English Language Arts
Grade 11
15 min
Change the sentence to future tense
Change the sentence to future tense
What you'll learn
- Identify future tense verbs (will + verb) in sentences with 80% accuracy.
- Change 3 out of 4 simple present tense sentences into future tense sentences using 'will' correctly.
- Explain how adding 'will' changes the meaning of a sentence to show it will happen in the future in at least 2 out of 3 cases.
- Write 2 original sentences in the future tense, demonstrating correct verb conjugation.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Identify the four primary future tense forms: simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous.
Accurately convert sentences from present or past tense to any of the four future tense forms.
Differentiate between the nuances of 'will', 'be going to', and the present continuous for expressing future events.
Analyze how authors use different future tenses to create specific tones, moods, or character perspectives in American literature.
Apply various future tense constructions in synthesis and analytical essays to express complex ideas about future possibilities or predictions.
Revise their own writing to use future tenses with precision and for deliberate rhetorical effect.
How does an author signal a character's inevitable doom...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
Simple Future TenseExpresses an action or state that will happen at some point in the future. It is often used for predictions, promises, or spontaneous decisions.In *The Great Gatsby*, Gatsby will believe in the green light until his final moments.
Future Continuous TenseDescribes an ongoing action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future, emphasizing the process or duration.During next week's seminar, we will be analyzing the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
Future Perfect TenseIndicates an action that will be completed before another specific time or event in the future. It connects two future points in time.By the end of the novel, the protagonist will have confronted her deepest fears.
Future Perfect Continuous TenseEmphasizes the duration...
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Key Rules & Conventions
Simple Future Formation
Subject + will + base form of the verb
The most common way to express a future action. Use it for predictions, promises, and on-the-spot decisions. For example: 'I will write the essay tomorrow.'
Future Continuous Formation
Subject + will be + present participle (verb-ing)
Use this to describe an action that will be in progress at a specific future time. It emphasizes the ongoing nature of the event. For example: 'At 10 PM tonight, I will be writing the essay.'
Future Perfect Formation
Subject + will have + past participle (verb-ed/en)
Use this to show an action will be completed before another future point. It is essential for creating timelines in narratives and arguments. For example: 'By Friday, I will have written...
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Challenging
An author wants to end a chapter with a sense of foreboding and inescapable, continuous struggle for the protagonist. Which sentence would be most rhetorically effective?
A.For the rest of his days, he will have fought his demons.
B.For the rest of his days, he will fight his demons.
C.For the rest of his days, he is going to fight his demons.
D.For the rest of his days, he will be fighting his demons.
Challenging
In a passage from a hypothetical novel, a character says, 'The council meets tomorrow. They will have been debating this issue for six months by then.' What does the author's use of the future perfect continuous reveal about the character's perspective?
A.The character is optimistic that a resolution will finally be reached.
B.The character is focused on the single, decisive outcome of the meeting.
C.The character is emphasizing the long, perhaps frustrating, duration of the debate, suggesting weariness or impatience.
D.The character is making a spontaneous prediction about the meeting's agenda.
Challenging
You are writing a thesis statement for an AP literature essay. Which of the following uses a combination of future tenses with the most precision and rhetorical force to outline a complex argument?
A.This essay will argue that by the novel's end, the protagonist will have rejected societal norms, and through this lens, the final chapters will be exploring the true meaning of freedom.
B.This essay will argue that the protagonist rejects societal norms and explores the true meaning of freedom.
C.This essay is going to argue that the protagonist will reject societal norms and will explore freedom.
D.This essay will have argued that the protagonist rejects societal norms and will have been exploring freedom.
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