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? Future Tenses

The document outlines five ways to express future tenses in English: Future Simple, Be Going To, Present Simple and Continuous with future meaning, Future Progressive, and Future Perfect. It provides structure and usage examples for each tense, detailing their applications for predictions, decisions, plans, and actions in progress. Additionally, it explains how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences for each tense.

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? Future Tenses

The document outlines five ways to express future tenses in English: Future Simple, Be Going To, Present Simple and Continuous with future meaning, Future Progressive, and Future Perfect. It provides structure and usage examples for each tense, detailing their applications for predictions, decisions, plans, and actions in progress. Additionally, it explains how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences for each tense.

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FUTURE TENSES

FUTURE TENSES
We focus on five ways to express future in English:
1. Future simple (Will+infinitive)
2. Be going To+infinitive
3. Present simple and present continuous with future meaning
4. Future progressive (Continuous)
5. Future perfect
WILL
AFFIRMATIVE: Subject + will + Verb (infinitive) + Complements

He will leave later.

NEGATIVE: Subject + will + not + Verb (infinitive) + Complements

He will not leave later.

INTERROGATIVE: (Question Word) + will + Subject + Verb (infinitive) + Complements

Will he leave later?


When will he leave?

Short Forms: Will - ‘ll


Will not - Won’t
WILL
We use will (‘ll) ...

● To make predictions and give personal opinions.


● To make decisions at the same time as we speak
● To make promises and offers
We use WILL to predict or give our
PREDICTIONS opinion about the future.

-Mary will like the film.


-I think he will win the match.

We usually use WILL with verbs such


as believe, think, hope...
INSTANT We use WILL to make decisions at the same

DECISIONS
time as we speak.

-The phone is ringing!


-I will answer it.

Waiter: What would you like to drink?


Customer: I think I’ll have sparkling water.
PROMISES AND
OFFERS
We use WILL to make promises and
offers.

-I will help you with your homework.

-I will wash the dishes for you.


BE GOING TO + Infinitive
AFFIRMATIVE: Subject + am/is/are +going to + Verb (infinitive) + Complements

He is going to climb the mountain.

NEGATIVE: Subject + am/is/are + not +going to + Verb (infinitive) + Complements

He is not going to climb the mountain.

INTERROGATIVE: (Question Word) + am/is/are + subject +going to + Verb (inf) + Complements

Is he going to climb the mountain?


When is he going to climb the mountain?

Short Forms: is - ‘s are - ‘re


BE GOING TO
We use be going to...

● to talk about plans


● to talk about intentions
● when we have evidence of what will happen
PLANS
We use BE GOING TO for future plans.

-Next week, he is going to have an


important meeting.
INTENTIONS
We use BE GOING TO when a
decision has been made.

-She is going to study science at


university.
PREDICTIONS
WITH AN
EVIDENCE We use BE GOING TO when we think
something is certain to happen or we
have evidence for now.

-It is going to rain soon.


PRESENT TENSES WITH
FUTURE MEANING
We can use Present Simple Tense and Present Continuous with future meaning.
PRESENT
SIMPLE
We use Present Simple to talk about future
times and dates linked to timetables.

-The bus leaves at 10:00am


PRESENT
CONTINUOUS We use Present Continuous to talk
about arrangements in the future. (You
have to say WHEN ).

-We are going to the cinema on


Saturday evening.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE - Subject + will be + Verb (ing form) + Complements

They will be flying to England in two weeks.

NEGATIVE: Subject + will + not + be + Verb (ing form) + Complements

They will not be flying to England in two weeks.

INTERROGATIVE: (Question Word) + will + subject +be + Verb (ing form) + Complements

Will they be flying to England in two weeks?


Where will they be flying in two weeks?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS

We use the present continuous tense...

to talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain time.


FUTURE
CONTINUOUS We use Future Continuous to talk about
actions that will be in progress at a certain
time.
We usually use this tense with the
expresions IN and AT.

-In a few years from now, he will be playing in


the first team.
FUTURE PERFECT

AFFIRMATIVE - Subject + will have + Verb (past participle) + Complements

They will have flown to England next Sunday by 10.

NEGATIVE: Subject + will + not + have+ Verb (past participle) + Complements

They will not have finished the book next week.

INTERROGATIVE: (Question Word) + will + subject +ave + Verb (past participle) + Complements?

Will they have had diner by 9?


When will the teachers have marked all the exams?
FUTURE
PERFECT We use Future Perfect to talk about
actions that will be finished at a certain
time.

We usually use this tense with the


expression by.

-I will have finished my project by 8 o’clock.

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