FUTURE FORMS

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Future Forms
FUTURE SIMPLE
(WILL)

FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
(WILL HAVE BEEN
+ing)

FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
(WILL BE +ing)

BE GOING TO
FUTURE FORMS

FUTURE PERFECT
(WILL HAVE +past
participle)

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
(future
meaning)
PRESENT SIMPLE
(future meaning)

Will
Form
will + infinitive
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
He will play football.
He'll play football.
Negative sentences:
He will not play football.
He won't play football. or He'll not play football.
Questions:
Will he play football?

Will
Decision taken at the moment of speaking.

Since its getting dark I will turn on the light.

Facts about the future.

Ill be 18 next year.

Hopes, fears, treats, offers, promises,

warnings, predictions, request, comments.
(esp. with: expect, think, hope, believe, Im
sure, Im afraid,probably etc.)

I hope Iwill do it.

Shell probably be promoted.
Ill always love you.

Predictions not based on present evidence.

It will rain tomorrow.

Shell probably be promoted.

Prediction based on smb. belief.

Prediction based on smb.expierence.

Im sure your German teacher will be

disappointed that youve decided not to study
German.
They will come late, as always. (they always
come late.)

Present habit (predictable behaviour)

A lion will never attack an elephant.

In conditional Clause (in the main part)

If you sit by the fire, you will feel warmer.

Will
I want to eat.
Will you take the
cat away?
I promise, I will
bring the book
back tomorrow!

WILL
I left the door open. I will close it right
now.
(In the restaurant)
W :What would you like to drink?

I will have a cup of coffee, please.

Did you call Sue?
No, I forgot it.

I will call her tonight

Decisions at
the time of
speaking

Dont worry. I will help you with your

homework.

I will love you forever.

Offers
You will be rich

Promises
Predictions

Future Continuous
Form
will/wont + be +ing

Examples
Affirmative sentences:
I (he, she, it, we, you, they) will be going to Riga at 10 oclock tonight.
Negative sentences:
I (he, she, it, we, you, they) will not (wont) be going to Riga at
10 oclock tonight.
Questions:
Will you (he, she, it, we, they) be going to Riga at 10 oclock tonight?

Future Continuous
To talk about activities which will be in
progress at a certain time in the future.

He will be sunbathing in Hawaii this time next

week.
Tom will be attending the conference next
month.
They'll be shopping all afternoon.
I'll be working late at the office tonight.

To talk about an activity that will continue

over a period of time from now into the
future (an activity in progress that started
at the present moment or at some time
around the present moment)

They'll be studying until 5 o'clock.

She'll be playing tennis until she gets tired.

To talk about future events which are very

likely to happen or activities which happen
as a routine.

They will be staying with their family. (they always

do that)

To ask politely about peoples plans to ask

to do smt for them.

Will you be using your computer today? (because

Id like to work on it)
Will you be going to the supermarket? Can you
buy me some tea?

Future Continuous
Stative verbs (know, believe, forget,
like, want) do not take ing.
Will you be travelling on your own, or will you
want to go with some friends?
This time tomorrow I will know the exam
results.

Be going to
Form
(am, is are) + going to +infinitive
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
I am (Im) going to play football.
He, she, it is going to play football.
We, you, they are going to play football.

Negative sentences:
I am not (Im not) going to play football.
He, she, it is not (isnt) going to play football.
We, you, they are not (arent) going to play football.
Questions:
Is he (she, it ) going to play football?
Are we (you, they) going to play football?

Be going to
Actions intended to be performed in the near
future .

What are you going to do this afternoon?

Im going to write some letters. And you?
Shes going to visit her parents tomorrow.
She is visiting her parents tomorrow.

Planned actions or intensions. (it may change)

Now that theyve settled in their new house,

theyre going to have a party.
Barbara is going to become a scientist. (but it
may change)

To express a prediction based on something

we can observe now.

Its cloudy. Its going to rain.

She is pregnant. Shes going to have a baby.

With go and come we use Present Continuous

rather than be going to.

She is going to London next week. RATHER

THAN Shes going to go to London next week.

I AM GOING TO : I HAVE DECIDED TO DO STH.

Today, I am going to drive my new

motorcycle, then I am going to phone my
best friend and finally I am going to read
my favourite novel.

IS GOING TO HAPPEN: The situation now make us believe that.

Look at those black clouds!

Its going to rain.

She is pregnant.
She is going to have a baby.
PREDICTIONS WITH
PRESENT EVIDENCE

Present Continuous (future meaning)

Form
(am, is are) + ing
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
I am (Im) seeing my dentist this week.
He, she is seeing his (her) dentist this week.
We, you, they are seeing the dentist this week.

Negative sentences:
I am not (Im not) seeing my dentist this week.
He, she is not (isnt) seeing his (her) dentist this week.
We, you, they are not (arent) seeing the dentist this week.
Questions:
Is he (she, it) seeing his (her) dentist this week?
Are you (they )seeing your (their) dentist this week?

Present Continuous (future meaning)

To talk about future events we have already
arranged. We often specify the date, time,
time/ or the place.

They are flying to New York on Monday. (they

have already bought the tickets)
I cant come tomorrow. Im studying for my
history exam with Robert. (we have already
arranged to study together tomorrow)

Actions intended to be performed in the near

future .

What are you doing tonight? We are going to

disco.

Present Simple(future meaning)

I arrive, it arrives
I dont arrive, he doesnt arrive...
Do you arrive...? Does it arrive ...?
Timetables/
programmes
In conditional Clause (in
the second part)

What time does the concert start?

It starts at 7 p.m.
The plane reaches London at 9.45.
If you sit by the fire, you will feel warmer.

Hurry up! The train

leaves in two
hours.

Future Perfect
Form
will have + past participle
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from
the U.S.
Negative sentences:
You will not have perfected your English by the time you come back
from the U.S.
Questions:
Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from
the U.S.?

Future Perfect
By next November, I will have received my
The future perfect tense expresses action in
promotion.
the future before another action in the future. By the time I finish this course, I will have
This is the past in the future.
taken ten tests.
She will have been back by the end of July.
It can also show that something will happen
before a specific time in the future.
The train leaves the station at 9am. You arrive
at the station at 9.15am. When you arrive, the
train will have left.
NOTE!!!
By or not...until/till are used with Future Perfect.
Until/ till are normally used with Future Perfect only in negative sentences.
She will have finished by 8 oclock.
She wont have finished until 8 oclock.

Future Perfect Continuous

Form
will have been + ing
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her
plane finally arrives.
Negative sentences:
You will not have been waiting for more than two hours when
her plane finally arrives.
Questions:
Will you have been waiting for more than two hours when
her plane finally arrives?

Future Perfect Continuous

We use the Future Perfect Continuous to
show that something will continue up until a
particular event or time in the future. "For
five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since
Friday" are all durations which can be used
with the Future Perfect Continuous. Notice
that the duration stops at or before a
reference point in the future.

They will have been talking for over an hour

by the time Thomas arrives.
James will have been teaching at the
university for more than a year by the time he
leaves for Asia.
A: When you finish your English course, will
you have been living in New Zealand for over
a year?
B: No, I will not have been living here that
long.

If you do not include a duration such as "for five minutes," "for two weeks" or "since Friday," many English
speakers choose to use the Future Continuous rather than the Future Perfect Continuous. Be careful
because this can change the meaning of the sentence. Future Continuous emphasizes interrupted actions,
whereas Future Perfect Continuous emphasizes a duration of time before something in the future.
He will be tired because he will be exercising so hard.
This sentence emphasizes that he will be tired because he will be exercising at that exact moment in the
future.
He will be tired because he will have been exercising so hard.
This sentence emphasizes that he will be tired because he will have been exercising for a period of time. It is
possible that he will still be exercising at that moment OR that he will just have finished.

Time words with no Future forms

We never use future forms after: when (time
conjunction), while, before, until, by the time,
if (conditional), as soon as, after etc.
We can use when or if +will if when is a
question word and if means whether.
Shell send us a letter when she has time.

BUT
When will he meet us?
I dont know if he will accept. (= whether)

Time expressions used with:

Will/Be going to/ Future
Continuous

Tomorrow, tonight, next week/month, in two/three etc days,

the day after tomorrow, soon,in a week/month etc.

Future Perfect

Before, by, by then, by the time, until (is used only in

negative sentences with this tense)

Future Perfect Continuous

By... for By next year he will have been working here for
two years.

Thank you for your attention!