S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________
Task 1: Read the following example sentences. Fill in the blanks with the functions of the
future forms.
Form Use
General prediction
Future simple: will/ won’t
+ infinitive Future facts
Decision made at the time of
speaking
Be going to + infinitive Prediction based on present
evidence
Intention
Present continuous Arrangements
Future continuous: will/ Prediction of an action in
won’t be + -ing form progress
Plan made in the past
Events that are part of a
routine
Future perfect: will/ won’t Prediction about a completed
have + past participle action in the future
Future perfect continuous: Prediction about an action
will/won’t have been + which will be in progress at a
present participle point in the future
Present simple An event that is part of a
timetable
After certain time expressions,
e.g. as soon as, after, while,
before, until, unless, when
Examples
I bet I’ll still be in Hong Kong
in ten years’ time.
2024 will be a leap year.
Oh, the WIFI connection is
so poor here. You’ll
complete the task at home.
More than 100 million
viewers have watched the
series. It is going to be the
most-watched show on
Netflix in 2021.
Is she going to join the
beauty pageant?
You’re having your second
speaking assessment next
month.
By next July the economy
will be growing at a healthy
rate once more.
She can’t make next week’s
class as she’ll be attending
the competition.
The club members will be
meeting at the usual time on
Thursday.
Will you have amended the
first draft of your speech
before the lesson on Friday?
I will have been using my
iPad for three years in
December.
The assembly starts
tomorrow morning at 8:05
a.m.
We will send you the books
you ordered as soon as we
receive payment.
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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
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Task 2: Make your sentences in future tenses according to the examples provided.
Form Examples Own sentence
I bet I’ll still be in Hong Kong in ten
Future simple: will/ years’ time.
won’t + infinitive
2024 will be a leap year.

Oh, the WIFI connection is so poor

here. You’ll complete the task at
home.
Be going to + More than 100 million viewers
infinitive have watched the series. It is going
to be the most-watched show on
Netflix in 2021.
Is she going to join the beauty
pageant?
Present continuous You’re having your second speaking
assessment next month.

Future continuous: By next July the economy will be

will/ won’t be + -ing growing at a healthy rate once
form more.

She can’t make next week’s class as

she’ll be attending the competition.

The club members will be meeting

at the usual time on Thursday.

Future perfect: will/ Will you have amended the first

won’t have + past draft of your speech before the
participle lesson on Friday?

Future perfect I will have been using my iPad for

continuous: three years in December.
will/won’t have +
present participle
Present simple The assembly starts tomorrow
morning at 8:05 a.m.

We will send you the books you

ordered as soon as we receive
payment.

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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________
Read the following poems and lyrics and determine the uses of the forms.
Heads I win, tails you lose
I always play by my own rules
And I don’t believe in wasting time
So long before we end this night
I will have held you
I will have kissed you
I will have claimed you
You will be mine
I will have loved you
Wrong or right
I will have your heart
You will be mine

Function: Prediction about a

completed action in the future
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

Function:
Events that are part of a routine

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier,

from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't
exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the
night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier,
from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't
look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light,
'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life,
won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light,
'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight

Function: Intention

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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________
Fire and Ice
BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Form: future simple
Function: general prediction
She'll be coming 'round the mountain
Go on now, go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to
hurt me with goodbye?
You think I'd crumble?
You think I'd lay down and die?

Oh no, not I, I will survive

Oh, as long as I know how to love, I
know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give and I'll
survive
I will survive, hey, hey
Form: future continuous- prediction/
plan made in the past/ part of the
routine; future simple- general
prediction
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
He's gonna find out who's naughty or
nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
Function: present continuous
arrangements

Task 1: Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

Task 2: Pay attention to the use of future tenses. Why are they used in the song?

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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________

I won’t Give Up

When I look into your eyes________

It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise__________
Well there's so much they hold
And just like them old stars___________
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul___________?
Well, I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating______________
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find
'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth___________ it
No, I won't give up
I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference___________ that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts__________
We got yeah we got a lot at stakes____________
And in the end you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn, how to bend without the world cave in
I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not
And who I am
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
I'm still looking up
Well, I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough (I am tough) he knows (I am loved)
We got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up

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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________
Exercise 1: Choose the words in italics. If both options are correct, choose
both.

Answer Key (Exercise 1):

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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________

Exercise 2: Tessa has been elected as the representative at her university. Read her
statement and choose the correct options. If two options are correct, choose both.

Answer Key (Exercise 2):

1. B/C
2. A
3. B/C
4. A/B
5. A/C
6. B
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S3 Grammar: Future Tenses
Name: _____________________ Class & Class no.: _____________
7. B