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1. Tenses and Forms to Describe Future Events

TENSES AND FORMS
TO DESCRIBE FUTURE EVENTS

2. FUTURE SIMPLE (will + V1)

We express some action in the future, we
cannot change anything.
Ex. John will be 10 in May.
Spring will come soon.
We predict things.
Ex. I think it will rain tomorrow.
I am sure we won’t get the answer.
We decide to do something at the time of
speaking.
Ex. Don’t lift the suitcase. I’ll help you.

3. FUTURE SIMPLE (will + V1)

We express intentions, promises, invitations,
hopes, threats, etc. (probably, I hope, I
promise, may be, …)
Ex. I promise I’ll buy you a ring.
He will punish you.
Time markers!!!
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in
a week (month, …), next year, in 2015,
soon

4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS (am/is/are + Ving)

We talk about planned actions, near future
(often with the verbs of movement – go,
come, arrive, fly, move, open, etc.)
Ex. We are having a party tomorrow.
I’m leaving tomorrow.
My dad is flying to Paris tonight.
We can use Continuous forms of “see” and
“hear” in the meaning of “meet” and “learn”.
Ex. I’m seeing the dentist tomorrow.

5. PRESENT SIMPLE (V/ Vs(es))

We talk about timetables.
Ex. The train leaves at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
When does the film start?
We mention conditions (Conditional Type 1).
Ex. When Mother gets money, she will buy me
a new bike.
Present Simple (clauses of time and condition)
Future Simple (main clause)
With the words: as soon as, when, if, in case, till,
until, etc.

6. BE GOING to + INFINITIVE

We can see something on the way to happen.
Ex. Look at the clouds! It’s going to rain.
A plan or personal intention.
Ex. Bill is going to sell his car.
What are you going to do at Christmas?

7. Choose the right form:

1. Next year he will be/ is five.
2. Tomorrow it will be/ is warm with a few showers.
3. If you come/ will come there first, keep a seat for
me.
4. I hope you aren’t staying up/ won’t stay up late.
5. I am taking/ will take my exams tomorrow.
6. The train from Liverpool will arrive/ arrives at
7.30.
7. I play/ am playing football tomorrow.
8. Alec is going to write/ is writing a letter to his
parents in the evening.

8. FUTURE CONTINUOUS (will be + Ving)

We talk about a certain time or a period of
time in the future.
Ex. I’ll be working in the library at 10 tomorrow.
I will be buttering the bread while you are
slicing the tomatoes.
Time markers!!!
At 3 p.m. tomorrow, at this time
tomorrow, all night, during holidays,
from 8 till 12 tomorrow, etc.

9. FUTURE PERFECT (will have V3)

We speak about an action completed by a
certain moment in the future.
Ex. I think she’ll have finished the essay by
Monday.
By the time you get back Mike will have left.
Time markers!!!
By 3 p.m. tomorrow, by next summer,
by this time tomorrow, by the time +
Present Simple, etc.

10. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (will have been + Ving)

We speak about an action lasting for a period
of time up or including a certain future
moment.
Ex. By five o’clock I’ll have been doing this
crossword puzzle for two hours.
By the time he arrives in London Max will
have been driving for nearly five hours.
Time markers!!!
By, for

11. Future Tenses in Indirect Speech

Future Tenses
Will +V 1
Future Tenses in
Indirect Speech
Would + V1
Will be + Ving
Would be + Ving
Am/ is/ are + Ving
Will have + V3
Will have been + Ving
Was/ Were + Ving
Would have + V3
Would have been+ Ving

12. Open the brackets:

1. I (take) ___________ my sun-glasses in case
it is sunny.
2. You don’t work in class! I (phone) _________
your mother about this.
3. I (watch) _____________ TV from 8 o’clock
to midnight.
4. I think you (like) _____________ Nick when
you meet him.
5. They (move) ____________to a new flat next
week.

13. Open the brackets:

6. This time tomorrow I (lie) ______________on
the beach.
7. Look at the sun! It (go) ______________ to be
a hot day tomorrow.
8. By the end of the summer he (teach)
__________________ me to work with the
computer.
9. As soon as I (hear)__________ the results I
(let) _______________ you know.
10. I (have)_____________ another English
lesson this week.

14. Open the brackets:

11. Autumn has come. The trees (lose)________
their leaves in a few weeks.
12. By the time you (get) _________________,
Simon (leave) ______________________.
13. Look out! We (go) _____________________
to hit the car in front.
14. By the time I (qualify) _________________I
(study) ___________________law for 6 years.
15. We were anxious if the police
(find)_____________ the criminal.