​What is the future tense? 

​The future tense is a verb tense used for a future activity or a future state of being.

For example:

• I will jump in the lake.

  (This is a future activity.)

• I will be happy.

  (This is a future state of being.)

​She will run home tomorrow.

​​A verb tense used for a future activity.

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​He will be angry this afternoon.

​​A verb tense used for a future state of being​.

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For example:

• John will bake a cake.

• They will paint.

​The simple future tense is used for an action that will occur in the future.