Future tenses in use

1. FutureTenses; degrees of probability;
predictions
Step-Up Level 2
Grammar Class 3

2. Future Tenses
Future Simple Future
Continuous
Future Perfect Future Perfect
Continuous
Will + do Will be doing Will have done Will have been
doing
Спонтанные,
незапланированные
действия;
предсказания о
будущем
Действие в
определенный
момент в
будущем
Завершенность,
результат к
моменту в
будущем
Действие будет
длиться какое-то
время, прежде чем
завершится

3. Guess what?

4. How to talk about plans
 Present Continuous
 To be going to do smth
 “My ambition is to go university next year”
 “I intend to go to university next year/ My intention is to go
university”
 “My plan is to go university next year/I plan to go university next
year”
 “I‘d like to go to university next year”

5. Talk for 1 minute

6. How to give predictions
Predictions Probability
 Will – my ideas
 To be going to – there is
evidence
 “I expect more and more people will
only read on the internet.”
 “It’s quite likely/The likelihood is
that old-fashioned books will disappear”
 “The internet is bound to change
reading habits.”
 “My prediction is that fewer people
will read books”
 Will + definitely / probably
/ certainly + happen
 That definitely won’t happen
 It is sure to happen
 He is bound to succeed
 It is likely /unlikely to
happen
 Could / may / might / +
happen

7. What do you think about the future?

8. “Future” Discussions

9. What will you do
if…?