Future forms

Present Continuous for future use

We use the present continuous to talk about short term plan or arrangements.

-I’m doing my homework tonight

Future Continuous

We use it to talk about:

·         Take place over a period of time.

-          I’ll be visiting my grandmother.

·         Have already been planned.

-          We’ll be leaving on day after Christmas.

Future Perfect Simple

We use it to talk about something that will be completed by a specific moment in the future:

·         Affirmative

-          I/he/she/it/we/you/they +will + have + past participle

-          I’ll have been here for six hours.

·         Negative

-          I/he/she/it/we/you/they + won’t + have + past participle

-          She won’t have arrived yet.

·         Questions

-          Will + I/he/she/it/we/you/they + have + past participle

-          Will you have finished by midday?

Will

We use it to:

·         Make predictions or give opinions about the future.

-          It will be really hot this summer

·         Express spontaneous decisions made at the moment of speaking.

-          I think I’ll read this book next.

Going to

We use it to:

·         Talk about our plans and intentions.

-          I’m going to see Shakira at the Arena tonight

·         Make predictions based on evidence at the time of speaking.

-          The sky is clear. The weather is going to be nice.