Future Forms

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Future forms

There are several ways to express


the future in English:
Will Present Continuous
predictions
  for planned or personally
 promises scheduled events (arrangements in
 offers the future)
 in combination with time Be going to
clauses (as soon as, when,  to express planned events or
before, after) intentions. These events or
Simple Present intentions are decided on before
 for scheduled public events the moment of speaking (more
such as train and plane distant than P.Cont.).
schedules, course schedules,  for future predictions based on
etc. physical (usually visual) evidence.

Future Perfect
for actions that will be completed before some other point in the future.
Examples:
She won't win the election.  Prediction
 Scheduled
The concert begins at 8 o'clock.
event
Will you marry me?  Promises
They'll help you if you want.  Offer
The class begins at 11.30.  Public events
 Predictions
Look at those clouds. It's going to rain.
with evidence
Frank is going to study medicine.  Intentions
He will phone as soon as he arrives.  Combination
of clauses
He's coming tomorrow afternoon.
 Plans
Structure: Future with Will
I
You
He will ('ll) help you immediately.
She
It
We won't leave soon.
You
They
Will it rain tomorrow?
Structure: Future with Present Continuous

I'm (I am) am I
You're (You are) are you
He's (He is) is he
She's (She is) is she
It's (It is) working next week. What doing this afternoon?
is it
We're (We are)
are we
You're (You are)
are you
They're (They are)
are they

I'm not (I am not)


You aren't (You are not)
He isn't (He is not)
She isn't (She is not)
It isn't (It is not) coming this evening.
We aren't (We are not)
You aren't (You are not)
They aren't (They are not)
Structure: Future with Going to
I'm going to (I am)
You're going to (You are)
He's going to (He is)
She's going to (She is)
It's going to (It is) work this evening.
We're going to (We are)
You're going to (You are)
They're going to (They are) am I going to
are you going to
is he going to
is she going to
What is it going toare we going to do tomorrow?
are you going to
I'm not going to (I am not) are they going to
You aren't going to (You are not)
He isn't going to (He is not)
She isn't going to (She is not)
It isn't going to (It is not) come this evening.
We aren't going to (We are not)
You aren't going to (You are not)
They aren't going to (They are not)
Structure: Future with Simple Present
I I
You arrive at noon. Do You leave at noon?
We We
They They
He He
She arrives at noon. Does She leave at noon?
It It

I
You don't leave at noon.
We
They

He
She doesn't leave at noon.
It
Structure: future with Future Perfect
I will have this time I will not this time
You arrived tomorrow. You have tomorrow.
We We arrived
They They
He will have this time He will not this time
She arrived tomorrow. She have tomorrow.
It It arrived

Will I have arrived this time


you tomorrow?
we
they

Will he have arrived this time


she tomorrow?
it
Common future time expressions include:

 next (week, month, year)


 tomorrow
 in X's time (amount of time, i.e. two week's time)
 in time clauses (when, as soon as, before, after)

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