cannot change anything. Ex. John will be 10 in May. Spring will come soon. We predict things. Ex. I think it will rain tomorrow. I am sure we won’t get the answer. We decide to do something at the time of speaking. Ex. Don’t lift the suitcase. I’ll help you. FUTURE SIMPLE (will + V1)
We express intentions, promises, invitations,
hopes, threats, etc. (probably, I hope, I promise, may be, …) Ex. I promise I’ll buy you a ring. He will punish you. Time markers!!! Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in a week (month, …), next year, in 2015, soon PRESENT CONTINUOUS (am/is/are + Ving) We talk about planned actions, near future (often with the verbs of movement – go, come, arrive, fly, move, open, etc.) Ex. We are having a party tomorrow. I’m leaving tomorrow. My dad is flying to Paris tonight. We can use Continuous forms of “see” and “hear” in the meaning of “meet” and “learn”. Ex. I’m seeing the dentist tomorrow. PRESENT SIMPLE (V/ Vs(es)) We talk about timetables. Ex. The train leaves at 6 a.m. tomorrow. When does the film start? start We mention conditions (Conditional Type 1). 1 Ex. When Mother gets money, she will buy me a new bike. Simple Present (clauses of time and condition) Future Simple (main clause) With the words: as soon as, when, if, in case, till, until, etc. TO BE GOING + INFINITIVE
We can see something on the way to happen.
Ex. Look at the clouds! Isn’t it going to rain? rain
A plan or personal intention.
Ex. Bill is going to sell his car. What are you going to do at Christmas? Choose the right form: 1. Next year he will be/ is five. 2. Tomorrow it will be/ is warm with a few showers. 3. If you come/ will come there first, keep a seat for me. 4. I hope you aren’t staying up/ won’t stay up late. 5. I am taking/ will take my exams tomorrow. 6. The train from Liverpool will arrive/ arrives at 7.30. 7. I play/ am playing football tomorrow. 8. Alec is going to write/ is writing a letter to his parents in the evening. FUTURE CONTINUOUS (will be + VingWe ) talk about a certain time or a period of time in the future. Ex. I’ll be working in the library at 10 tomorrow. I will be buttering the bread while you are slicing the tomatoes. Time markers!!!
At 3 p.m. tomorrow, at this time
tomorrow, all night, during holidays, from 8 till 12 tomorrow, etc. FUTURE PERFECT (will have V3) We speak about an action completed by a certain moment in the future. Ex. I think she’ll have finished the essay by Monday. By the time you get back Mike will have left. left Time markers!!!
By 3 p.m. tomorrow, by next summer,
by this time tomorrow, by the time + Present Simple, etc. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (will have been + Ving) We speak about an action lasting for a period of time up or including a certain future moment. Ex. By five o’clock I’ll have been doing this crossword puzzle for two hours. hours By the time he arrives in London Max will have been driving for nearly five hours. Time markers!!! By, for Future Tenses in Indirect Speech Future Tenses Future Tenses in Indirect Speech Will +V 1 Would + V1
Will be + Ving Would be + Ving
Am/ is/ are + Ving Was/ Were + Ving Will have + V3 Would have + V3 Will have been + Ving Would have been+ Ving Open the brackets: 1. I (take) ___________ my sun-glasses in case it is sunny. 2. You don’t work in class! I (phone) _________ your mother about this. 3. I (watch) _____________ TV from 8 o’clock to midnight. 4. I think you (like) _____________ Nick when you meet him. 5. They (move) ____________to a new flat next week. Open the brackets: 6. This time tomorrow I (lie) ______________on the beach. 7. Look at the sun! It (go) ______________ to be a hot day tomorrow. 8. By the end of the summer he (teach) __________________ me to work with the computer. 9. As soon as I (hear)__________ the results I (let) _______________ you know. 10. I (have)_____________ another English lesson this week. Open the brackets: 11. Autumn has come. The trees (lose)________ their leaves in a few weeks. 12. By the time you (get) _________________, Simon (leave) ______________________. 13. Look out! We (go) _____________________ to hit the car in front. 14. By the time I (qualify) _________________I (study) ___________________law for 6 years. 15. We were anxious if the police (find)_____________ the criminal.