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Future Tenses Exercises

Practice these future tense exercises to enhance your understanding of different forms of the future tense. These exercises will help you improve your grammar skills and gain confidence in identifying and using the correct future tense forms in sentences.

Exercise 1 – Identify the type of future tense

Read the following sentences given below and identify the type of the future tense.

1. She will complete her assignment tomorrow.
2. We are going to watch a movie tonight.
3. By next week, they will have finished the project.
4. I will be visiting my grandparents next weekend.
5. John will call you in the evening.
6. They are about to start the meeting.
7. By 2025, scientists will have discovered a new cure.
8. She will be presenting at the seminar at this time tomorrow.
9. The train will arrive at 8:30 PM.
10. We will have been working on this for five years next month.

Answers for Exercise 1

1. Simple Future Tense
2. Future Continuous Tense
3. Future Perfect Tense
4. Future Continuous Tense
5. Simple Future Tense
6. Simple Future Tense
7. Future Perfect Tense
8. Future Continuous Tense
9. Simple Future Tense
10. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Exercise 2 – Rewrite as directed

Change the following sentences into different forms of the future tense given in brackets.

1. The sun sets in the west. (simple future tense)
2. She is cooking dinner. (future continuous tense)
3. The team won the championship. (future perfect tense)
4. They were learning French. (future perfect continuous tense)
5. My brother studies at university. (simple future tense)
6. We are discussing the new policy. (future continuous tense)
7. She finished her assignment. (future perfect tense)
8. The kids played outside. (simple future tense)
9. They had been waiting for the concert. (future perfect continuous tense)
10. He just left the office. (future perfect tense)

Answers for Exercise 2

1. The sun will set in the west.
2. She will be cooking dinner.
3. The team will have won the championship.
4. They will have been learning French.
5. My brother will study at university.
6. We will be discussing the new policy.
7. She will have finished her assignment.
8. The kids will play outside.
9. They will have been waiting for the concert.
10. He will have just left the office.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the future tense.

1. She ______ (travel) to Paris next summer.
2. We ______ (watch) the game at this time tomorrow.
3. By next year, he ______ (graduate) from college.
4. They ______ (work) on the project all week.
5. We ______ (visit) our relatives soon.
6. The teacher ______ (explain) the topic in the next class.
7. I ______ (know) the results by next Monday.
8. By this time next year, we ______ (complete) our training.
9. The plane ______ (take off) in ten minutes.
10. He ______ (prepare) for his presentation.

Answers for Exercise 3

1. She will travel to Paris next summer.
2. We will be watching the game at this time tomorrow.
3. By next year, he will have graduated from college.
4. They will be working on the project all week.
5. We will visit our relatives soon.
6. The teacher will explain the topic in the next class.
7. I will know the results by next Monday.
8. By this time next year, we will have completed our training.
9. The plane will take off in ten minutes.
10. He will be preparing for his presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What is the future tense?

The future tense describes actions that will happen at a later time. For example, “She will travel to Paris.”

Q2. What are the different subcategories of future tense?

There are four subcategories of the future tense: simple future tense, future continuous tense, future perfect tense, and future perfect continuous tense.

Q3. How is the simple future tense used?

The simple future tense is used to describe actions that will happen in the future. For example, “I will call you tomorrow.”

Q4. When do we use the future continuous tense?

The future continuous tense is used for ongoing actions that will be happening at a specific time in the future. For example, “She will be studying at this time tomorrow.”

Q5. What is the difference between future perfect and future perfect continuous tense?

The future perfect tense is used to describe actions that will be completed before a specific future time, whereas the future perfect continuous tense emphasizes the duration of an action up to a certain point in the future.

• Future Perfect: “By next year, I will have completed my degree.”
• Future Perfect Continuous: “By next year, I will have been studying for five years.”