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a).- SPONTANEOUS DECISIONS
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
5. Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
The Future Progressive is used:
to refer to an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future
5. This time next Saturday, we will be sitting by a pool in the sun.
6. Carl’s flight leaves at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
7. I’m visiting my aunt in London this weekend.
5. This time next Saturday, we will be sitting by a pool in the sun.
The Present Progressive is used:
to refer to personal plans and arrangements
5. This time next Saturday, we will be sitting by a pool in the sun.
6. Carl’s flight leaves at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
7. I’m visiting my aunt in London this weekend.
7. I’m visiting my aunt in London this weekend.
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B: Actually, on Wednesday. Your flight is about to
arrive / arrives at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning.
A: Oh, yeah, you’re right.
arrives
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4. A: When are you going to buy /
will you have bought the tickets to Moscow,
Robert?
are you going to buy
B).- PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
5. Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
The Future Perfect Simple is used:
to refer to an action that will be completed before
a specific time or another action in the future
1. The plane is about to take off. Please turn off your
electronic devices.
2. By the end of this summer, I will have made my decision.
3. I’m going to travel by train, because I don’t think it’s as tiring as travelling by car.
2. By the end of this summer, I will have made my decision.
The Present Simple is used:
to refer to official programs and timetables
4. By next March, I will have been working as a
receptionist for five years.
5. This time next Saturday, we will be sitting by a pool in the sun.
6. Carl’s flight leaves at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
6. Carl’s flight leaves at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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options.
A: I think I ’ll get / get a coffee instead of an
orange juice.
’ll get
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options.
B: I buy / will buy them as soon as I get / will get
paid.
will buy
get
C).- PROMISES
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
5. Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
The Future Perfect Progressive is used:
to show the duration of an action up to a certain point
of time in the future
2. By the end of this summer, I will have made my decision.
3. I’m going to travel by train, because I don’t think it’s as tiring as travelling by car.
4. By next March, I will have been working as a
receptionist for five years.
4. By next March, I will have been working as a
receptionist for five years.
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options.
1. A: So Joey, how long have you been in Japan?
B: Well, now that I think of it, I will live / will have
been living in Japan for two years this winter.
will have been living
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B: OK, just hurry up. Our train will be leaving /
is about to leave.
is about to leave
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5. A: In about 15 minutes, I will have been driving /
will be driving for five hours!
B: Let’s make a stop somewhere.
will have been driving
C).- OFFERS AND REQUESTS
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
5. Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
The Future going to is used:
to refer to intentions or decisions that have already
been made or predictions based on evidence
2. By the end of this summer, I will have made my decision.
3. I’m going to travel by train, because I don’t think it’s as tiring as travelling by car.
4. By next March, I will have been working as a
receptionist for five years.
3. I’m going to travel by train, because I don’t think it’s as tiring as travelling by car.
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options.
A: Wow, time flies! I can’t believe I will have come /
’m coming to see you next week. Just think
about it.
’m coming
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3. A: I ’m going to drop by / will have dropped by
Peter’s house at around four this afternoon.
Do you want to come?
’m going to drop by
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options.
A: We can’t. I’m afraid we won’t make /
won’t have made it to Oxford in time for the
wedding.
won’t make
C).- THREATS AND WARNINGS
1. That restaurant is very noisy and crowded. I think I’ll grab a sandwich instead.
2. A: Will you help me look for my passport?
B: Sure! I’ll look through your desk drawers.
3. I give you my word that I will visit you this summer.
4. It will probably be a cold winter this year.
5. Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
5.- Get to the gate on time or else you’ll miss your flight.
The expression be (just) about to + base form is used:
to refer to an action that will happen very soon
1. The plane is about to take off. Please turn off your electronic devices.
2. By the end of this summer, I will have made my decision.
3. I’m going to travel by train, because I don’t think it’s as tiring as travelling by car.
1. The plane is about to take off. Please turn off your electronic devices.
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This time next Tuesday we
will be walking / will have been walking
down the streets of Tokyo together!
will be walking
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options.
B: Oh, OK. Sure. I will have finished /
will have been finishing work by then.
will have finished
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options.
6. A: Will you have travelled / Will you be
travelling around Latin America next month?
B: No. I won’t have been leaving / ’m not leaving
until the end of May.
6. Will you be travelling,
’m not leaving