Future tenses
Miss Karen Vargas
In English we don’t have
ONE future tense. We
use several forms to talk
about different ideas
about the future
Will Future
• We use will to make offers,
promises and predictions. We
use will when there is no prior
plan or decision to do something
before we speak. We make the
decision at the time of speaking.
Offer:
1.- I will help you to study maths.
2.- I will help you with the homework.
Promise:
1.- I will always love you!
2.- Mom, I will call you when I arrive to the party.
Prediction:
1.- It will rain tomorrow
2.- The fortune teller told me that I will win the
lottery.
Going to future
• We use the going to
future to talk about things
that we personally decided
to do in the future.
Examples
• I’m going to study Medicine at Universidad
Austral.
• He’s going to spend his summer vacations in
Viña del Mar.
• She’s going to the party on Friday night.
• I’m going to take French classes next year.
Present Continuous
• We use present continuous to
talk about things that we’ve
arranged to do in the future.
We know exactly when
they’re going to happend. It is
used in the near future.
Examples:
• He’s playing football this afternoon.
• She’s arriving tomorrow morning.
• I’m going to the party tonight.
• Are you working next week?
Present simple
•We use the present simple
to talk about future events
that are part of a schedule
or timetable.
Examples
• The plane arrives at 12 pm.
• The bus doesn’t arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11
PM.
• The train to London leaves at 6.15.
• What time does the movie begin tonight?
Future continuous
•We use the future
continuous to talk
about actions in
progress in the future.
• I will be waiting for you when your
bus arrives.
• He will be studying at the library tonight, so
he will not see Jennifer when she arrives.
• Don’t call me at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching the
soap opera.
We use the Future Continuous to indicate that a
longer action in the future will be interrupted by
a shorter action in the future
Future perfect simple
• We use the future perfect simple to
talk about completed actions in the
future. This time is used to indicate
that an action that is already
developed will be completed or
ended in a specific time in the
future.
Examples:
• By tomorrow I will have finished my book.
• By the time he gets home, she is going to have
cleaned the entire house.
• Will she have learned enough Chinese to
communicate before she moves to Beijing?
• How many countries are you going to have
visited by the time you turn 50?
Future perfect continuous
• We use the future perfect
continuous to say how long future
actions will have been in progress.
This tense emphasizes the
continuity of an event in a future
time. It is necessary to indicate the
duration of the action (one year,
two days, etc..)
Examples:
• She will have been working here for five
years when she leaves the company.
• I'll have been running for over an hour.
• He will be tired when he arrives. He will have
been travelling for 24 hours.
• By the next year, Ben and his wife will have
been living together for 50 years.
future be going to , present simple and present continuous

future be going to , present simple and present continuous

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  • 2.
    In English wedon’t have ONE future tense. We use several forms to talk about different ideas about the future
  • 3.
    Will Future • Weuse will to make offers, promises and predictions. We use will when there is no prior plan or decision to do something before we speak. We make the decision at the time of speaking.
  • 4.
    Offer: 1.- I willhelp you to study maths. 2.- I will help you with the homework. Promise: 1.- I will always love you! 2.- Mom, I will call you when I arrive to the party. Prediction: 1.- It will rain tomorrow 2.- The fortune teller told me that I will win the lottery.
  • 5.
    Going to future •We use the going to future to talk about things that we personally decided to do in the future.
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    Examples • I’m goingto study Medicine at Universidad Austral. • He’s going to spend his summer vacations in Viña del Mar. • She’s going to the party on Friday night. • I’m going to take French classes next year.
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    Present Continuous • Weuse present continuous to talk about things that we’ve arranged to do in the future. We know exactly when they’re going to happend. It is used in the near future.
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    Examples: • He’s playingfootball this afternoon. • She’s arriving tomorrow morning. • I’m going to the party tonight. • Are you working next week?
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    Present simple •We usethe present simple to talk about future events that are part of a schedule or timetable.
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    Examples • The planearrives at 12 pm. • The bus doesn’t arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM. • The train to London leaves at 6.15. • What time does the movie begin tonight?
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    Future continuous •We usethe future continuous to talk about actions in progress in the future.
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    • I willbe waiting for you when your bus arrives. • He will be studying at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she arrives. • Don’t call me at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching the soap opera. We use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future
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    Future perfect simple •We use the future perfect simple to talk about completed actions in the future. This time is used to indicate that an action that is already developed will be completed or ended in a specific time in the future.
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    Examples: • By tomorrowI will have finished my book. • By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house. • Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing? • How many countries are you going to have visited by the time you turn 50?
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    Future perfect continuous •We use the future perfect continuous to say how long future actions will have been in progress. This tense emphasizes the continuity of an event in a future time. It is necessary to indicate the duration of the action (one year, two days, etc..)
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    Examples: • She willhave been working here for five years when she leaves the company. • I'll have been running for over an hour. • He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours. • By the next year, Ben and his wife will have been living together for 50 years.