FUTURE All tenses with examples and exercises
I think it will rain
tomorrow, too. Great! I
love the snow.
GOING TO
Use going to for plans, intentions
or predictions with strong visual
evidence.
Examples:
AFF. I’m going to get married next
summer.
NEG. I’m not going to get married
next summer.
INT. Are you going to get married
next summer?
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Use the future perfect to say
that something will be
completed in the future.
Examples:
AFF . Tomorrow at 12 I will have
flown.
NEG. Tomorrow at 12 I won’t
have flown.
INT. Will you have flown
tomorrow at 12?
Exercise Put the verbs into the correct form. Use future tenses.
PRESENT SIMPLE
Use the present simple with futur
meaning for:
-Scheduled events that you can’t
change like concerts, plains, trains
transports, classes, sport events,
etc.
Examples:
AFF . The match starts at ten.
NEG. The match doesn’t start at
ten.
INT. Does the match start at ten?
FUTURE SIMPLE
Use the future simple for
predictions, promises, instant
decisions and unsure things.
Examples:
AFF . I will get married one day.
NEG. I won’t get married.
INT. Will you get married?
SHALL + I or SHALL + WE
Interrogative forms:
Offers: Shall I answer the phone?
Suggestions: Shall we go out?
Use the future perfect
continuous to say that
something very recent will be
completed in the future.
Examples:
AFF . As soon as we land I will
have been flying for an hour.
NEG. I won’t have been flying for
an hour.
INT. Will you have been flying for
an hour?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Use the present continuous with
future meaning for:
-Arrangements. When you’ve
arranged an appointment.
Examples:
AFF. I’m getting married on May
15.
NEG. I’m not getting married on
May 15.
INT. Are you getting married on
May 15?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Use the future continuous to
talk about what will happen at
an specific time in the future.
Examples:
AFF . Tomorrow at 10 I will be
flying to Paris.
NEG. Tomorrow at 10 I won’t be
flying to Paris.
INT. Will you be flying to Paris
tomorrow at 10?
REMEMBER after
future time clauses
like when/if/as soon
as/until, etc., we use
the present simple.
 1.The bus ……………………………. (leave) at 10 am.
2. My brother …………………………………… (go) to Berlin next month.
3. ………………………………………. (you/do) anything tonight, Charles?
4. It’s boring. I ………………………..…. (turn) the telly on.
5. ……………………..…. (I/give) you my mobile number in case you get lost?
6. Mark was so mean to me that I refuse to speak to him again until he …………………………………..
(apologise).
7. What do you plan to do when you …………………………………… (finish) college?
8. My hair a mess. I think I ………………………………. (go) to the hairdresser’s tomorrow.
9. I ……………………………………. (not visit) Sally tomorrow. I don’t feel well at all.
I’ve just called her.
10. Your mum told me you want to learn a foreign language. What language
…………………………….. (learn)?
11. There’s a party at Sandy’s on Sunday. You should come. I’m sure you
……………………….. (enjoy) it.
12. Why are you turning the radio on? Because I …………………………………… (listen) to the news.
13. If you don’t know how your new smartphone works, I ………………….……… (show) you.
14. As soon as you …………………………..… (finish) working, give me a ring.
15. This wall doesn’t look safe. It looks as if ……………………………..…….. (it/fall).
16. What …………………………... (we/have)? Tea or coffee? I think I …………………..…….. (have) tea.
17. Don’t worry about your passport. I’m sure you ……………………….. (find) it.
18. I know Fred is in hospital. I ………………………………….. (visit) him this evening.
19. Look at that woman. She ………………………………………. (faint).
20. Don’t wait for me, darling. I ……………………..………….. (probably/be late).
21. I think my sister ……………………………… (not get) the job. She’s too young.
22. If you want to go to the concert, it …………………….. (start) at 8 pm. Don’t be late.
23. It’s freezing outside. You’ll get a cold if you ……………………. (go out).
24. Don’t forget to call me as soon as you ..................... (arrive) in Amsterdam.
25. Tomorrow morning I..............(leave) to Paris.
26. Hurry up!. My flight to Glasgow ..................(take off) at midnight and it is too
late.
27. Mum, I ....................(tidy) my room every Sunday.
28. Look at those children playing; they .......................(break) the window.
29. Somebody is knocking at the door; I.................(go)
30. Next week is my birhtday; I ............(be) 16.
31. As soon as I finish studying at school, I .....................(go) to university.
32. We .................(have) a party next week to celebrate yous new post in that Company.
33. I can´t understand this unit; .............you (help) me?
34. She has been working all day; she ..........................(be) tired tomorrow.