Mixed Future Tense Worksheet
To express an action as going on at some point in future
Examples
- You can call me in evening only. I will be working in this project during day time.
- This time tomorrow, I will be discussing with my boss regarding my leave request.
To express future events which are planned?
Examples
- She will be watering the garden.
- The priest will be chanting mantras in the temple.
Future Perfect:
To denote the completion of an action by a particular future time
Examples
- I shall have finished my project by this time tomorrow.
- She will have taken her meals before you go to meet her.
Future Perfect Continuous:
To denote an action signified as being in progress over a period of time which will end in the future.
Examples
- Neha will have been working in the bank for five years when she gets married.
- Sandeep will have been bearing his daughter’s engineering course charges for four years when she gets a job.
Simple Rules:
- A past tense in the principal clause ought to be followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause.
Incorrect: She clued that she wants my company for some more time.
Correct: She clued that she wanted my company for some more time.
Incorrect: She replied that she will not come.
Correct: She replied that she would not come.
Incorrect: I never thought that I shall invest in share market.
Correct: I never thought that I should invest in share market.
Nevertheless,
While the subordinate clause in the above case states a universal truth, it is in present tense.
Incorrect: Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the earth revolved around the sun.
Correct: Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the earth revolves around the sun.
Incorrect: She said that it was easier said than done.
Correct: She said that it is easier said than done.
- A present or future tense in the principal clause can be followed by any tense in the subordinate clause, as needed by the sentence. Hence all of the following sentences are correct:
He thinks that I am there.
He thinks that I was there.
He thinks that I shall be there.
He will think that I am there.
He will think that I was there.
He will think that I shall be there.
Note: Present Tense Exercises
Note: Past Tense Exercises
