Examples of Future Tenses: What is the Future Tense?

What is the future tense? The future tense refers to actions which will happen in the future. There are four future tenses. These are the future simple tense, future continuous tense, future perfect tense and future perfect continuous tense. In these examples the future tense is in bold. Check out our future tenses infographic below.

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Future Tenses Sentence Examples

Practice future tenses in sentences. Learn the following tenses: future simple tense future continuous tense, future perfect tense and future perfect continuous tense. Have a go and make your own sentences with the future tenses poster above and sentences below.

  • Future simple: will + base form of the verb
  • I will eat dinner.
  • He will drink tea.
  • She will climb the tree.
  • They will watch TV.


  • Future continuous: will be + present participle
  • I will be eating dinner.
  • He will be drinking tea.
  • She will be climbing the tree.
  • They will be watching TV.


  • Future perfect: will have + past participle
  • I will have eaten dinner.
  • He will have drunk tea.
  • She will have climbed the tree.
  • They will have watched TV.


  • Future perfect continuous: will have been + present participle
  • I will have been eating dinner.
  • He will have been drinking tea.
  • She will have been climbing the tree.
  • They will have been watching TV.

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