THE FUTURE TENSE

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Affirmative Form
SHALL (I, we) WILL (you, he, she, it, they) + INFINITIVE Shortened form SHALL, WILL > LL I SHALL > Ill HE WILL > hell, etc.

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Examples
I

shall (Ill) go to the cinema. You will (youll) meet him. He will (hell) visit us. We shall (well) go for a walk. They will (theyll) arrive soon.

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Interrogative Form
INVERSION Will you go to the cinema? Where will you go? Will they meet George? Who will they meet? Will he arrive soon? When will he arrive?
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Negative Form
SHALL NOT (SHANT) WILL NOT (WONT) + INFINITIVE

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shall not (shant) go to the cinema. will not (wont) meet him.

You

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DO NOT MIX!
WONT > WILL NOT + infinitive without e.g. I WONT COME TO THE PARTY. ( .)
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WANT TO > I WANT TO COME to the party.

(J / ).

I DONT WANT TO COME to the party.

( .)
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Use
TOMORROW

tomorrow.

I shall write this letter

NEXT

(WEEK, YEAR ) They will visit us next weekend.

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 IN

(a few days, five weeks) She will come back in a week. with a certain date in the future: They will take part in the Olympic Games in 2016.

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WILL > I , WE
to

denote wishes, intentions, or determination: I will do it for you. SHALL>YOU,HE,SHE,THEY to denote threat, intention or determination: You shall remember me!
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Going to-Future
TO BE (AM, ARE IS) + GOING T O + INFINITIVE

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Examples
Affirmative form: We are going to have a party. Interrogative form > inversion Are you going to have a party? What are you going to have? Negative form > to be + not We are not going to have a party.
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Use

for the planned action that will happen in the near future to talk about something we have decided to do (intention) for a prediction based on the present situation

He is going to practice English tenses all afternoon. They are going to visit their relatives in Greece. its nearly nine now. Were going to be late.
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The Present Continuous tense for future action

for the previously arranged future action that is agreed on, planned or part of a plan or programme: We are going to the cinema tonight. They are flying to Maillorca on Sunday. He is dining with his uncles family tomorrow.

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The Present Simple Tense for future action

for

the actions planned by tourist programmes, schedules, timetables Mary leaves tonight. The tour starts from London on Friday morning. The ship sails tomorrow.
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NOTE!
The

whose fulfilling do not depend on us: The school begins on September 1st. We shall go for a walk if the weather is fine.
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Present Simple Tense & the Future Tense denote actions

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