Future Tense is the citizen’s guide to the future.

You might use the future tense when writing an introduction to a scientific report or essay, to let readers know what you will be discussing. For example: ‘In this report, I will be covering the ...

You might also use the future tense when writing an introduction to a scientific report or essay, to let readers know what you will be discussing. For example: In this report, I will be covering ...

One would use past tense to summarize one’s results Example: “In the future to further this experiment, we would expand this project and expand our sample size in order to have a more solid base for ...