Irregular Verbs In Future Tense: 5 Facts You Should Know

In English grammar, irregular verbs are those verbs that do not follow the specific rules to form past form or the past participle form.

An ‘irregular verb’ never changes its form in different tenses by adding ‘d’ and ‘ed’ with the base form of the verb’. The irregular verb changes its form by changing its vowel from inside it. We use ‘shall’ and ‘will’ as irregular verbs in the future tense.

Let us see how irregular verbs are used in the future tense.

Forms of irregular verbs used in future tense:

Irregular verbs are used in different forms. We will see the forms of irregular verbs used in the future tense.

The various forms of irregular verbs in the future tense. The table will show it with the help of the verb ‘catch’.

Serial Number	Types of tenses	Pronoun	Form of irregular verb
1.	Future perfect tense	2nd person, the singular number	You will have caught it.
2.	Future perfect tense	1st person plural number	We shall have caught.
3.	Future perfect tense	1st person singular number	I shall have caught.
3.	Simple future tense	3rd person plural number	They will catch.
4.	Simple future tense	3dr person singular number	He/ She will catch.
5.	Simple future tense	2nd person plural number	You will catch it.
6.	Simple future tense	2nd person, the singular number	You will catch it.
7.	Simple future tense	1st person plural number	We shall catch.
8.	Future progressive tense	1st person singular number	I shall be catching.
9.	Future progressive tense	1st person plural number	We shall be catching.
10.	Future progressive tense	2nd person singular	You will be catching.
11.	Future perfect tense	2nd person plural number	You will have caught it.
12.	Futur perfect tense	3rd person plural number	They will have been caught.
13.	Future perfect tense	3rd person singular number	He/ She will have caught.
14.	Simple future tense	1st person singular number	I shall catch.
15.	Future progressive tense	2nd person plural number	You will be catching it.
16.	Future perfect progressive tense	1st person, a singular number	I shall have been catching.
17.	Future perfect progressive tense	1st person plural number	We shall have been catching.
18.	Future perfect progressive tense	2nd person singular/plural number	You will have been catching

Forms of the irregular verbs used in the future tense

How irregular verbs are used in future tense?

Irregular verbs are used in the future tense to show future actions. These verbs are formed in other ways from the regular verbs.

The irregular verbs can show their forms in the infinitive, simple future, and future perfect tense. These verbs can also be used in their past form to indicate past actions.

Ex- They said that they would go to watch the film the day before yesterday.

Explanation- In this sentence, the irregular verb ‘will’ is used in the past form to show the action in its past form. It is clear to us that the irregular verb can be used to indicate the future tense.

When irregular verbs are used in future tense?

The irregular verbs can be used in various ways to describe their meanings.

The situations when we can use irregular verbs in the future tense are listed below.

Serial number	Situations of using irregular verbs	Examples	Explanations
1.	We can use irregular verbs to show an action that will normally be in the future.	My father will leave for Delhi tomorrow.	In this sentence, we see the normal use of ‘will’ in the future tense.
2.	We can use irregular verbs to indicate an action that will be in progress.	The students will be playing in the inter-school district sports competition.	Here the irregular verb ‘will’ has been used to show an action that will be in progress.
3.	We can use the irregular verbs in the future tense to show actions that will be taken place before another action.	Nandini will have read English before the teacher comes.	Here the irregular verb ‘will’ is used to form along with the word ‘have’.
4.	We can use the irregular verb to show the actions that happened earlier to indicate a future sense.	The teacher said that he would teach algebra in the class.	Here the action shows that the past form of ‘will’ ‘would’ is used to show future action in the past.

When irregular verbs are used in the future tense

Formula and structure of irregular verbs used in future tense:

The proper form and structure of the irregular verbs need to be learned to frame any sentence in the future tense.

The structure and formula of the irregular verbs used in the various kinds of forms in the future tense are shown in the table below.

Serial number	Types of tense	Structure	Examples	Explanations
1.	Simple future tense	Subject+ shall/will+ 1st form of the base verb+ object+ rest of the sentence	The tourists will visit the temple.	Here it is found that the irregular verb ‘will’ has been used in the simple future tense to indicate future action.
2.	Future progressive tense	Subject+ shall be/will be+ main verb+ ing+ object +rest of the sentence	Eshika will be studying Geography in the evening.	Here the irregular verb ‘will’ is used along with ‘be’ to show that an action will be in progress.
3.	Future perfect tense	Subject+ shall have been/will have been+ 3rd form of the main verb+ object +rest of the sentence	We shall have completed the task before the teacher arrives.	Here the irregular verb ‘shall’ have been used along with ‘have been’ to indicate work that will be done before another action. It is an example of the future perfect tense.
4.	Future perfect progressive tense	Subject+ shall have been/will have been+ main verb +ing +object +rest of the sentence	I shall have been reading History for an hour tomorrow.	Here we see that the irregular verb ‘shall’ is used along with ‘have been’ to show action in the future tense. It will be continuing for a period of time.

Formula and structure of the irregular verbs used in the future tense

Examples of irregular verbs used in the future tense:

The irregular verbs can be used in the future which we will find in the following sentences.

The examples are as follows.

Serial number	Example	Explanation
1.	I shall begin to work on it tomorrow.	In the sentence we find that the irregular verb ‘shall; is used to indicate future action.
2.	He will lend me his book.	Here ‘will’ is used to show us an action that will be taken place in the future.
3.	They will you come home from school at 4 p.m.	Here the irregular verb ‘will’ shows a future action.
4.	My father will go to his office at 10 a.m.	Here the verb ‘will’ is used to show a future action.
5.	Pradipta will be playing guitar in the afternoon.	Here the irregular verb ‘will’ is used along with the word ‘be’ to show an action that will be in progress.

Examples of the irregular verbs used in the future tense

Conclusion

This article will certainly provide us with sound knowledge because the examples and their detailed explanations deal with enough information.

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Goutam Datta

Hi…. I am Goutam Datta. I have completed a double M. A. in English and B. Ed. I am a creative writer. Currently, I am a part of the LambdaGeeks.