Future Tenses

Hi everyone!
To continue with our task, today we are going to review Future Tenses in English.

 

1. Future Simple

Form:

• Afirmative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb will and the main verb in its base form.
• Interrogative: Will precedes here the Subject, which is followed by the main verb in its base form.
• Negative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb will, the negative particle not and the main verb in its base form.

	1St / 2nd Sing	3rd Sing	1st /2nd /3rd Plu
Afirmative	I/You will work	He/She/It will work	You/We/They will work
Negative	I/You won't work	He/She/It won't work	You/We/They won't work
Interrogative	Will I/You work?	Will He/She/It work?	Will You/We/They work?

Use:

• Predictions and future facts.
  Robots will be more developed in the future.
• An appointed timetable.
  Maths lesson will start at 2 p.m.
• A spontaneous decision we decide while talking.
  My bike has just broken. I will buy a new one tomorrow.

Time Expressions

this evening/morning/afternoon.., in an hour, in two hours..., at _ o'clock, later, tomorrow, next month/week/year..., soon, in a few weeks/months/years..., in the future, on the 1^st , 27^th ... May/ April/September...

2. Be going to

Form:

• Afirmative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb to be inflected in the correct form of the Present simple, followed by the verb go in the ing form, then the preposition to and the main verb in the base form.
• Negative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb to be inflected in the correct form of the Present Simple, the negative particle not, followed by the verb go in the ing form, then the preposition to and the main verb in the base form.
• Interrogative: The Auxiliary Verb to be inflected in the correct form of the Present simple, then the Subject followed by the verb go in the ing form, then the preposition to and the main verb in the base form.

	1St / 2nd Sing	3rd Sing	1st /2nd /3rd Plu
Afirmative	I am going to work You are going to work	He/She/It is going to work	You/We/They are going to work
Negative	I am not going to work You arenot going to work	He/She/It is not going to work	You/We/They are not going to work
Interrogative	Am I going to work? Are you going to work?	Is He/She/It going to work?	Are You/We/They going to work?

Use:

• A planned action for the future. It is used to express purposes, plans and decisions that will happen in a near future.
  I am going to study English philology.
• An action that is about to happen. There is some evidence about it.
  She is going to New York City (she is in the airport).
  Time expressions
  this evening/morning/afternoon.., in an hour, in two hours..., at _ o'clock, later, tomorrow, next month/week/year..., soon, in a few weeks/months/years..., on the 1^st , 27^th ... May/ April/September...

3. Future Continuous

Form:

• Afirmative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb be in the Future Simple Form (will be) and the main verb ending in ing.
• Interrogative: Will precedes here the Subject, which is followed by the Auxiliary Verb be and the main verb ending in ing.
• Negative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb be in the Future Simple Form (will be), the negative particle and the main verb ending in ing.

	1St / 2nd Sing	3rd Sing	1st /2nd /3rd Plu
Afirmative	I/You will be working	He/She/It will be working	You/We/They will be working
Negative	I/You won't be working	He/She/It won't be working	You/We/They won't be working
Interrogative	Will I/You be working?	Will He/She/It be working?	Will You/We/They be working?

Use

• An action in progress at a certain future time.
  Tomorrow at 7 p.m, I will be taking my exam.
  Time expressions
  at this time tomorrow, tomorrow at _, next..., on Thursday, Wednesday..., in the nex year, decade...

4. Future Perfect Simple

Form:

• Afirmative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb have in the Future Simple Form (will have) and the main verb in the past participle.
• Interrogative: Will precedes here the Subject, which is followed by the Auxiliary Verb have and the main verb in the past participle.
• Negative: Subject here is followed by the Auxiliary Verb have in the Future Simple Form (will have), the negative particle and the main verb in the past participle.

	1St / 2nd Sing	3rd Sing	1st /2nd /3rd Plu
Afirmative	I/You will have worked	He/She/It will have worked	You/We/They will have worked
Negative	I/You won't have worked	He/She/It won't have worked	You/We/They won't have worked
Interrogative	Will I/You have worked?	Will He/She/It have worked?	Will You/We/They have worked?

Use

• To indicate that an action will be finisihed in the future.
  I will have returned from London by this time next week.

Time expressions

by this time next week/year..., by _ o'clock, by the end of..., by then, by August, May..., in four, five... months, years, weeks,days...

5. Present Continuous

We can use the Present Continuous with future value to announce fixed actions that will take place in the near future. It is usually used with personal plans already fixed. It does not express a purpose, as be going to, but something that has been fixed in the past and that it is sure to happen. We can differentiate it from the Present value because of the time expression that is in the sentence, which in this case indicate future.

He is taking driving lessons tomorrow.

 CLASS ACTIVITY: This activity is recommended for groups of at least, 10 people. You have here ten different verbs. Construct a sentence using any of the tenses that you have just reviewed. Time expressions are recommended to use.

As usually we get really confused on what of these tenses choose because of their similarities, I would like you to see this video in which the differences between WILL and GOING TO are explained.

These are the exercises I have selected for you on this theme!
Future Forms
Fill the Gap

Finally, if you really want to practice the contents here explained, I hardly recommend you to write a composition about your plans for next summer (about 80-120 words).

Enjoy!!