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G Use of Simple Present Tense with a Future Meaning.
· Simple present tense is used to express future events by the calendar or an
official timetable or a fixed time and date.

Read the following example:
The match starts tomorrow at 10:00 am.
If the present continuous
Since the speaker has no control over the event, ‘will’
tense is used to express a
can also be used to express it.
future time, the time
Read the following example: must be mentioned.
The match will start tomorrow at 10:00 am.

G Uses of Future Continuous Tense .

Form: will + be + -ing form of the verb + .........
It is used to —

· express an action that is fairly certain to happen in the future.
Read the following example:

Next week we’ll be inviting our relatives to our house.
However, the above sentence can be said using the present continuous tense also.

Read the following example:
Next week we are inviting our relatives to our house.

· to express an action which will be in progress at a given moment in the future.

Read the following example:
At this time next Friday, we’ll be travelling in the train.

G Uses of Future Perfect Tense.

Form: will have + past participle form of the verb + .........

· It is used to express an action completed before a given future moment.
Read the following example:

When you reach your classroom, your teacher will already have started to teach.

G Uses of Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

Form: will have been + -ing form fo the verb + ........
· It is used to express an action which will begin before a given moment in the
future, will continue up to that moment and will be in progress even at that time.

Read the following example:

By 10 O’clock, Deepak will have been watching TV for three hours.

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