Future forms

Future Forms

Use:

1. Be going to

• Plans

• Predictions (with evidence)

2. Will

Use:

• Sudden decisions

Form:

• Predictions (without evidence)

• Promises

• For offers and requests

• For threats

• After certain expressions

Time expressions used with WILL / BE GOING TO

• TOMORROW / THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

• NEXT WEEK / MONTH / YEAR, ETC.

• AT THE WEEKEND

• LATER / SOON / IN SHORT

• IN A FEW MINUTES / IN JUNE

• IN AN HOUR, IN A WEEK, IN FIVE YEARS TIME

• IN THE FUTURE

3. SHALL and SHOULD

Use:

• SHALL is used for suggestions and offers

Form:

• They are modal verbs, so they are followed by an infinitive, without 'to' (shall be / should come)

• SHOULD is used for predictions (similar to WILL) when we are not 100% sure

• Shall is normally used in questions, with the pronouns I and we

• Shall we meet for a coffee?

Use:

4. Future Continuous

• Actions in progress at a specific time in the future

Form:

• Future plans

Time expressions: At 5 p.m. tomorrow This time tomorrow / next week / next month, etc.

5. Future Perfect Simple

Use:

• Actions that will be completed BY or before a specific time in the future.

Form:

• To talk about how long an action will have lasted for at a point of time in the future.

Time expressions: BY + the end of the week / month / year / day By this time tomorrow / by 2045

Use:

6. Future Perfect Continuous

• Events or situations that will happen over a period of time (we focus on the process between a point in the past and a point in the future)

Form:

Time expressions: BY + the end of the week / month / year / dayBy this time tomorrow / by 2045

7. Other Future Forms

Use:

Timetabled events

Plans in the near future

Fortune Teller

• In ten years' time, you will win the lottery

Let's see into the future....

• And you will be travelling in a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean

Fill in with the correct form of WILL or BE GOING TO and the verbs in brackets:

1. Have you got any plans for tomorrow? / Yes, I ___________________ (visit) my grandparents.
2. Why is she learning Spanish?/ She __________________ (travel) to Spain
3. We are thirsty. / Wait here. I __________________ (get) some water.
4. Meat or fish? I __________________ (have) some fish, please.
5. What do you want the keys for? / I __________________ (close) the door.
6. If you don't take a taxi, you ________________ (arrive) on time.
7. Why do you want so many oranges? I __________________ (make) an orange juice.
8. Oh! I haven't got enough money to pay! / Don't worry. I __________________ (lend) you some.
9. We need one more player. / ___________ you _________ (play) with us tomorrow?
10. Why are you switching on the TV? / I _____________ (watch) a football match.

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¡QUIZ!

Complete the sentences with the future continuous or the future perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions.

1. ___________________ (you / retire) by the time you're 60?
2. Next year, I ___________________(study) maths at university.
3. Hurry up! The film ___________________(start) soon.
4. There won't be anyone in the office. Everyone ___________________(go) home.
5. Julie ___________________(not work) this time next week. She'll be on holiday!
6. I'm only halfway through my homework. I ___________________(not finish) it before the teacher arrives.
7. Do you think that Les ___________________(fix) the car by tomorrow?
8. Don't phone me before 8 o'clock, we ___________________(have) dinner.