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:
The presentation on designing a new mouse will start at seven o'clock tomorrow.
Don't worry. Your microprocessor will handle the large file without a glitch.
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:
Tom is going to ask for a dedicated server when he gets a representative on the phone.
Are they going to lurk in the forum to see how many times I'll answer the same question?
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:
Sigmund will have learned all the legalese he needs by next month.
Mary won't have lived in cyberspace for very long before the Singularity happens.
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:
How will you be cracking that security wall this time next week?
The users of the increased video quality won't be requiring more bandwidth when we interlace the picture tomorrow.