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Future Forms
Future Forms
Future Forms
Be going to
Express personal intention. The action has been considered in advance and some plans have
already been made.
Will
Make predictions.
Present continuous
Use the present continuous to talk about a pre-arranged action in the future. Be going to is for
intentions, while the present continuous is for planned events or arrangements for a specific time.
Present simple
Use the present simple to talk about fixed future events in timetables or programmes.
Future continuous
Talk about an action that will be in progress at some time in the future.
This time next week I’ll be lying on a beach.
Talk about sth that will happen as part of the normal course of events, not because you planned
it.
Use the future perfect to talk about a future event which will be finished at a certain point in the future.
Use the future perfect continuous to talk about the length of an action as seen from a moment in the
future.
Modal verbs
Could, might and may are also used to make predictions. They have similar meanings, but may is more
formal.
Be to
Be due to