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Express the future
Future tenses
The simple present: Le présen
The simple future: 
'Will' |
| Simple future | The rule | | Example |
Tomorrow, next Monday, next year.. | Will+ verb | 
| I will visit my grandfather next week. |
| |  | Next Monday, I will pull out the other tooth. |
| |  | They will travel to Washington,DC on Tuesday. |
| Question | Will +subject+ verb |  | Will they travel to Washington ? |
| Negation | Will not (won't)+ verb |  | They will not travel to Washington. |
| Short answer | Will Won't | | Yes, I will. No, I won't |
| Future Continuous | The rule | | Example |
He will be playing tennis | Will+be + verb+ing | 
| We will be waiting for you at Alfred's house, tomorrow evening (The action will start tomorrow evening and it will continue until you arrive.) |
| |  | She will be revising for her final examination on Monday. (She will spend the whole day revising) |
| Future perfect | The rule | | Example |
He will have played tennis | Will + have+Past participle | 
| I will have finished my work by next Monday. (My goal is to finish it by next Monday, not after) |
| |  | She will have given him the book by the time you arrive home. |
| Future perfect continuous | The rule | | Example | |
He will have been playing tennis | Will + have+been+ Present participle | 
| I will have been waiting for half an hour, when my brother finally arrives. |  |
| |   | We will have been playing games for two hours, when James joins us. |  |
simple
Shall 
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| Question | Shall+sujet+ verb |  | Shall I revise the whole chapter, Sir? |
| Negation | Shall not (shan't)+ verb |  | I shall not let him travel alone. |
| Short answer | Shall Shan't | | Yes, I shall No, we shan't |

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