Hi this is Ceema and today we are going to talk about future tenses, Well you all know
what a future tense or a sentence with a future tense is about, right? Ofcourse, it is about
an action that is going to happen in the future or that will happen in the future. Am i right?
Well, not completely! Wow! What did I just say? Am i telling you that all sentences with
the future tense do not have to be used with a "will" or a "going to", Yes that is exactly
what I'm saying There are a lot of things that you never knew about future tenses because
you don't have to always talk about future events by using the common words like "will"
or "going to" Uh-huh that's boring! So today I'm going to show you a new way to talk about
future events Ok Let's look at the first way What if I told you that you can use or you
can talk about the future tense by using a sentence in the present continuous tense?
Well, you'd think I was crazy Don't worry! I'll help you understand that by showing you
a very simple sentence The sentence says I'm driving to my aunt's place next summer Now
why is this a present continuous tense? Ok for those who don't know a present continuous
tense is an action that is ongoing but that action is happening right now in the present
tense And there is a formula to sentences in the present continuous tense That formula
is The subject which could be I, you, He whatever, I you he she it followed by am/is/are followed
by the verb in the ING FORM I repeat a present continuous will always have this formula You
will start that with a subject which will be followed by either the "am", the "is" or
the "are" followed by the verb in the ING form But how can you use that to talk about
the future? Let's think about it I could say "I will be going to my aunt's place next summer"
OR I could be boring and say "I am going to my aunt's place this summer" Both are correct!
But we don't want to be boring! So we use the help of the present continuous tense instead
and say I am drive-ING to my aunt's place next summer. So do you see? I have used the
present continuous tense and I have yet described an action that I am going to be doing in the
future. Cool? Ok I have another way that I can talk about the future and NOT use "will"
or "Going to" We don't want to use this anymore Ok That is by using the Future Continuous
Tense. Let's look at the sentence! But before we look at the sentence let's understand the
formula to use the future continuous tense. Of course, if this has got a formula, this
one also has to have a formula, right? Ok what is the formula? So the formula is Our
subject which could be I, you, he, it, she , it..whatever.. plus+ will be +the verb in
the ING form Okay? So I +will be..I will be drive+ING to my aunt's place next summer.
So a future continuous tense does talk about a future event but obviously since it is continuous,
it is an ongoing action. So as you can see, we have talked about the future tense, we
have talked about the future events without using "going to" OR without using "Will" and
yet we have described a future event. Isn't that interesting? Ok, now this is going to
be really surprising You can also talk about the future tense by using a sentence in the
Simple Present. A lot of people who are learning English do not know that you can use something
as simple as the Simple present tense and talk about future events. Did you not know
it? Well, now you do! So, how do you do that? Remember, there are 3 points you have to really
pay attention to if you want to use the Simple Present and talk about the Future event, Okay!
Number 1 It has to be a Transportation schedule that you are describing For eg:My flight arrives
at noon Let's say it is around 10o clock in the morning so I have gone to the airport
at 10 am But my flight's gonna come around 12 pm at noon So I am talking about a future
event But I don't ned to talk about or I dont need to use the "will" or the "going to" I
can simply say "My flight arrives at noon" I don't have to say "My flight will arrive",
"My flight is going to arrive" Uh-huh My flight arrives at noon is good enough. That is when
you're talking about a transportation schedule My train arrives at 4 pm My bus arrives at
9 oclock Okay! Second point If you are talking about the simple present to describe a future
event, you have to also make sure that it has to be a scheduled event. A scheduled event
or a scheduled conference. For example: You can say The meeting starts at 10 AM. Well
it's 9 oclock in the morning now The meeting is going to start sometime in the future I
don't have to say the Meeting will start at 10 am, I don't have to say the meeting is
going to start at 10 am I'd be okay if I said "the meeting starts at 10 am" Did you notice
when Im talking about the simple present, I simply add the "s" to the verb. So a verb
like "arrive" becomes arrives. A verb like start becomes "starts" Okay the third point
when you are going to use the simple present to talk about a future event is to talk about
things or let's say something that may operate on a regular schedule. Okay there are lot
of things that operate regularly, right? Let's take an example! The bank closes , I add the
"s" again at 4 pm. Don't go telling people I can't go to the bank, My bank will close
at 4 pm My bank is going to close at 4 pm Don't be boring! Say "My bank or the bank
closes at 4 pm" So as you can see there are various ways to talk about the future tense
and you don't have to use these two boring ways to do it. Now let's have a look at one
extra way of a new way of talking about the future. You can talk about a future event
by using the Future Perfect Tense Okay There is a formula to understanding or to knowing
how to apply this tense. The formula is Subject which is I, you, he, she, it, they..+will
have+the past participle form of any verb Now what is a future perfect tense and when
do you use it? A future perfect tense is used when you are obviously talking about a future
event. However, you are talking about that event that is going to happen between some
point in the present and some point in the future So let's assume this is my timeline
Ok and this is the present and I think it should be around 12 o clock in the afternoon
right now, Let's assume it's 12 o clock and the point in the future is going to be sometime
at 3 oclock in the afternoon, so let's say I'm doing my homework, you know I'm like writing,
reading doing my homework, I'm doing it right now in the present, right? However, I want
to finish my homework by 3 pm I don't know if i'll finish the homework exactly at 3 pm
Or sometime between 12 and 3 I don't know, okay? So when we talk about the future perfect
tense we are talking about a future event that could happen anytime between Now and
between a future point of time which I'm assuming for now is around 3 pm So, I can say By 3
pm which is my future time I "the subject" will have finished which is the past participle
form of the verb finish. So by 3 pm I will have finished my homework or my work So it
is 12 pm right now Im talking about a future event that is going to happen at a certain
point and that future event may happen at anytime from the present until the future
time and there fore I say I subject will have and then I use the past participle of the
verb "Finish" You have some other examples that you could probably use I could say "I
will have arrived by midnight" So maybe I am I am you know in the plane and Im going
to my im going home so it is around 5 o clock in the evening It's a long flight but I will
have arrived by midnight Ok, so that's how you use the future tense by talking about
a future event but you are still using the sentence in the future perfect tense, Okay?
Well, I hope you have all understood that future tense can be really simple, can be
really interesting to use if you do NOT stick to the usual way of saying "will" and "going
to" everytime you have to talk about a future event So I hope this lesson can really help
you enhance your written and your spoken English skills when talking about the future which
we all have to do So I'll see you with some more lessons so keep practicing keep learning
and tell me how it's helped you I'll see you'll soon Take care and have a great day!