FUTURE TENSES
FUTURE SIMPLE
Future Simple
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
BE GOING TO…
to be going to…
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FUTURE TENSES

1. FUTURE TENSES

2. FUTURE SIMPLE

• for predictions about the future
• for promises
• for spontaneous decisions
• for threats
• for hopes, fears, offers, requests etc.
• for things we are not sure about

3. Future Simple

will
shall
V
She will fly to Germany.

4. FUTURE CONTINUOUS

• for actions which will be in progress
at a stated future time
• for actions which will definitely
happen in the future as a result of a
routine or arrangement
• when we ask politely about
someone’s plans for the near future

5. FUTURE CONTINUOUS

will
be
-ing
She will be flying to Germany.

6. FUTURE PERFECT

• for an action which will be finished before a
stated future time
USEDWITH:
• by
• by then
• before
• by the time
• until/till

7. FUTURE PERFECT

will
have
V3
She will have flown to Germany.

8. BE GOING TO…

• to talk about our future plans and
intentions
• to make predictions based on what
we see or know
• to talk about things we are sure
about or we have already decided
to do in the near future

9. to be going to…

to be
going
to V
She is going to fly to Germany.

10.

PRESENT
SIMPLE
• Timetables
• Programmes
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
• Fixed
arrangements
for the near
future

11.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
to be
-ing
She is flying to Germany.
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