FUTURE TENSES Future simple will infinitive USES GENERAL

FUTURE TENSES

Future simple (will + infinitive) USES GENERAL PREDICTIONS (I think/I don´t think) Real Madrid Football Team won´t win the league. DECISIONS TAKEN AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING I like your new sweater! I will buy one! PROMISES I will study more for the next exam. TIMETABLES The exam will start at 8: 00 o´clock.

BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE USES PREDICITIONS BASED ON EVIDENCE. Look at those black clouds! It is going to rain. PLANS She is going to visit her family next Christmas. She bought the plane tickets yesterday.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS USES PLANS/INMEDIATE FUTURE I´m having dinner with my grandparents tonight.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS (will be +ving) USES TO EXPRESS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE DOING AT A SPECIFIC TIME IN THE FUTURE. At this time tomorrow, I will be teaching English.

FUTURE PERFECT (will have + participle) USES TO SAY THAT AN ACTION WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FUTURE By this time tomorrow, you will have learnt the future tenses in English.

EXTRA PRACTICE Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Future tenses The concert. . . . . (start) at exactly 10 o’clock. We certainly. . . . . (not finish) all the work by this time tomorrow. Anne. . . . . (invite) some of her friends for dinner after work. What. . . . . you. . . . . (do) at the weekend? The phone is ringing! I (answer) ……………. it! This time tomorrow she (study) ……………. . for her English exam.

KEY TO EXTRA PRACTICE will start (timetable) Will not have finished ( a completed action in the future) Is going to invite (plan) Are you going to do (plan) Will answer (instant decision) Will be studying (say what you will be doing at a specific time in the future)