FUTURE TIME

 Definition : to express something that will be done in the future

 Time signal: later, next month, tomorrow.. etc
 Form : S + WILL + V1 / S + WILL + BE
+ANA
 Example :

Definition &  (+) I will wash a dress tomorrow

 (+) She will be wife next year
Form  (-) I will not wash a dress tomorrow
 (-) She will not be wife next year
 (?) will you wash a dress tomorrow?
 (?) will she be wife next year ?
 PREDICTION
 Will and be going to mean the same when they make
predictions about the future
 Prediction: a statement about something the speaker thinks will
Will vs going to be true or will occur in the future)
 According to the weather report, it will be cloudy tomorrow
 According to the weather report, it is going to be cloudy
tomorrow
 PRIOR PLAN
 Be going to is commonly used in speaking to express a prior
plan ( a plan made before the moment of speaking)
 A. Why did you buy this paint?

Will vs going to  B. I’m going to paint my bedroom tomorrow

The speaker has a plan to paint his bedroom.
 A: Are you busy this evening?
 B: I really don’t have any plans. I’ll eat/I’m going to eat dinner.
(may use both)
 WILLINGNESS
 Will is used to express willingness or offer to help. Will
expresses a decision the speaker makes at the moment of
speaking

Will vs going to  A. The phone’s ringing

 B. I will get it
 The speaker decides to answer the phone at the immediate present
moment.
 A. the car won’t start. May be the battery is dead
  A. bob will come soon. When Bob comes, we will see him
 Laura is going to leave soon. Before she leaves, she is going to
Expressing the finish her work

future in time  I will get home at 6:00. After I get home, I will eat dinner
 The taxi will arrive soon. As soon as it arrives, we will be able
clauses to leave for the airport
 They are going to come soon. I’ll wait here until they come
  A time clause begins with such words as when, before, after, as
soon as, until, and while and includes a subject and a verb. The
Expressing the time clause can come either at the beginning of the sentence or
in the second part of the sentence: When he comes, we'll see
future in time him. OR We'll see him when he comes.
clauses  Notice: A comma is used when the time clause comes first in a
sentence.
  While I am traveling in Europe next year, I'm going to save
money by staying in youth hostels. .
 Sometimes the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is used in a time

Expressing the clause to express an activity that will be in progress in the future

 I will go to bed after I finish my work.

future in time  I will go to bed after I have finished my work
clauses  the PRESENT PERFECT is used in a time clause, The present
perfect in the time clause emphasizes the completion of one act
before a second act occurs in the future.
  The PRESENT PROGRESSIVE may be used to express future
time I when the idea of the sentence concerns a planned event

Present progressive or I definite intention

 My wife has an appointment with a doctor. She is seeing Dr.
and simple present North next Tuesday.
to express future  Sam has already made his plans. He is leaving at noon tomorrow.
time  What are you going to do this afternoon?
After lunch, I am meeting a friend of mine. We are going to the mall.
Would you like to come along?
Present progressive  A verb such as rain is not used in the present progressive to
indicate future time because rain is not a , planned event.
and simple present
 A future meaning for the present progressive tense is indicated
to express future either by future time words in the sentence or by the context.
time
  The museum opens at 10:00 tomorrow morning.
 Classes begin next week.
Present progressive
 John's plane arrives at 6:05 P.M. next Monday
and simple present
 The SIMPLE PRESENT can also be used to express future
to express future time in a sentence concerning events that are on a definite
time schedule or timetable. These sentences usually contain future
time words. I Only a few verbs are used in this way: e.g., o
  The FUTURE PROGRESSIVE expresses an activity that will
be in progress at a time in the future.
 I will begin to study at seven. You will come at eight. I will be
Future studying when you come

progressive  The progressive form of be going to: be going to + be + -ing

 Don't call me at nine because I won’t be home. I am going to be
studying at the library.
  Will + the progressive can be used with an activity that is not in
progress at a time in the future. It is common in spoken English
when the speaker wants to sound more polite or softer. It is an
alternative to:
Future  1) the non-progressive form of will (I'll pick Susie up early for
progressive a dentist appointment.) OR
 2) be going to (I'm going to pick Susie up early for a dentist
appointment.)
 I’ll be picking Susie up early for a dentist appointment.
  The FUTURE PERFECT expresses an activity that will be
completed before another time or event in the future.
 A. I will graduate in June. I will see you in July. By the time I see
you, I will have graduated.
Future perfect  Note the sentence pattern in (a) with by the time:
ADVERB CLAUSE: by the time + simple present
MAIN CLAUSE: future perfect
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
 The FlJTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE emphasizes the
duration of an activity that will be in progress before another
time or event in the future.
 B. I will go to bed at 10:00 P.M. Ed will get home at midnight. At
midnight I will be sleeping. I will have been sleeping for two
hours by the time Ed gets home.
 FUTURE  Sometimes the future perfect and the future perfect progressive
have the same meaning, as in (c). Also, notice that the activity
PERFECT expressed I by either of these two tenses may begin in the past.
PROGRESSIV  When Professor Jones retires next month, he will have taught OR
will have been teaching for 45 years.
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