Future tenses
How can we form the future continuous?
With will/won’t+be+verb-ing
I……….…..(go) to California last year.
Went
At this time tomorrow, John……………….(fly) to Paris
Will be flying
They were all wearing long coats because the cold wind……………(blow) hard.
Was blowing
True/False: We use “be going to” to decide to do something at the moment of speaking, for example when we suddenly offer to do something for someone.
False
Used to or would
They……………work eight hours a day.
Would
Rachel and Sam …………(have) dinner tonight at 8:30 at Fredo’s. They booked a table yesterday.
Are having
Peter…………………(not see) his brother Jones for two years and he really wanted to see him again.
Hadn’t seen
Define.
When do we have to use the present simple for future?
With time expressions like when, as soon as, until, after and before. We cannot use will with these time expressions.And, to talk about the future when the action is part of a timetable or routine.
When so we have to use the past perfect continuous?
We use it to talk about actions that happened before another action or actions in the past. It gives importance to the duration of an activity.