In
grammar, a
future tense is a
verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. An example of a future
tense form is the
French aimera, meaning "will love", derived from the verb
aimer ("love").
English does not have a future tense formed by verb
inflection in this way, although it has a number of ways to express the future, particularly the construction with the
auxiliary verb will or
shall or
is/am/are going to and grammarians differ in whether they describe such constructions as representing a future tense in English.