VERBS USED IN THE FUTURE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ( for PEOPLE) WILL

Future arrangements – Planned actions
• I’m not working in London next week. Asking people to do something
• John is leaving on the midnight train. • Will you help me to wash the
• We are flying to New York tomorrow morning. car?
• When are you coming to visit us?
• What are you doing at the weekend ? Promises
• I’m meeting Mary at 6 o’clock.
• I promise I won’t go without you.
• They aren’t playing tennis this afternoon.
Resolutions
Am/is/are + verb(ing) + adverb of future time when • I will marry John. (even though my
necessary to avoid confusion with the present tense. parents don’t want me to)

Snap decisions
• I like the dress in the shop window.
I’ll buy it.
TO BE GOING TO
People’s intentions
Predictions
• I’m going to watch TV.
• I’m going to visit Italy sooner or later. • It will rain in London, tomorrow
• Is she going to marry him? Yes, she is. morning.

Predictions based on the present Inevitable

• Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain. • Harry is 26. He will be 27 next
• The alarm clock didn’t go off. I’m going to be late.
• The sun is shining. It’s going to be a lovely afternoon.
year in August.

Volunteering to do something
am/is/are + going to + base form verb • Mary hasn’t arrived yet so I’ll
Adverbs of future time can be used but are not essential cook dinner.

In sentences with verbs of opinion

 I think it will rain.
 I don’t believe he will come.
 I doubt she will tell the truth.
SIMPLE PRESENT - (for THINGS)

Timetables and fixed future events First conditional

• What time does the train leave?
 If you don’t leave immediately
• It leaves at 10.15 a.m.
• When does school start? I will call the police.
• It doesn’t start until September.
• Are the shops open tomorrow?
• Yes. They open at 9.00 and close at 8.00 p.m.
Will + base form of verb

Verb in the simple present form + adverb of Negative: won’t + base form of verb
future time when necessary to avoid confusion
with the present tense.
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Grammar
 Will/be going to
1 Complete the exchanges with will or be going to in their correct form.
1 A: It’s cold. I …………………..…… make a cup of tea. Would you like one?
B: Yes, I …………………..…… have one with two sugars, please.
2 A: The printer has run out of black ink.
B: OK. I …………………..…… go to the store room and get some.
3 A: What is Mr Frank’s schedule for the afternoon?
B: He ……………..…… meet a client for lunch. .

4 A: Rachel, did you call Mrs Jones?

B: I’m sorry, I forgot. I …………………..…… do it as soon as I’ve sent this email.
5 A: Watch out, James! You …………………..…… drop those plates!
B: Thanks, Emma. That was close!
6 A: I think I …………………..…… go to the café for lunch. Would you like to join me?
B: I can’t, I’ve already got plans. I …………………..…… meet up with Terry.

 Future continuous/Future perfect

2 Choose the correct verb form.
1 By the end of this week, I will finish/will have finished/will be finishing the report.
2 According to the email, we will attend/will be attending/will have attended meetings tomorrow
between noon and 4 pm.
3 Jacob will set/will be setting/will have set all of the tables in the restaurant as soon as he
arrives in the morning.
4 This time tomorrow, I will travel/will be travelling/will have travelled to Sweden for a business
trip.
5 Mike will return/will be retuning/will have returned from his holiday by Monday.
6 The manager will interview/will be interviewing/will have interviewed candidates for the rest
of the day.
7 Unless you apologise, I will report/will be reporting/will have reported you to the manager.
8 At exactly five o’clock tomorrow afternoon, Anna will drive/will be driving/will have driven home
from work.
 Time clauses
3 Underline the appropriate time word/phrase and put the verbs in brackets into
the correct form.
1 You’ll have to wait until/when the manager …………………… (arrive) to lodge a complaint.
2 The meeting …………………… (finish) as/by noon, so I’ll call you then.
3 Daphne always takes her laptop with her when/as she …………………… (go) on holiday.
4 I’m sure Mr Franks …………………… (return) your call as long/soon as he gets a chance.
5 Simon shouldn’t return to work until/by the time he …………………… (feel) better.

 Present/Future Tenses
4 Choose the correct item.
1 As soon as Lorraine ……. she is going to go travelling in South America.
A graduates C will graduate
B is graduating D will be graduating
2 When the surgeon ……. operating on the patient, she will speak to the family.
A finish C will finish
B is finishing D has finished
3 If you work hard, I’m sure you ……. the report.
A will complete C are completing
B have completed D complete
4 Alan ……. away from his office all day tomorrow.
A is working C will be working
B will work D will have worked

Key word transformations

5 Use the word in bold to complete the second sentence so that it means the same
as the first. Use two to five words.
1 My intention is to study law in London next year. GOING
I .........................................................................
................................... law in London next year.
2 Emma turns 10 next month. BE
Emma ...............................................................
................................................. old next month.
3 The first thing he does when he gets to work is check his emails. SOON
He checks his emails .........................................
............................................................. to work.
4 Alan will be home before six o’clock. ARRIVED
Alan ........................................... by six o’clock.
5 Lucy may get promoted soon. GET
Perhaps Lucy .....................................................
................................................................. soon.
 Future Simple v. Future Continuous

A - Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the future
continuous.

1. I want to tour the area today. ________ (you/use) the car?

2. Please don’t forget your tie because you ________ (meet) the
administrators during your visit.
3. The taxi driver ________(take) you to the Savoy Hotel.
4. A shuttle ________(wait) for you outside the airport building at 8:30
p.m.
5. There’s s big sale at Selfridges tomorrow. I’m sure people
________(queue) up the street from early morning.
6. Put on something nice for the party. The photographers
________(take) pictures.
7. You can’t stay here if you’ve decided not to go. We ________(look) for
you.
8. It’s an acceptable suggestion. I ________(think) it over.
9. The price of petrol has gone up again. People ________(ride) their
bicycles soon.
10. I’m sure this statue ________(stand) here in the year 2010.
11. ________ you ________ (join) us at 3.00 p.m.? we ________
(discuss) the new plan.
12. Come to the stadium at 4:00 p.m. The world-famous football player
________(sign) the t-shirts.
13. This time tomorrow I ________(fly) across the Pacific.
14. I don’t want to call Janet just now. I’m sure she ________(bathe) the
baby and she ________ (be able/not) answer the phone.
15. If you need me, you ________(find) me at school. I ________(teach)
in pavilion A until the lunch time.
16. The festival begins next Saturday. People ________ (dance) and
________(sing) in the streets all week.
17. I’m sure you ________(pass) your driving test, but I ________(keep)
my fingers crossed for you all the same.
18. We ________(not/learn) English this month. Our teacher has left.
19. Our neighbours are having a party tonight. They ________(make) a lot
of noise all night as usual.
20. You can use John’s computer. He ________(not/work) here anymore.
WILL OR GOING TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1. I don’t think schools……………………………………….…..(change) very much in the next years.-

2. We……………………………………….…….(dance) next weekend.-

3. What time……………………………………………….……..(you / travel ) to Miami tomorrow?

4. Be carefull!!! You……………………………………..……...(drop) the plates.-

5. Look at that man! He………………………..……………….(jump).-

6. I think that people…………………………………..…….(live) on moon by 2050.

7. Do you think Brazil…………………………………….….(win) the next world cup?

8. The sun is shinning. It looks it………………………………..…………….(be) a nice day

9. A: It’s very cold in here.

B: I……………………………………………..(lend) you my coat.-

10. A: Do you like something to eat?

B: Yes! I…………………………………….………(eat) some vegetables please.-

11. A: The phone is ringing.-

B: I………………………………………..…………..(answer) it for you.-

12. I think cars………………………………..………..(fly) in the future.-

13. Those clouds are black. It’s………………………………………...(rain)

14. Where………………………………………..…………(Sam / work) next week?

15. I don’t like this picture. I……………………………………………....(not buy) it.

16. I think robots………………………………..………..(do) the housework in the future.-

17. Those cars are going too fast. They……………………………………………..(crash)

18. A: I can’t find my glasses.

B: I ………………………………………….help you to find it.-

19. I Don’t like this picture. I……………………………………………....(not buy) it.

20. Next July muy sister and I…………………………………………(travel) to Mendoza.-

21. Yesterday maths teacher said, she ………………………………(take) an exam next Friday.-

22. A: Would you like to come with us?

B: Ok. I…………………………………..(take) my sweater, it’s very cold outside.-

Future forms: the simple present, will + inf. (intentions) ; the pres.continuous, the be going to
form; future simple (will/shall) + inf.
1. (to the waiter): I ________ (have) a steak, please.
2. The boys _________ (start) school on Monday.
3. Our new branch ___________ (open) next week.
4. I ___________________ (take) an exam in October.
5. I ________ (buy) a bicycle.
6. Look at the clouds! It _____________(rain)!
7. I’m sure I ______ (not lose) my key.
8. I suppose they ____________ (sell) the house.
9. Birds _________ (build) nests.
10. Listen to the wind! We ____________ (have) a rough crossing!
11. The neighbours _____________________ (come in) to watch television.
12. A: ______ you ______(like) to come to the opera tonight?
B: I _______(love) it ! Shall I meet you there?
A: No, I ________ (call) for you. About seven?
B: OK!
13. We _______ (leave) at six, ________ (arrive) in Dublin at ten and _________ (take) the plane to
New York.
14. A: Now, how do you want to go to Rome?
B: The trains are too slow, I ________ (fly).
15.It _____________ (get) warmer.
16. We ____________ (know) the results next week.
17. He ________________( to be) a dentist when he grows up.
18. ____ you ______________ (leave) without paying?
19. Tom _________________ (drive) me to the airport tonight.
20. There is somebody at the hall door. I _________ (open) it.
Future Continuous vs Future Perfect

In twenty years' time most people around the world     the Internet.

By this time next year we     into our new house in South Carolina.

When he retires, he     in the same company for fifty years.

By 2050 well-off holidaymakers     to the Moon.

As soon as we reach the Italian coast, we     for a week.

They     the new train station in our town by November.

I     for a new job while you are on your holiday in Madrid.

He will come back in summer. By then he     in Cork for two years.

At midnight the speakers     their projects for more than ten hours.

When we go to see our kids, they     at the summer camp for two weeks.

In a fifty years' time thousands of endangered species     from this planet.

In a few hours' time we     on the plane flying to Costa Rica.

I'll meet you at four o'clock. - At four? I'm afraid I     English.

I suppose we     the wheels before you come back from the shop.

Shall I buy a pizza for dinner? - There's no need. I     as usual.

I'm sorry, we can't come tonight. We     the new documentary on TV.

I hope that my new laptop     by the end of this week.