REVIEW OF TENSES_FUTURE PROF: RAFA CANO

BACHILLERATO
A) WILL
FORM
I will go/ I’ll go - I won’t go - Will you go?
USES
- PREDICTIONS 50%: “I think that Brazil will win the World Cup next year”
- SPONTANEOS DECISIONS. Decisiones espontáneas sin haberlas planeado previamente.
“That chair looks horrible. I think that I will paint it tomorrow”
- PROMISES: “I promise that I won’t be late again”
TIME EXPRESSIONS
I THINK/RECKON THAT…, I PROMISE THAT, ...

B) BE GOING TO
FORM
I am going to play – He isn’t going to play - Is he going to play?
USES
- PREDICTIONS 100% “Brazil is going to win the match- (ganan 4-0 y quedan 5’ para el final
del partido)
- DECISIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE:
“don’t sit on that chair! I’m going to paint it”
- ACTIONS WHICH ARE GOING TO HAPPEN (100%) IN SECONDS:
“Be careful! The glass is going to fall!”

C) PRESENT SIMPLE
USES
- TIMETABLES (FLIGHTS, BUSES, TRAINS, TV PROGRAMMES, SCHOOL, ETC)
“The train leaves tomorrow at 6.00 p.m”

D) PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FORM
“I am visiting my sister tonight” (se traduce por “ir a …”)
USES
- PLANS FOR A NEAR FUTURE “I’m meeting my friends this weekend”
TIME EXPRESSIONS
THIS EVENING, TONIGHT, NEXT…, etc

E) FUTURE CONTINUOUS (subject + will + be+ vb-ing)

FORM
I will be playing – he won’t be playing – will you be playing…?
USES
- Cuando sabemos que estaremos haciendo algo en un momento concreto del futuro.
“Don’t phone me this evening at 7.00. I will be studying.”
TIME EXPRESSIONS
Cualquier expresión de futuro con una hora: I will be having dinner tonight at 21.00
THIS TIME NEXT year/week/summer: “This time next summer, we will be swimming in the beach”

F) FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE (subject + will+ have+ past participle)

FORM
I will have played – he won’t have written – Will you have studied…?
USES
Se usa principalmente para expresar que una acción habrá finalizado para un momento concreto del
futuro.
“You can visit me tonight. By 9.00 pm, I will have done my homework”
TIME EXPRESSIONS
BY + time : “I will have prepared the meal by 13.00”