Future Tenses

⑨ Future Simple
⑩ Future Continuous
⑪ Future Perfect Simple
⑫ Future Perfect Continuous
⑬ Going to Future
① Present Simple for Future
② Present Continuous for Future
⑨ Future Simple and ⑬ Going to Future

● WILL + I. ● AM/ ARE/ IS +

GOING TO + I.
● I will go
● I am going to sing
● Will I go?
● Is he going to drink?
● I will not go
● She's not going to eat
● I won't go
● Isn't he going to fail?
● Won't I go?
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⑨ Future Simple and ⑬ Going to Future
● Uncertain future event + time
phrase
She will do that tomorrow.
● Not serious promise
I will learn Spanish.
● Hope, belief
I think you'll like it.
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● 'Certain' future event, time
phrase?
● She is going to do it now.
● Serious promise
I am going to learn Spanish.
● Things we are sure to
happen
The cat's going to eat it.
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⑨ Future Simple and ⑬ Going to Future

● Distant future, but: ● Near future, but:

● Quick decisions ● Carefully planned decisions
(on the spot): (at home):
Will you buy me a cake? I am going to buy PMU and
not the UMPh.
Yes, I will.
No, I won't.
● Weather-forecast:
● It's not going to rain today.

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 Compare

● ⑨ I'll kill you for this. ● ⑬ I'm going to kill

you for this.
● I'm gonna kill ya fo'
this. (US)

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⑩ Future Continuous FORM

WILL BE + I.-ing

I will be going
Will I be going?
I will not be going
I won't be going
Won't I be going?
Will I not be going?
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 ⑩ Future Continuous USAGE

● A longer action going on a certain (period of)

time in the future:
Don't disturb me at 8am/ from 7 to 9am.
I will be drinking my coffee.
THIS TIME NEXT WEEK we will be talking
about modal verbs.

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⑪ Future Perfect Simple FORM

WILL HAVE + III.

I will have gone

Will I have gone?
I will not have gone
I won't have gone
Won't I have gone?
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 ⑪ Future Perfect Simple USAGE

● The action is over before/by a definite time in

the future:
Don't worry! We will have finished future tenses
before 10am.
Don't worry! We will have finished future tenses
by 10am.
Don't worry! We will have finished future tenses
by the time you are not able to move your
fingers.
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 ⑪ Future Perfect Simple USAGE

RO: ⑪ + ⑪
Vom bate acest prof după ce vom ieși / ieșim din sală.

EN: ⑪ + ①
!!! English sub-clause takes Present Simple instead of
Future Simple!
We'll beat this teacher to hell after we leave the room.

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 ⑫ Future Perfect Continuous FORM

● WILL HAVE BEEN + I.-ing

I will have been going
Will I have been going?
I won't have been going
Won't I have been going?

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 ⑫ Future Perfect Continuous USAGE

● To express actions going on for a certain period

of time (for/since compulsory) at a definite
moment in the future:

THIS TIME NEXT WEEK this teacher will have

been killing us with the tenses for a month. ⑫

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 ⑫ Future Perfect Continuous versus
④Present Perfect Continuous

● Compare:
THIS TIME NEXT WEEK this teacher will have
been killing us with the tenses for a month. ⑫

This teacher has been killing us with the

tenses for three weeks. ④

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 ⑫ Future Perfect Continuous versus
④Present Perfect Continuous

● Compare (more effective/ drastic):

⑫ In December this teacher will have been
killing us with the tenses for (exactly) three
months.
④ This teacher has been killing us with
the tenses for 23 days.

● ⑫ is much better for 'round anniversaries'

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Thank you for your attention!

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