Tenses used to describe future are:
 Simple Present
 Present Continuous
 Future Simple
 Be going to future
Future Continuous
 Future Perfect Simple
 Future Perfect Continuous
We use it in a future meaning when we are talking about
timetables, programmes,(for public transportation, cinemas
etc), something officially planned
What time does the film begin?
The train leaves London at 10:30.
Although the action takes place in the future, it takes place
regularly and is set by a timetable.
We can use the simple present tense to talk
about people if their plans are fixed like a
timetable (such as politicians, businessmen)
What time do you finish work tomorrow?
I start my new job on Monday.
My class begins at 9 tomorrow and finishes at 12.
We don’t use present simple for personal arrangements
We use it for personal arrangements when we have
already arranged to do something, with decisions and
firm plans in the future (to be going to –very close, but
Present continuous is much stronger, the plans are more
firm and better prepared)
He is having dinner with Ann next Friday.
Are you playing tennis tomorrow morning?
It is common with verbs: go, come visit, have ( a party),
leave.
The future simple is formed:
Auxiliary verb WILL + Main Verb Base form
It is used:
Decisions - to make decisions that are made at the time of
speaking
We will eat dinner today at 6:00PM
We will clean your room this week.
Desire - Willingness - to state desire or willingness for
something or someone
The girls will be happy to go on holiday for a few weeks.
I will be happy to help you today.
Facts - to state a fact about the future
My teacher will be happy, the whole class passed the test.
The phone bill will be very very high, my father will be very
upset.
Predict - to predicate a future event or action
I think it will rain this afternoon.
My sister will be a great teacher.
Formal Statements - to make a formal statement about a future
action or event
The president will make a public announcement on Tuesday at
8:00PM.
The school will be closed for a few days.
Suggestions - to make suggestions or state ideas
We will be happy drive you to the store.
Will we go to the store tonight or tomorrow morning.
Request - to make a request
Will you come with me to the store?
You will do your homework now.
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
SUBJECT
AUX VERB
WILL
MAIN VERB (BASE
FORM)
I
They
My dog Your
will
will
will
be
go
come
COMPLEMENT
at school today.
to the doctor tomorrow.
home this evening.
Short form: will = ‘ll
NEGATIVE FORM
SUBJECT
AUX VERB
WILL + NOT
MAIN VERB
(BASE FORM)
I
They
My dog Your
will not
will not
will not
be
go
come
Short form: will not = won’t
COMPLEMENT
at school today.
to the doctor tomorrow.
home this evening.
INTERROGATIVE FORM
AUX VERB
WILL
SUBJECT
MAIN VERB (BASE
FORM)
Will
Will
Will
Will
I
you
your
friends
someone
have
be
help
come
COMPLEMENT
time to go to the store?
home next week?
you clean your room
latter?
some milk and cheese?
Future Progressive or Continuous
It is formed: WILL + BE + VERB-ING
Uses:
Emphasize - to emphasize an action or an event that will be in
progress at sometime in the future.
Next week we will be asking in the mountains.
Tomorrow my parents are coming to visit out new house.
A future activity already planned
By this time tomorrow. I’ll be lying on the beach.
To describe simple futurity with a “softening effect”
I’ll work on this morning. (intention, possibly a promise)
I’ll be working on this morning. (futurity)
Arrangements and plans- to refer to planned events
We’ll be spending the winter in Australia.
Professor Carig will be giving a lecture tomorrow evening.
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
SUBJECT
AUX
VERB
WILL
AUX VERB
BE
You
The children
My storm
will
will
will
be
be
be
MAIN VERB ING
working
starting
coming
COMPLEMENT
for the next few days.
school next week.
soon.
NEGATIVE FORM
SUBJECT
You
The
children
My storm
AUX
VERB
WILL
NOT
AUX VERB
BE
will
will
will
not
not
not
be
be
be
MAIN VERB
-ING
working
starting
coming
COMPLEMENT
for the next few days.
school next week.
soon.
INTERROGATIVE FORM
AUX VERB
WILL
SUBJECT
AUX VERB
BE
Will
Will
Will
you
the children
my storm
be
be
be
MAIN VERB
-ING
working
starting
coming
COMPLEMENT
for the next few days?
school next week?
soon.?
The future simple perfect
Form:
WILL+HAVE+PAST PARTICIPLE
The Future Perfect shows the time before which something
will finish.
Expresses action in the future before another action in the
future
To express an action that will be completed before a definite
time or event in the future:
Examples:
They will have finished their work by 3 o’clock tomorrow.
I’ll have finished my work by the time you read this book.
She will have written all the letters when you have come.
It is often used with "by" and "not", "for" and "until" to state that
the action or event will be completed at time in the future.
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT
AUX
VERB
WILL
AUX VERB
HAVE
MAIN VERB
(PAST PARTICPLE )
COMPLEMENT
NEGATIVE FORM
SUBJECT
AUX
VERB
WILL
NOT
AUX VERB
HAVE
MAIN VERB (PAST
PARTIPLE)
COMPLEMENT
INTERROGATIVE FORM
AUX VERB
WILL
SUBJECT
AUX VERB
HAVE
MAIN VERB
(PAST
PARTIPLE)
COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES:
On Sunday I have to work late. When I get home I will have eaten
dinner.
The test is in a week from tomorrow, I hope you will have prepared for
it.
My sister is coming to visit next week. I will not have moved into my
new house by then.
On Tuesday I will leave at eight o'clock in the morning, but will not
have gotten to work in time for the meeting.
Will I have worked here long enough to get a bonus check?
Will you have saved enough money to come see me next year?
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
FORM:
WILL +HAVE +BEEN +ING FORM
USES:
Emphasize how long an event will be in progress at a future time
stress the length of time of an event or action in the future.
To state the results of an action or event in the future.
Represent a continuous action that stated at some point, and
continues into some point in the future.
State the results of a future action, after an other future action.
(2 actions that will take place in the future, one action takes place
before, the 2nd action)
EXAMPLES:
In the fall I will have been studying here for 2 years.
My son will have been in teaching for 10 years next month.
The teacher will have been teaching my children for 5 years next month.
The dogs will have been playing for 3 hours in 10 minutes.
Tammy will be very tired when she comes home, because she will have been
flying over 24 hours.
Going to
FORM:
SUBJECT+ VERB TO BE (PRESENT)+GOING TO+ MAIN VERB
Planed Events - When a future event that has been planed before the
time of speaking.
I am going to Mexico in a few days.
They are going to university next year.
Predictions - To make a future prediction based on facts.
There is going to be a really big storm in a few hours.
The test next week is going to be really hard.
Intentions - To state that something is intended to take place in the
future, in informal conversations.
I am going to be a rich person someday.
The puppies are going to make a big mess in house