SIMPLE FUTURE

TENSES

WILL
We use will + infinitive without to:
to express a sudden decision made at th
e moment of speaking.
To express intention or promise.
To express a prediction based on opinion
or beliefs.
To make a request or an offer.

I have a nice dress! I

will go to the party
tonight!

I promise, I
will bring
the book
tomorrow!

We think he
will win the
competition!
He is a
Spiderman!

Be going to
We use be going to + infinitive without to:
To express an intention/plan.
To express a prediction based on someth
ing we can observe now.

It is going to
rain!

Hmmm... I am
going to sleep !

Present Continuous
We use Present Continuous to talk
about future events we have arranged.

I am going to
the cinema
tonight!

Present Simple
We use Present Simple to talk about
future events that we cannot change.

Hurry up! The

train leaves in
two hours.

The Future Continuous

Tense
We use the future continuous
tense to talk about things that
have been planned or likely to
happen.

The Future Progressive

This tense is used to describe an event or action that
will occur over a period of time at a specific point in the
future.
at 10 a.m. tomorrow
by the time you
arrive

I will be teaching ESL 40 at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

They will be moving their furniture out of the house by the
time you arrive tomorrow.

How do we use future continuous tense.

1. Expressing activity will be happening at a time in the future / For an action
that will be continuous during a period of time.

If the weather remains good, well be swimming all day tomorrow.

He will be living in Thailand this time next year.

2. Interrupted action in the future

I will be watching T.V. when she arrives.
3. Parallel actions in the future
I am going to be studying and he is going to be
making dinner.

4. Atmosphere in the future:

In English, we often use a series of parallel actions

to describe atmosphere at a specific point in the future.

- When I arrive at the party, everybody is going to be celebrating.

Some will be dancing. Others are going to be talking. A few people
will be eating pizza, and several people are going to be drinking beer.
They always do the same thing.

Toby wont be at home at 9

oclock this Sunday. He will be
climbing in the Himalayas then
The action climb starts
before this Sunday and
probably continues after it

We will be having a quiz at 8 in the

morning tomorrow.
I (watch) _____________
will be watching
TV when my
aunt calls from Australia tonight.
will be takingour final
We (take) ___________
examinations from December 16 to 18.

The simple
future
tense

Expresses a
future action
with intention

The future
continuous
tense

Expresses a
future action
as a
statement of
a fact

Whats the difference?

I will watch TV when my aunt calls from

Australia tonight.
My aunt will call; then, as I am
talking to her, I will watch TV.

I will be watching TV when my aunt calls

from Australia tonight.
While I am watching TV, my
aunt will call.

Which should you use?

will be holding will hold

We ___________ the community concert

on November 28.

We ___________ the school fair from

November 24 to 29.

Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is quite an easy

tense to understand and use. The future
perfect tense talks about the past in the
future.

How do we make the Future Perfect Tense?

subject

auxiliary verb

WILL

auxiliary verb

HAVE

main verb

V3

I will have finished by 10 am.

You will have forgotten me by then.
She will not have gone to school.
We will not have left.
Will you have arrived?
Will they have received it?

How do we use the Future Perfect Tense?

The future perfect tense expresses action in the future before

another action in the future. This is the past in the future.

For example:

The train will leave the station at 9am. You will arrive at the station at
9.15am. When you arrive, the train will have left.

You can call me at work at 8am. I will

have arrived at the office by 8.
They will be tired when they arrive. They
will not have slept for a long time.
"Mary won't be at home when you arrive."
"Really? Where will she have gone?"

I will have been in London for six months by the

time I leave.

By Monday Susan is going to have had my book

for a week.

By next November* I will have received my

promotion.

By the time he gets home* his wife is going to

have cleaned the entire house.

Sally always leaves for work at 8:30 in the

morning , so she will not be at home at 9
o'clock.She will have gone to work.
We are late. The film will already have
started by the time we get to the cinema.
I will have finished my homework by the
time I go out on a date tonight.
I will graduate in june . I will see you in
july. By the next time I see you , I will have
graduat ed

What is the difference?

past perfect :
When their first child was born ,they had been married for
three years.

present perfect:
Ted and Amy have been married for 24 years

future perfect:
Next year they will have been married for 25 years