The Formation of the Future Indefinite

1. We form the Future Indefinite by means of the auxiliary verb WILL and the Infinitive without the particle TO (the Bare Infinitive) of the main verb.

WILL + TO-INFINITIVE

NOTE. Some speakers (especially in the South of England) use SHALL for Future tenses in the 1^st person singular and plural.

E.g. I will write the letter tomorrow.

She will read the book next week.

In informal English we can also use short affirmative forms.

Full affirmative forms	Short affirmative forms
I (he, she, it, we, you, they) will work.	I (he, she, it, we, you, they)’ll work.

2. In negative sentences we place the negative particle NOT after the auxiliary verb WILL. In informal English we use short negative forms.

E.g. I will not / won’t write the letter tomorrow.

She will not / won’t read the book next week.

Full negative forms	Short negative forms
I (he, she, it, we, you, they) will not work.	I (he, she, it, we, you, they)won’t work.

3. In interrogative sentences (questions) we place the auxiliary verb WILL before the subject.

E.g. Will I write the letter tomorrow?

Will she read the book next week?

4. In negative - interrogative sentences (negative questions) we place the auxiliary verb WILL before the subject and the negative particle NOT after the subject.

E.g. Will I not / Won’t I write the letter tomorrow?

Will she not / Won’t she read the book next week?

Full negative-interrogative forms	Short negative-interrogative forms
Will I (he, she, it, we, you, they) not work?	Won’t I (he, she, it, we, you, they) work?

The Use of the Future Indefinite

We use the Future Indefinite to denote:

A future action or an official arrangement

· with the adverbials tomorrow, next day (Monday, week, month, May, summer, year), at 5 o’clock tomorrow, the whole day tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, etc.

E.g. John will meet us at 7 here tomorrow.

They ’ll take English lessons twice a week next year.

I ’ll always come back.

The meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

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