Expressing Future TimeExpressing Future Time
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For Expressing the future we For Expressing the future we can usecan use::
Future simpleFuture simple
Going toGoing to
Present continuousPresent continuous
Future perfectFuture perfect
Future continuousFuture continuous
Future simpleFuture simpleWe use will + infinitive for things
we decide to do as we are speaking.
Bye John! I`ll call you later.
Will you help me with my
homework?
We use going to + infinitive for things we have already decided to do before speaking.
I am going to make John's birthday cake.
Who are you going to invite to the party?
Going toGoing to
Present continuousPresent continuousWe use present continuous for things
we have already agreed to do, usually with somebody else (arrangements).
I am meeting some friends after school.
3.00 PM meeting friends
We`ve booked the flight. We are flying to Florida in July.
I don`t know how to use this camera.It`s easy. I…………….......you. (show)
Why are you filling that bucket with water?
I ................................... the car. (wash)
Oh, I`ve just realized. I haven`t got any money.
Haven`t you? Well, don`t worry. I …………………… you some. (lend)
`ll show
Am going to wash
`ll lend
Future continuousFuture continuousFuture continuous is used to describe a
situation in the future at a particular time.
Tonight at 6.00 PM, I will be eating dinner.
I am going to start earlier (5.50 PM) and I will be in the process of eating dinner at 6.00 PM.
This time tomorrow I will be flying to Hawai.
The plane will took off at 8.00 AM and I will be in the process of flying at _____ AM
FutureFuture perfectperfectWe use future perfect to talk about action
that will be completed in the future.
I will have graduated from university by 2021.
2018? 2019? 2020?
The builder says he will have finished the roof by Saturday. Saturday:
I have already finished!
Vicky goes to school every day. Vicky goes to school every day. She leaves home at 7.15 AM. She leaves home at 7.15 AM.
At 7.00 AM
a)She`ll be leaving the houseb)She`ll be at homec)She`ll have left the housed)He`ll be having breakfast.
Vicky leaves home at 7.15 AM and Vicky leaves home at 7.15 AM and arrives at school at 7.35 AM.arrives at school at 7.35 AM.
At 7.20 AM
a)She`ll be leaving the houseb)She`ll have left the housec)She`ll have arrived at schoold)She`ll be arriving at school
Vicky arrives at school at 7.35 AM. Vicky arrives at school at 7.35 AM. Her English lesson starts at 7.45 Her English lesson starts at 7.45 AM.AM.
At 8.00 AM
a)She`ll be speaking Englishb)She`ll start speaking Englishc)She`ll have started speaking Englishd)She`ll be arriving at school
BibliographyBibliographyhttp://www.englishpage.com/verb
page/verbtenseintro.html (23.5.2012)
Solutions Intermediate Students book
Raymond Murphy: English Grammar in Use
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