Helping Hints for the Future
Auxiliary Verbs Used with Future Tenses
Future with 'Will':
Use 'will' for the positive, negative and question forms in the future with 'will' to express spontaneous decisions and predictions. Remember that the negative contracted form of 'will not' is 'won't'.
Example:
Hopefully the man will provide some collateral for the loans he plans to borrow.
How will overdraft protection help the consumer when his account does not have sufficient funds?
Future with 'Going to':
Use 'be' in the present tense + 'going to' for the positive, negative and question forms for the future with 'going to' to express future plans and intentions.
Example:
Mr. Anders isn't going to pay his credit through bank deposit next week on Thursday.
In the future we are going to be using the bill on demand feature.
Future Perfect:
Use 'will have' for the positive, negative and question forms in the future perfect to express what will have been completed before a point in time in the future. Remember that the negative contracted form of 'will not' is 'won't'.
Example:
They will have acknowledged receipt of the package before they place another order.
The United State will not have a new monetary policy before the end of the congressional session.
Future Continuous:
Use 'will be' + the 'ing' for of the verb for the positive, negative and question forms for the future continuous to express what will be happening at a specific moment in time in the future.
Example:
Green Bay Bank will be offering deferred payments on mortgages for the month of December.
He won't be applying for credit next year.