FUTURE MEANING William Wordsworth Life is divided into

FUTURE MEANING

William Wordsworth “Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future. ”

Tenses

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

The present simple • Can express future meaning! • Use: timetables and programmes • Example: The race starts at five.

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

The present continuous • Can express future meaning! • Use: arrangements and fixed plans • Example: We are visiting London.

Exercise!

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to

Will / going to • Difference: • Going to → opinion / intention (of the speaker or subject) • Example: “I am going to play outside. ”

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

Future continuous Example: An hour from now he will be lying in the hospital. Form: will + be + present participle (ing -form) Use: Something that will happen between two future points in time

Future continuous Example: At ten o’clock tonight she will be meeting her boyfriend. Form: will + be + present participle (ing -form) Use: an arrangement

Exercise!

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

The future perfect Example: He will have prepared by the time he leaves the house. Form: will + have+ past participle (-ed or irregular) Use: An action that will happen before another action in the future

The future perfect Example: His wife will have made dinner, by the time he returns.

The future perfect Example: By the time he leaves the bar, he (to drink) a lot.

The future perfect Example: By the time he leaves the bar, he will have drunk a lot.

The future perfect Example: By tomorrow, he will have slept well. Form: will + have+ past participle (-ed or irregular) Use: An action that will happen before a specific time in the future.

The future perfect Example: The baby (to destroy) the book in 5 minutes.

The future perfect Example: The baby will have destroyed the book in 5 minutes.

Exercise!

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

Expressing future meaning 1) What you already know: • Present simple • Present continuous • Future simple: will / going to 2) What is new: • The future continuous • The future perfect continuous

The future perfect continuous Example: By the end of the night, he will have been performing for five hours. Form: will + have+ been + present participle (ing-form) Use: Stress on duration

The future perfect continuous Example: In October, he (to work) here for five years.

The future perfect continuous Example: In October, he will have been working here for five years.

Exercise!