Future Tense

Purpose (Tujuan): Untuk menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang akan dilakukan. Biasanya simple future tense menggunakan keterangan waktu seperti: tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, later, etc.

There are two ways to write a sentence in simple future tense: 

1. Using ‘Will’

1.       a) Nominal Sentence

       SUBJECT + WILL + BE + NOUN/ADJECTIVE/ADVERB

Examples:

a.       I will be there tomorrow

b.      I will be a doctor later

(+) I will be there tomorrow

(-) I will not be there tomorrow

(+) Will you be there tomorrow?

Yes, I will                              No, I will not/ No, I won’t

2.      b) Verbal Sentence

       SUBJECT + WILL + VERB I + COMPLEMENT

Examples:

(+) I will visit my grandmother’s house next week

(-) I will not visit my grandmother’s house next week

(?) Will you visit your grandmother’s house next week?

Yes, I will              No, I will not/No, I won’t

2. Using ‘be+going to+ ’

1.       a) Nominal Sentence

          Subject + be + going to + be + Noun/ Adjective/ Adverb

Examples:

(+) I am going to be in my dad’s office later

(-) I am not going to be in my dad’s office later

(?) Are you going to be in your dad’s office later?

Yes, I am              No, I am not

 Now, please translate these sentences into English? Number 1 has been done for you.

1.       1) Aku akan di sekolah besok                                           : I will be in school tomorrow

2.      2)  Aku tidak akan di rumah besok

3.     3)   Mereka tidak akan menjadi pengangguran nanti

4.       4) Akankah mereka di sini nanti?

5.     5)   Akankah kamu menjadi penari?

2.  2)  Verbal Sentence

     Subject + be + going to + Verb + Complement

Examples:

(+) He is going to see a doctor tonight

(-) He is not going to see a doctor tonight

(?) Is he going to see a doctor tonight?

Yes, he is               No, he is not/ No, he isn’t

(+) Tara and Ayu are going to perform on the stage tomorrow

(-) Tara and Ayu are not going to perform on the stage tomorrow

(?) Are Tara and Ayu going to perform on the stage tomorrow?

Yes, they are                      No, they are not/ No, they aren’t

Penggunaan ‘will’ dan ‘be+going+to’ sebenarnya memiliki arti yang sama yaitu ‘akan’, yang membedakan adalah maksud dari kedua kata tersebut. ‘Will’ digunakan jika si penulis atau pembicara yakin bahwa ia benar-benar akan melakukan hal tersebut, sedangkan ‘be going to’ memiliki arti sebaliknya, yaitu penulis atau pembicara belum terlalu yakin dengan apa yang dikatakan atau ditulis; dalam kata lain masih rencana.