Future forms

Rules of using future forms 1

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Spontaneous action

I will help you. - Future Simple

200

Future action is fixed, it's a timetable

The film starts at 8.00 pm tomorrow. - Present Simple

300

Arrangement

I am playing football with my friends on Saturday. - Present Continuous.

400

Prediction about the far future

New York will become a beautiful city in 100 years time. - Future Simple

500

Something happening before and after a specific time in the future

I will be watching a football match at 7 tomorrow. Can you call me later? - Future Continuous

Rules of using future forms 2

100

Plan

I am going to have party.

I am having a party on Friday. - Be going to or Present Continuous

200

Predictions based on evidence

He is going to fall. I see a big hole in front of him. - Be going to

300

Promise

I will send you my work today. - Future Simple

400

Intention

He is going to travel a lot this year. - Be going to

500

Instead of the present continuous or be going to when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions

They will be coming to see us next week. - Future Continuous

Rules of using future forms 3

100

To make an offer

We will send you an email.

200

To mean want to or be willing to

I hope you will come to my birthday party.

300

Express beliefs about the future

It will be a nice day tomorrow.

400

This tense refers to a completed action in the future

By the time we get there, the film will have started. - Future Perfect

500

This form is used to project ourselves forward in time and to look back

I will have been waiting here for two hours by ten o'clock. - Future Perfect Continuous

Future forms in the context 1

100

Look out! The tree ................. (fall)!

Look out! The tree is going to fall!

200

According to this timetable, the train .......... (arrive) at 12.00.

According to this timetable, the train arrives at 12.00.

300

Great news! Jean and Chris ..... (come) to stay with us.

Great news! Jean and Chris are coming to stay with us.

400

If we don't get there by 6.00, Jack ................. (leave)

If we don't get there by 6.00, Jack will have left.

500

As soon as we ...............(get) there, we................ (phone) for a taxi.

As soon as we get there, we will phone for a taxi.

Future forms in the context 2

100

I ........ (might / stay) at home tonight or I ....... (might / go) to the cinema.

I might stay at home tonight or I might go to the  cinema.

200

I'll come home when ................ (finish) work.

I'll come home when I finish work.

300

I .......................... (fly) to New York at that time tomorrow.

I will be flying to New York at that time tomorrow.

400

We ......................... ( take) all the exams by the end of this week.

We will have taken all the exams by the end of this week.

500

When I come at 6:00, ............... (practice) long?

When I come at 6.00, will you have been practicing long?