Any action that is scheduled to happen in the future comes under the agenda of the future tense. Like any other tense, Future Tense too can be detected by the verb form and the auxiliaries used.
| Markers of Future Tense | |||
| Tomorrow | Years to come | Coming week | Ensuing year |
| Next | Next day | Coming month | Following day |
| Following | Next month | Coming year | Following week |
| Days to come | Next week | Ensuing week | Following month |
| Months to come | Next year | Ensuing month | Following year |
Future tense also has four forms. However, one of the forms has no practical use.
- Simple Future (Future Indefinite) Tense
- Future Continuous Tense
- Future Perfect Tense
- Future Perfect Continuous Tense