FUTURE TENSES MIND MAP

When does the train leave?

Present Official
What time does the film start?
Simple timetables
It starts at 9.00.

John is leaving on the midnight train and I

Present Personal am meeting Mary at the station at 10.00 this
Continuous plans evening.

People’s intentions
I’m going to wash my hair.
Prediction based on
Be going to proof
Look! It’s going to rain soon.

Asking people to do things Will you help me to wash the car?

I promise I won’t go without you.
Promise
I like it! I’ll buy it.
Snap decision
It will rain in London, tomorrow.
Prediction
Harry will be 27 next year.
Will Inevitable I will help you to wash the car.
Volunteering to do things I think it will rain.
With verbs of opinion If it rains I will stay at home.
First conditional

At this time tomorrow I will be flying to

Rome.
1. Action in course at a future
Future point in time I’ll be seeing John as usual tomorrow.
Continuous 2. Usual course of events Hopefully, by 2020, most African
3. Predictions or expected children will be receiving a higher
trends standard of education.

Fact before a certain

Future Perfect By this time tomorrow he will have
point in the future.
Simple arrived in Rome.

When she retires next June she will

Continuous action
Future Perfect have been working here for 20
before a certain point in
Continuous years.
the future.