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Grammar B2+ The Future: Recommended For
Grammar B2+ The Future: Recommended For
B2+
the future
Recommended for:
Gold Experience
Focus
High Note
2019 1
As well as the future simple, we can
all talk about the future in these
ways:
Let’s look at:
1. The future perfect and the future continuous.
2. Common future grammatical stems.
I will have moved house by this time next month. I will be living next door by this time next month.
1. For a future action that will finish before a specific 1. For a future action that will be in progress at a
time in the future. specific time in the future. It may continue after that
time too.
I will have moved house by this time next month. I will have moved house by this time next month.
On the verge of/on the point of + be to + infinitive be set to/be due to + infinitive
-ing
The world is on the verge of The band is to release their new The woman is due to have her baby
changing dramatically because of album in December. on the 24th.
global warming.
Something that will
Something
happenthat
veryissoon.
Something
expected to that
happen.
will definitely happen
or an official arrangement.
Something that will happen very Something that will definitely Something that is expected to
soon happen or an official arrangement. happen.
The world is on the verge of The band is to release their new The woman is due to have her baby
changing dramatically because of album in December. on the 24th.
global warming.
Let’s practise...
By this time next Friday, you will have finished your exams and will be relaxing in your garden.
The police are due to make a statement in the next couple of hours.
4. You never know, in three years’ time, I ………………………… (might/write) my first book and be a published author!
You never know, in three years’ time, I might have written my first book and be a published author!
5. The singer ……………………… (to/donate) all the proceeds to charity.