Lesson 02

• Future Time
• Will
• Be going to
• Present Continuous
• Future Continuous
• Future Perfect
• Future Perfect Continuous
• Other Future forms
 Will

• Prediction:
• I’ll be late for dinner tonight.
• They will bring good news
tomorrow.
 Will

• Assumption:
• That’ll be Susan at the door.
• (We assume it’s Susan at the
door)
 Will

• Instant Decisions:
• I’ll have a big salad.
• I’ll take the blue jacket.
 Will

• Promise:
• I promise I’ll pay it back next
week.
• He’ll be a good boy!
 Be Going to

• Intentions:
• We’re going to pay her a
visit soon.
• She’s going to have a party
next month.
 Be Going to

• Prediction:
(based on evidence)
• You’re going to drop that
bottle if you’re not
careful.
• It’s going to rain soon
with those dark clouds.
 Present Continuous

• Arrangements in Future:
• They’re getting married in
June.
• He’s leaving tomorrow.
 Future Continuous
• Prediction of an ongoing
future event:
• Tomorrow this time, I’ll be
swimming in the ocean.
• She’ll be staying with us
soon.
Now
 Future Perfect
• Look back from a future
point:
• In six years, I’ll have finished
this book.
• By 2030, COVID restrictions
will probably have been
lifted!
? ? ?

Now 2 Years from now

 Future Perfect Continuous

• With Emphasis on Duration:

• In ten minutes, he’ll have been
talking for three hours!

3 hours 10 minutes
from now

2 hours and 50 Now

minutes ago
 Other Future Forms

• Is/are to be:
(instructions/arrangements/obligation)
• All students are to report to the front
desk.
• She is to be informed about
the accident.
 Other Future Forms

• The game is about to start.

• She’s due to arrive tonight.
• The train is just about to
leave.
• I’m on the point of sealing
a deal.
• He’s on the verge of a big
break.