Future Tenses

1.

FUTURE
TENSES
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2. Future simple -WILL

WILL
I
will
Verb
(infinitive)
open
Complement
the
window
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3. WILL

WILL
I
NOT
Won’t
Verb
(infinitive)
Complement
open
the
window
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4. WILL

WILL
Will
Verb (infinitive)
I
open
Complement
the
window
?
?
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5. WILL

• A decision at the moment of speaking:
Julie: There's no milk.
John: Really? In that case, I'll go and get some.
• A prediction based on opinion:
I think the Conservatives will win the next election
• A future fact:
The sun will rise at 7am
• For promises / requests / refusals / offers:
I'll help you tomorrow, if you like.
Will you give me a hand?
I will give up smoking!
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6. Be+going to

Verb to be
(present)
He
is
Going to
going to
Verb
infinitive
meet
C
his
friend
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7. Be+going to

Verb to be
(present)
NOT
He
Isn´t
Going to
going to
Verb infinitive
meet
C
his
friend
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8. Be+going to

Verb to be
(present)
Is
Going to
he
going to
Verb
infinitive
meet
C?
his
friend?
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9. Be+going to

• Planned action in the future:
Next year she is going to study english.
• A prediction based on something we
can see (or hear) now.
Look at those boys playing football!
They're going to break the window.
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10. Present continuos

• definite future arrangements (with
a future time word). In this case we
have already made a plan and we
are pretty sure that the event will
happen in the future.
– I'm meeting my father tomorrow.
– We're going to the beach at the
weekend.
– I'm leaving at three.
– They're coming to the party at the
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