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FUTURE FORMS AND USES. 1BACHILLERATO

Forms

will-futuregoing to-

future

Simple PresentPresent

Progressive

Future

Progressive

Future Perfect

will + infinitive

to be

(am, are, is) +

going to +

infinitive

Base form

3rd person

singular (he,

she, it)

infinitive + -s

to be

(am, are, is) +

infinitive + -ing

will + be +

infinitive + -ing

will + have +

past participle

Use We use the PRESENT SIMPLE for something scheduled or arranged:

We have a lesson next Monday.

The train arrivesat 6.30 in the morning.

We can use THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS for plans or arrangements:Im playing football tomorrow.

They are coming to see us tomorrow.

We use WILL to talk about the future:a) When we makepredictions:

It will be a nice day tomorrow.

I think Brazil will win the World Cup.

b) To mean want to or be willing to: IntentionsI hope you will come to my party.

George says he will help us.

c) To makeoffersand promises:I'll see you tomorrow.

We'll send you an email.

d) To talk about offers and promises:Tim will be at the meeting.

Mary will help with the cooking.

We use(BE) GOING TO:

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a) To talk about plans and intentions:Im going to drive to work today.

They are going to move to Manchester.

b) When we can see that something is likely to happen, when we seeevidence.

Be careful! You are going to fall.

Look at those black clouds. I think its going to rain.

We often use verbs like WOULD LIKE, PLAN, WANT, MEAN, HOPE, EXPECTto talk about the future:

What are you going to do next year? Id like to go to University.

We plan to go to France for our holidays.

George wants to buy a new car.

We use MODALS MAY, MIGHT, and COULD when we are not sure about thefuture:

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

We could see Mary at the meeting. She sometimes goes.

Clauses with TIME WORDS:In clauses with time words like WHEN, AFTER, and UNTIL we often use a present tense

formto talk about the future:

Ill come home when I finish work.

You must wait here until your father comes.

They are coming after they have had dinner.

CLAUSES WITH IF:In clauses with ifwe often use a present tense form to talk about the future:

We wont be able to go out if it rains.

If Barcelona win tomorrow they will be champions.

We use the FUTURE CONTINUOUS to talk about something that will be inprogress at or around a time in the future.

Dont phone grandma now, shell be having dinner.

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The kids are very quiet. Theyll be doing something wrong, I know it!

These sentences are not about the future but we can use the future continuous to talk

about what we assume is happening at the moment.

We use the FUTURE PERFECT to say that something will be finished by aparticular time in the future.

Do you think you will have finished it by next Thursday?

In 5 years time Ill have finished university and Ill be able to earn some money at

last.

We often use the future perfect with by or in

By means not later than a particular time and in means 'within a period of time. We

dont know exactly when something will finish.