Federal University of So Carlos

Grammar Studies
English

Professor Rita Barbirato Moraes

VERB TENSES: FUTURE

Camila Moreira de Vasconcelos, 588962

Mayara,
Future Tense Use in Language

There are five types of future as a verb tense. Each one has a different meaning and
consequently are used in different contexts in the real language use, but all of them are
used to talk about situations, actions and events in the future. They are divided in
fufure simple, future continuous, progressive future, perfect future and the future used
with present simple (to talk about timetable events).

Structure
Affirmative sentences:

subject + auxiliary verb will + main verb in the infinitive + complement

subject + auxiliary verb going to + main verb in the infinitive + complement
subject + auxiliary verb am / are + main verb in the gerund + complement
subject + auxiliary verb will have + main verb in the participle + complement
subject + main verb in the present simple + complement

Negatives sentences:

subject + wont + main verb in the infinitive + complement

subject + not + auxiliary verb going to + main verb in the infinitive + complement
subject + auxiliary verb am / are + not + main verb in the gerund + complement
subject + auxiliary verb wont have + main verb in the participle + complement
subject + main verb in the present simple + complemment

Interrogative sentences:

auxiliary verb will / wont + subject + main verb in the infinitive + complement
auxiliary verb going to + subject + main verb in the infinitive + complement
auxiliary verb am / are + subject + main verb in the gerund + complement
auxiliary verb wont have + subject + main verb in the participle + complement
to be verb + subject + main verb in the infinitive + complement
 1)

But remember, it's not for escaping reality, it's for, like, embracing it.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, my God.
It's totally working.
- People will believe what you tell 'em.
- Until they don't.
Someone's gonna come back pissed and ask for a refund, or punch you in the face or
something.

This is an excerpt extracted from a Orange Is The New Black script of season 3, episode
5 called Fake It Till You Fake It Some More that was aired in 11 june 2015. OITNB
is a tragicomic TV series produced by Jenji Kohan, released on 2013 in the movie/TV
streaming service Netflix.

Grammar
The sentence in bold is in the simple present tense. It is expressing a prediction not
based on present or past evidence.

2)

I'm so young and you're so old

This, my darling, I've been told
I don't care just what they say
'Cause forever I will pray
You
and I will be as free
As the birds up in the trees
Oh, please stay by me, Diana

Diana The Misfits

The Misfits is an American punk rock band often recognized as the progenitors of
the horror punk subgenre, blending punk and other musical influences with horror
film themes and imagery. Founded in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey, the original lineup
consisted of Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only, and drummer Manny Martnez.

Grammar

There are two uses of the simple future in this song's lyric excerpt: in the first one we
have the idea of a promise, in the second one the idea expressed is a prediction not
based on evidences.
 3)
I'm gonna take you where your body will lie
I'm gonna take you there, my friend
I'm gonna show you where your life will end
I'm gonna bring you here again

Pumpkin Head The Misfits

Grammar
There are four uses of the going to (all the cases we can observe the contraction
gonna something very common in the American English) and all of them are
expressing intentions thought about in the moment of speaking but we can also interpret
them as planned future event.

4)

Both partners in the coalition government and the opposition accept the broad principle that the
economy is going to require more graduates - and that more families will expect their
children to get university places.

How about 80% going to university ? - By Sean Coughlan, BBC News education
correspondent

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster with
its headquarters at Broadcasting House in London.

Grammar

Both the sentences are expressing intentions by its subject. In the first one, the intention
is to require more graduates, on the other hand, the second one express the intention
of the students to go to university.

5)
Get Back Out There
Once you've taken the time to mourn the relationship that ended, it will be time for you to re-
enter the world of dating. It will seem daunting at first, but it will benefit you in the end. Once
you're comfortable with the idea of being in a relationship again, start going out and meeting
new people. The excitement of meeting someone new and going on dates will make you forget
all about the relationship that ended. Before you know it, you'll be in a better relationship and
you will have found the happiness you never thought you'd see again.
Play It On Poin t is a blog that have objective help us in the dates. It gives advices and
talk about relationship. In the case, the blog talk about brutal breakup and how
overcome, it using three ways: be kind to yourself, figure out your priorities and get
back out there.

Grammar
The sentence in bold expresses an action that will be completed before a time.

6)
Buckbeak started to strain against the rope, trying to get back to Hagrid. Harry and Hermione
tightened their grip and dug their heels into the forest floor to stop him. Someone untied him!
the executioner was snarling. We should search the grounds, the forest Macnair, if
Buckbeak has indeed been stolen, do you really think the thief will have led him away on
foot? said Dumbledore, still sounding amused. Search the skies, if you will. . . . Hagrid, I
could do with a cup of tea. Or a large brandy.

This sentence was taken from Harry Potter and the prisioner of Azkaban, by J. K.
Rowling, published in 1999.

Grammar

The sentence in bold expresses an action that will be completed before a time in the
future.

7)
TripAdvisor is a travel site that informs about information and opinion of the contents
related to tourism. It also includes interactive travel forums.

Grammar
The sentence in red expresses an action in progress in the future.

8)

Not even they can stop me now

Boy I'll be flying overhead
Their heavy words can't bring me down
Boy I've been raised from the dead

Radio Lana Del Rey

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del
Rey, is an American singer, songwriter, and model.

Grammar
The sentence in red expresses an action in progress in the future.

9)

I don't care if Monday's blue

Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love

Friday Im in Love The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band
has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist, and principal
songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member.

Grammar

The sentences in bold in the present simple are expressing the idea of future because in
the first line the poetic I is saying he/she does not care if Monday (that will come)
will be blue all Mondays are blue for he/she. The same idea serves to Tuesday: he/she
does not care if Tuesday will be gray, like the other Tuesdays. Thursday he/she never
care about his/her lover, but on all Fridays he/she is in love about his/her lover.
*It was difficult to find another contextual use of this form of future, so that
is why we put only this one. We hope you enjoy it, professor!

References:
https://www.wikipedia.org/
https://www.vagalume.com.br/
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.com/
https://www.piop.net/how-to-be-happy-after-a-brutal-breakup/