REVIEW: Future Forms

REVIEW

Future Forms

Be going to

We use this form to talk about:

• General Plans and intentions
• Things we have already decided to do in the future

All the evidence suggests the situation is going to get better.

Will/Won't

We use this form to talk about:

• General predictions based on our opinion
• Decisions we have made at the moment of speaking
• Future Facts

I think cellphones will dissapear in 20 years.

Present Continuous

We use this form to talk about:

• Fixed future arrangements (appoinments, plans that have been confirmed)

We're seeing Ed Sheeran in concert next Sunday.

Present Simple

We use this form:

• to talk about Timetables and Schedule events
• With expressions like when, as soon as, by the time, until, after and before

Our train gets in at 7:15 am. So, we should leave home early.

Future Continuous

We use this form to talk about:

• Activities in progress at a particular time in the future

At this time next Monday, I'll be taking the FCE.

Future Perfect Simple

We use this form:

• to talk about activities that will be finishedby a certain time in the future

By the end of the morning, I will have finished the report.

Future Perfect Continuous

We use this form to talk about:

• How long an activity has been in progress before a particular moment in the future.

By 8 pm, I'll have been revising history for five hours!

Be on the point/verge of

We use this form to talk about:

• Something that is going to happen very soon

Scientists are on the verge of finding out why the sumersible Titan imploded.