Expressing the Future

tense
Different future forms and explain how to use
them.
 Future simple with will or won’t
• We use this to talk about spontaneous decisions, predictions, promises,
offers, requests, or threats. For example:
o I’m thirsty. I will get a glass of water.
o It will rain tomorrow, according to the weather forecast.
o I won’t tell anyone your secret. I promise.
o I will help you with your homework if you want.
o Will you please turn down the music? It’s too loud.
o If you don’t stop talking, I will send you to the principal’s office.
 Future with be going to
• We use this to talk about plans or intentions, or predictions based
on evidence. For example:
o I am going to study hard for the exam. I have already made a
schedule.
o She is going to have a baby soon. She looks very pregnant.
o They are not going to come to the party. They have other
plans.
 Future continuous with will be or won’t be + -ing
form.
• We use this to talk about actions that will be in progress at a
specific time in the future. For example:
o At 10 o’clock tomorrow, I will be taking a math test.
o She won’t be working next week. She is on vacation.
o What will you be doing this weekend?
 Future perfect with will have or won’t have + past
participle

• We use this to talk about actions that will be completed before a

certain time in the future. For example:
o By the end of this month, I will have finished my project.
o He won’t have arrived by the time we leave. He is always late.
o How many books will you have read by the end of the year?
 Simple present for future events
• The simple present is used to make statements about events at a time later
than now, when the statements are based on present facts, and when
these facts are something fixed like a time-table, schedule, calendar.
• Examples
• The plane arrives at 18.00 tomorrow.
• She has a yoga class tomorrow morning.
• The restaurant opens at 19.30 tonight.
• Next Thursday at 14.00 there is an English exam.
• The plane leaves in ten minutes.
• Presented by Dr COLY T.L. 2024