Ways of expressing future

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FUTURE
TENSES

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FUTURE SIMPLE
WE USE IT FOR:
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Far future - you can’t do anything about it.
Personal opinions about the future
Predictions without firm evidence
Spontaneous decisions or offers (while
speaking)
Future facts and first conditionals
Requests, wishes, promises, hopes, threats
EXAMPLES:
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She will buy a laptop tomorrow.
I will give him a nice gift.
They will not help you.
She will not go to a college.
Will she marry him?
Will he call me tomorrow?
SIGNAL WORDS
probably , maybe, perhaps, likely, one day, in the future, in 2050, I think/believe/expect, in my opinion, I’m sure, I’m
afraid, I hope, wish, promise...

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WE USE IT FOR:
★ Actions in progress at a specific or certain
time in the future - already planned or
routines
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
EXAMPLES:
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They will be making preparations for their
exam
They will not be getting salary for their job.
Will the boys be eating their meals?
Will you be cooking some food?
They will not be working there.
I will be writing a report.
SIGNAL WORDS
(at) this time next (week), in (6
months’) time, next (weekend), at (8)
this (evening), in (20) years

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FUTURE PERFECT
EXAMPLES:
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WE USE IT FOR:
★ Actions completed by
specific or certain
time in the future
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He will have completed his project by Saturday
The snow will have stopped by April.
By tomorrow, their life will have changed
completely.
Next week you will have had this car for twenty five
years!
Will you have perfected your English by the time you
come back from the U.S.?
SIGNAL WORDS
by 2030, by the end of (the year), by now, by then, by (five years), by the time (you)..., this time
tomorrow, in (ten years’) time, in (four months), soon

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Other ways to
express future
Present continuous
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I’m visiting my
grandparents next
week.
We’re playing video
games in Michael’s
house.
My dad and I are
watching the new TV
series today.
Present simple
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What time do you
finish tomorrow?
The conference
finishes at 2.30
The play doesn’t start
until 10, so we have
plenty of time
Be going to
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Look! That car is
going to crash.
She passed the
exam. She’s going
to university.
I’m going to have
dinner with my
family tonight.

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Future tenses
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I ______(not tell) anyone your secret.
In fifty years’ time this pond ______(disappear).
This time next month, we ______ (skii) in Italy.
My friends and I _______ (go) to the cinema at 6 p.m.
I don’t think there ______(be) flying cars in the future.
They ______(not hear) the news by then.
In twenty years, many animal species ______(become) extinct.
The weather forecast says it ________(snow) tomorrow night.
A: It’s so cold in here!
B: I _______(close) the window.
10. _____ you ______(go) to the shop with me?