Understanding Future Tenses in English

This video tutorial covers the future tense in English, explaining its four aspects: simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. Each aspect is detailed with examples, showing how to construct sentences and understand the timeline of actions. The video also highlights the importance of time phrases in future perfect and future perfect continuous tenses. A brief overview of all 12 tenses, including past and present, is provided, emphasizing the role of aspects in verb tenses.

What are the three main tenses in English?

• Past, Future, Imperative

• Past, Present, Future

• Past, Present, Conditional

• Present, Future, Subjunctive

Which construction is used for the simple future tense?

• 'will' plus the base form of the verb

• 'will be' plus the present participle

• 'will have' plus the past participle

• 'will have been' plus the present participle

In the sentence 'Martin will paint the fence', what tense is used?

• Future Perfect Continuous Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

• Future Continuous Tense

• Simple Future Tense

What is the construction for the future continuous tense?

• 'will' plus the base form of the verb

• 'will be' plus the present participle

• 'will have' plus the past participle

• 'will have been' plus the present participle

Which of the following sentences is in the future continuous tense?

• John will be singing for an hour.

• John will have sung for an hour.

• John will have been singing for an hour.

• John will sing for an hour.

What is the construction for the future perfect tense?

• 'will' plus the base form of the verb

• 'will have' plus the past participle

• 'will have been' plus the present participle

• 'will be' plus the present participle

In the sentence 'I will have graduated by July', what tense is used?

• Future Continuous Tense

• Simple Future Tense

• Future Perfect Continuous Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

What is the construction for the future perfect continuous tense?

• 'will be' plus the present participle

• 'will' plus the base form of the verb

• 'will have been' plus the present participle

• 'will have' plus the past participle

Which sentence is an example of the future perfect continuous tense?

• I will have played for two hours.

• I will be playing for two hours.

• I will play for two hours.

• I will have been playing for two hours.

What does the future perfect continuous tense indicate?

• A completed action in the future

• An ongoing action that will be completed at a specific time in the future

• A simple action in the future

• An ongoing action in the future