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Future tenses

Future tenses. Future simple. A spontaneous decision Don’t worry. I’ll buy the tickets . A suggestion/offer/request Will you call the ticket office ? A prediction or warning You’ll be sick if you go on that ride . Willingness or refusal to do something

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Future tenses

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  1. Future tenses

  2. Future simple • A spontaneous decision Don’t worry. I’ll buy the tickets. • A suggestion/offer/request Will you call the ticket office? • A prediction or warning You’ll be sick if you go on that ride. • Willingness or refusal to do something I’ll help you with your homework but I won’t do it for you. • Opinion/speculation about the future (think, know, expect suppose, be sure, probably) I’m sure she will enjoy her visit to Washington. • Information about the future. The exam will take place in June.

  3. Future continuous • When we know an action will be in progress at a certain time in the future I’ll be watching the baseball game between 3:00 and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. • A future action that has been prearranged My cousins will be visiting us in the summer.

  4. Be going to • A future plan I am going to study abroad next year • A prediction based on a current situation Look at the sky. There’s going to be a storm soon.

  5. Future perfect simple • An activity that will be completed by a certain time in the future. By next week, I will have finished my project.

  6. Future perfect continuous • An activity that has already begun and will still be in progress by a specific time in the future. By August, I will have been working in this job for three years.

  7. Present simple and present continuous • A planned future action connected with a schedule, programme, or journey. The film starts at 7:oo p.m • Arrangements of fixed plans We are planning to visit my grandparents this weekend.

  8. Temporals + present simple / present perfect to refer to the future • Before • After • When • While • Until • Till • Once • as long as • As soon as • By the time • The moment that

  9. Time expressions • Future simple, present continuous, be going to Tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week/month/year, in two weeks, in a week’s time, in March, later, soon, one day.

  10. Future continuous This time next week/month, tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week/month/year, in two weeks, in a week’s time, in March, later, soon, one day. • Future perfect simple/continuous By the end of the week/2015, this summer

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