FUTURE FORMS

1. Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDGJEjAmmU4. Pay attention carefully to the different future
structures and take notes. Then study this summary chart and complete it with sentences on your own.

TENSE EXAMPLES MY SENTENCES

Be going to + Prior Plans – I’m going to take a vacation to Hawaii. * I'm going out to spend time with my aunt in San
verb (Simple Francisco
Predictions/Guesses – Look at the dark rain clouds nearby. It’s
* I'm going to walk up the mountain later
Future) going to rain soon.
- Look at the place they are going to build
Soon they will end
- Look when selling fruit
Will soon end

Will + verb Promises/Willingness *I know that shelf is heavy

(Simple Future) 1) I know this math is difficult. I’ll help you with it later I'll help you later today
today. *I know that level is difficult
2) The phone is ringing. I’ll get it! I'll help you later today
Decision made in the moment –
- A. We're going out tonight
A: We are going to eat out tonight. Do you want to come with
Do you want to come with us?
us?
B. Sure let me get money
B: Sure, I’ll come. I’ll get my coat.
- A. Let's study tonight
Predictions/Guesses – The Brazilian soccer team is the best. They
Do you want to come with us?
will win the next World Cup.
B. Sure let me get the notebooks
Intentions/Plans – I’ll fly to Boston next week.

Present Future Plans already arranged – I’m traveling to Chicago next * I will travel to Canada next month.
Progressive month. I have a meeting that I must attend. I have a family reunion that I must attend
* I will travel to Switzerland next month.
Definite Intention
I have a marriage that I must attend
A: What are you going to do this evening?
B: After work, I’m meeting a friend of mine. We are going
-What are you going to do tonight?
shopping for new shoes.
After school I will go out with some friends, we will
study.
- What are you going to do tonight?
After work I'll go out with some friends let's go to eat

Simple Present Schedules – The bus leaves at 6:00am tomorrow morning. Be on * The school will open at 6:30 am tomorrow morning
time, please! Please be on time!
* The pharmacy will open at 7:00 am tomorrow
morning
Please be punctual!

Future I’m going to Chicago next week. I’ll be staying at the Ritz Hotel. * I'm going to Russia next week. I'll stay at Sara's
Continuous I’ll be attending a business meeting. house. I will attend a family reunion.
* I'm going to Japan next week. I will stay in a hotel.
Also – be going to be + -ing form can be used:
I'll be on vacation
I’m going to be traveling to Chicago next week. I’m going to be
staying at the Ritz Hotel.

Future Perfect By the time I turn 40, I will have gone on a safari in Africa.
By the end of this semester at SSALI, we will have finished many
chapters in this grammar book. Also the students will have taken
the proficiency exam to determine if they are ready for the next
level.
By the time I turn 18, I'll have gone on a trip
By the end of this semester at 11, In addition, students
will have taken the ICFES proficiency test to determine
if they are ready for the next level.

Future Perfect I will have been cleaning the house for three hours when she * I will have been working for 4 days to be able to go
Continuous arrives home. out with her
*I will have been studying all week to prepare for
 By 9:00 pm she will have completed her homework for two hours. ICFES
When I graduate in December, I will have been studying for
- By 9:00 pm you will have completed your Work
twelve years.
Hours.
When I get out, I will have been working for 12 hours
- At 9:00 pm, you will have completed your study
hours, when I leave I will have been prepared for my
career

Modals Some Modals refer to future time – I might see my friends this * I can go see my sister next weekend
weekend. * We could go for a walk next Sunday
* We could go to the movies next month
I may take a vacation at the end of the month.
* We could go shopping for clothes next weekend
We could go to the swimming pool next Sunday.
2. Write a brief 100-word composition about your life project and future goals. Include at least the eight different future forms studied in
this lesson and highlight them with green. Then design a creative collage about how you see yourself in ten years. Include a picture of you
as part of the composition.