future time

1. Present continuous
-present
a fixed arrangement
continuous infuture the future (lịch trình cá nhân)
-• time reference
Usefor a fixed arrangement in the future eg an event already written in a diary.
We’re having a party next Friday.
I'm coming back next Thursday
I’m coming back next Friday.
We're having a party next Friday Would you like to come?
2. Present simple
-Note
a fixed
thattimetable
there is usually a time reference.
TheWhat conference begins
are you doing on Tuesday
next week? at 10.
3. Will, going to, present continuous
-present
Make a prediction:
simple will, going to (present evidence)
I think Helen will win.
• Usefor an event that always happens at a certain time, or is part of a timetable.
Look at that ship! It’s going to hit the rocks!
The conference begins on Tuesdayat 10.00.
- Plans: be going to V
We’re going to go to France next year.
-will, goingfixed
Definitely to or present continuous?
arrangements: present continuous
When we make predictions
We’re going to go to Francewill and going(we’ve
on Monday. to arebought
both possible.
the tickets)
4. Future continuous
I think Helen is going to win. I think Helen will win.
(+) S will be V-ing
We use going to when we talk about plans.
(-) S will not be V-ing
We're going to go to France next year. (a plan)
(?) Will S be V-ing?
An activity
We in progress
use present continuous in thewhen
futurewewith
talka about
time reference.
an arrangement that is definitely fixed.
ThisWe're
time /eaving
next week for I’ll be starting
France on Mondayto study
(we'veoffline.
bought the tickets)
Polite questions about personal plans
When
Excusewe me.see thatweanbeevent
Will has already
stopping for a breakstarted to happen,
during we use going to.
the journey.
AreLookyou at that ship!
coming It's party?
to the to hit the
going (direct rocks!
- friend)
Will you be coming to the party? (indirect - boss)
future continuous
5.
willFuture
+ be +perfect
-ing
(+) S will have Vp2
Usefuture continuous
(-) S will not have Vp2
(?)
• to Will S havean
describe Vp2?
activity in progress in the future, with a time reference.
Actions we expect
This time next weekto be
1'11completed
be starting before a future
at my new time (by + time, before)
school.
WeWhatwill have got be
will you home
doingby in
7. ten years' time?
Do you think all the guests will have left before we get there?
future perfect
6. Future perfect continuous
will + have + past participie
(+) S will have been V-ing
(-) S will notperfect
Usefuture have been V-ing
(?)
• to look backbeen
Will S have from V-ing?
the future to an earlier event, often wit h by or by the time.
By the time we get home, the match will have begun.
An action that is happening up to a future time. (By + time & for…/all day…)
By next Friday I will have been waiting for the exam results for over 2 months.
future timeforc1ausesfollowing
The reason a future situation. time words
A future time clause follows asince
They will have been working time 8am
wordso
orthey
phrase.
will be tired.
a f ter as as soon as before by the time until when
By 10 o’clockreferring
In sentences I will have
to completed/done my homework.
the future, the verb following the time word or phrase is present simple, and
By 10 o’clock I will have doing
the main verb is a will-future. my homework for 4 hours.
By the time we reach the station, it will be too late.
7. Time clauses
When we emphasize completion or achievement, we can use a present perfect simple verb instead of a
After/As/As soon
present simple as/before/by the time/until/when + present, future tense
verb.
By We'lI/et
the time you
we reach the station,
know when we havethereached
train willa have left.
decision.
When we arrive, we will together cook.
As soon as we have reached a decision, we’ll let you know.

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1 Complete each sentence using a verb from the list in the present simple form. Then match each
sentence a to j with a description 1 to 10 of where you might read ar hear it.

close continue expire leave open

retire rise start take off take place

a Mrs Douglas re.l.ire..s at the end of this term, and we wish her all happiness for the
future. 7
b There has be en a change to the schedule and your flight now.... at 18.40. b. takes off - cất cánh - 3
c The exhibition.. until31 December. Don't miss iti c. continues - 8
d. starts - 9
d The match .. at three o'clock/ so please be here by two. e. takes place - 4
e The opening ceremany ... ..... on 27 July. f. rises - 10
g. expires - 6
f Saturday 18 March. The sun.. at 6.08.
h. closes - 2
g The licence for this software.. one year from the agreement date. i. leaves - 5
h This offer . . on 30 September so buy now to avoid disappointment! j. open – 1
The 4.30 to York from Platform 1. Cross the footbridge at the end of
this platform.
Doors . at 18.00.

1 Cinema door 5 Travel information desk 8 Newspaper review

2 Advertisement 6 CD-Rom leaflet 9 Notice on a sports club notice board
3 Airport check-in desk 7 'rh....,,,,l f'lP", Qlpttpl' 10 Diary
4 News announcement

2 Complete each sentence using a verb from the list in the present continuous form.

arrive come give 00ltl leave

me et pick up serve show take

a Weamholdinq.. a science fair next

weekend. There will be displays of students' work, b. is coming
and a guest speaker.
b Professor Tamsin Anderson ..
c. is giving
d. is showing
E
e. are serving
from Cambridge to talk to us.
f. is arriving
c She.... a talk on the Genorne g. is…meeting
h. are picking..up, taking
Project on Saturday morning.
d In the afternoon she.. us j. is leaving l1lh Beeemlle,
a film.
e Then at 5.30 we . tea
Come and see some
and cakes.
areat JJroj~etS!
f /Have you heard from Dr Anderson?' 'Yes. She
..at 6.00 on Friday evening./ Everyone aets a prize! (1)

g ...anyone .. E
her at the station?' Come and hear our +-'
(1)
h /David and his parents her mystery Guest Speaker! lo-
:::::l
+-'
..and . :::::l
'+-
her to the hotel.' Refreshments inclUded!
'And after the conference?' 'She CD
......on Sunday at 12.30.'
 b. is going to come out
c. is going to start will - offer, refusal, promise, instant decision
d. won’t drop
e. We’re playing
f. I’ll take 3 Underline the correct form.
g. I’m going to study
h. I’ll see a 'Be careful with that test tube. It will break / it breaks.'
b 'The egg is cracking. The baby bird will come out / is going to come out / comes out.'
c 'Can you hurry up please. The film will start / is going to start / starts.'
d 'Carry this very carefully.' 'Don't worry, Fm not dropping it / I won 't drop it.'
e 'We're playing / We 'ZZplay football this afternoon. Do you want to play too?'
f 'This dictionary costs ¤SO, but the red one is cheaper.'
'Ok, FZZ take / Fm taking / Fm going to take the red one.'
g 'Have you decided about next year yet?'
'Yes, Fm studying / Fm going to study / FZZ study journalism. Well, that's the plan anyway.'
h 'Ok, bye for now.'
'Bye, nI see you / Fm going to see you / Fm seeing you at the same time on Friday.'

4 Complete each sentence wit h a phrase from the list.

I'll be waiting I'll be watching 1'11be starting I'11be catching

flll ho hlin",
I'll be living 1'11be go ing 1'11be working

b. I’ll be waiting a Next Tuesday at this time .....J1IIbe-JtjiVl.q on the beach!

c. I’ll e working b outside the cinema at 7.30. See you then!
d. I’ll be starting c A11tomorrow afternoon on my history project.
e. I’ll be going
d This time next week my holiday!
f. I’ll be watching
g. I’ll be living e In three years' time into the army.
h. I’ll be catching f Don't phone at 9.00, because .. the match then.
g In ten years' time, I expect in my own fiat.
h This time tomorrow the pIane to Brazil!

5 Complete each sentence using will have (dane) or wan't have (done) + the verb in
brackets, according to your opinion.

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..,,,.tb.e_eDyirQDrneQt~leaner....

b. will have invented

c. will have found
d. will have discovered
e. will have moved
f. will have used
g. will have become
h. will have made
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 The future of our solar system
enters
1'he Sunac (continue) . .will.c,Ql:1li1144 much as it is today until it b (enter) ~-"""'V

red giant phase in 4 to 5 billlon years. Then, the)eore (grow) will grow
~.,.,"... m. smaller and
hatter until it finally d (finish) ". finished
"" _. " _ buming the fuel in its nuclear core. When this
e (oeem) occurs ...the eore f (beeome)
will become 50 dense that helium fusion will
begin. When the helium atoms g (eoUide) .. collide . , they h (form) .. will form
begins
earbon (from 3 helium atoms) and oxygen (from 4 helium atoms). When this proeess i (begin) ..
the Sun j (produee) will produce enormous amounts of energy The Sun 1< (grow) .. grows
larger as this energy 1 (inerease) will increase It m (be) ... will be . over a hundred
times its present size by the time it n (stop) stops growing. This is why we use the term red
expands
gianr. As the Sun o (expand) ..........., it is probable that it p (absorb) .... will absorb
the Earth. When the Sun q (use) uses up all its energy, it r (beeome) . will become
won’t make
a small white dwarf, and s (not make) .. . any mare energy After a few billion years, when
will be
it is eompletely cool, it t (be) .... just a eold dark objeer.

7 Choose the correct form, A, B or C, to complete the sentence. b. C

c. C
a We seem to be completely lost. WhatA naw? d. B
b Just think, this time next week we .. . taking a taxi to the airport. e. C
f. C
c As soon as we he ar any news, we you know. g. B
d The new film of Hamlet starring Johnny Depp .. . next week. h. C
e Same scientists believe that they a wre for most types of cancer by 2050. i. B
j. C
f.... a press conference about aur new discovery on Tuesday.
g Look at that helicopter! It .. . on the sports field!
h In a year's time I...... ...in the music industry. EXTENSION ACTIVITY
Hold on to the camera. .. .....drop it. 1 Look at the explanation
We a new area in the Zoo where visitors will be able page and read the section
to get closer to the animals. future time c1auses
following time words.
A
a will
take discover
will
willlet
Aream we
haveland
dolet
have come
Write seven sentences
are
A
will
a
are We'/l
we
going
we have
doing
letting
begoing
going
taking
to to
take do out
toheld
work BC B
B
Bam
C comes
We
will
lands
C will
is
are hold
You//l
You/re
will
are
We/re 2come
have
out
have
going discovered
outto
toopened
discovering
working
be
going dropping
begoing land
holding
working
to drop it
open
about yourself, using the
time words in the list on
the explanation page.
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Make a diary for next week,
to rem ind you what you are
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doing on each day.
Then write a sentence for
each day.
Need more practice? Go to
the Review on page 792.