Future tenses
WILL
TO BE GOING TO
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
WILL+BE+-ing
WILL+ not+BE +-ing
WILL+Subj+BE+-ing?
FUTURE PERFECT
WILL+HAVE+ participle
WILL+not+HAVE+ participle
WILL+Subj+HAVE+ participle?
 We also use the present simple with a sense of future with TIMETABLES or SCHEDULES:
The train leaves at seven o’clock (el tren sale a las siete en punto)
I finish work at 3.30 on Friday (El viernes termino de trabajar a las 3.30)
What time does the flight arrive tomorrow? (¿A qué hora llega el vuelo mañana?)
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Predictions It will rain tomorrow.
There won’t be a war in Spain.
Do you think aliens will colonise the Earth?
Spontaneous decisions - I’m going to the cinema.
- Oh! I will go with you!
Promises and offers I promise I will study harder.
I’ll be there for you.
I will help you carry those books!
“I’m sure” I’m sure you will find a good boyfriend.
Plans I am going to sleep all weekend long. I am so tired!
My parents are going to pay for my university studies.
What are you going to do tomorrow?
Predictions based on Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain!
evidence Be careful! You are going to fall down the cliff!
Fixed plans or I have already bought the tickets. I am travelling to USA
arrangements (when next summer! Yayyyyy
you are really sure
about your plan) Are you coming to my party on Saturday? I sent you the
invitations a month ago!
For something that will This time next year, I will be studying 2º Bachillerato.
be happening at a (Dentro de un año estaré estudiando 2º Bach)
specific time in the
In two weeks’ time, we will be having Christmas dinner
future.
with our family.
(En dos semanas estaremos cenando por navidad con
nuestra familia)
What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?
(¿Qué estarás haciendo mañana a estas horas?)
For actions that will By Dec 22nd, we will have finished the first term.
have finished at a (El 22 de dic habremos acabado el 1er trimestre)
specific moment in the
future. I will have graduated from high school by 2018.
(Me habré graduado del instituto para 2018)
Natalia Pérez