Mastering Future Tenses for Effective Communication
Explore different future tenses including Will Future, Going to Future, Present Continuous, Present Simple, and Be about to. Understand how to express future intentions, arrangements, predictions, and inevitable facts. Enhance your language skills with in-depth examples and explanations.
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Expressing future actions Will Future will + infinitive Going to Future be + going to + infinitive Present Continuous be + ing form Present Simple simple present form Be about to + infinitive
Future with will Making a spontaneous decision You don t remember this. Ok, I ll explain it again. Future as an inevitable fact. The world population will reach 8 billion in 2024. The effects of climate change will become irreversible To make requests, promises and offers Will you keep quiet, please? Don t worry! I ll help you.
BE GOING TO We use it to express a future intention or plan. World leaders are going to meet again in April. something you see coming (evidence) As all the others before, this agreement is going to fail. Ana Maria Coelho
Present continuous & simple Future arrangements They are meeting again in the evening. Timetables and schedules The summit begins at 11.30. Ana Maria Coelho
At this rate Arctic Sea ice will have disappeared by the end of this decade. By that time the Alps snow Ana Maria Coelho
In about 100 years from now most temperate regions will be facing severe drought and... a lot of species Ana Maria Coelho
Many coastal areas will Ana Maria Coelho
Can you identify the following tenses? According to predictions The Articice will disappear within a few years. In 2030 we will be travelling in self-diving cars. By the end of this century half of the living species will have become extinct. By the end of this century humans will have been living on this planet for 200,000 years. Ana Maria Coelho
FUTURE SIMPLE FUTURE CONTINUOUS FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS Predicting the future Ana Maria Coelho
Future Continuous will be + -ing form Use: activity in progress at a future point in time now http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:l49G9KNqGF5rTM:http://www.clker.com/cliparts/9/1/5/6/12442583961705917736smiley%2520eyes.svg.med.png January 2017 2030 In about 13 years we ll be running out of oil. In 2035 you ll be approaching your 40s.
What will your life be like in 2030? What will you be doing then? date a millionaire work abroad complete my PhD. raise a family. travel to Mars on vacation.
Future Perfect will have + past participle An action completed in the future http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:l49G9KNqGF5rTM:http://www.clker.com/cliparts/9/1/5/6/12442583961705917736smiley%2520eyes.svg.med.png now 2030 By 2030 the world population will have reached 8 billion. By that time scientists will have improved the cloning techniques and brought T-Rex back to life.
Future perfect By 2030 what will have happened? I think that by 2030 extraterrestrials will have made contact. women will have become the dominant sex. a computer will have been elected PM. genetic engineers will have designed a different animal. schools will have been abolished. traffic police will have been replaced by robots. Ana Maria Coelho
Predicting the future In about six months we will be enjoying / will have enjoyed our summer holiday. No way! At that time I will be studying / will have studied for the Chemistry exam. I m sure you will be finishing / will have finished all the exams by the end of June. By the end of 2018 you will be graduating / will have already graduated from high school. By 2020 we will be finding / will have already found our first job.
Other forms of refering to the future be about + infinitive: Something that will happen very soon. A: Can you help me? B: Sorry, but I m about to leave. is/are to + infinitive: Formal instructions and orders. This medicine is to be taken after meals. be due to + infinitive: Something that is expected or planned to happen at a certain time. This train is due to arrive at Glasgow Central at 12.12. Ana Maria Coelho
