This document provides examples of how to use different English verb tenses to talk about future events, including: will + present simple for predictions or promises; be going to for intentions or plans; present continuous for fixed arrangements; future continuous for actions happening at a specific time in the future; future perfect for actions that will be completed by a certain time in the future; and expressions like "in X time" and "by (date)" to specify a time frame for future actions.

1. WILL GOING TO PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PERFECT
- sudden decisions:
A: It's really chilly
here!
B: I'll close the
window.
- predictions:
People will travel to
the moon on holidays.
- promises:
I’ll call you when I
arrive.
- not certain about
future:
I think it'll probably
rain this evening so
better take your
umbrella.
- future facts or
things:
The President will
serve for four years.
- evidence on the
present:
The weather report
says it's going to rain
this week.
- intentions in the
future:
We’re going to have
lunch with some
friends.
- definite plans or
arrangements:
We’re visiting Petra
next month.
I’m flying to Dublin
next weekend, I already
have my tickets!
- timetables:
Flight IB256 departs
Madrid at 17:30.
- action in progress in
the future:
“What will you be
doing on Saturday
evening?"
"They will be playing
football tomorrow
afternoon”.
in X weeks, days,
years time - use this
expression to express
what you will be
doing at a specific of
time in the future.
We will be swimming
in a crystal blue sea
in two weeks time.
- the actions will be
finished or complete
in a certain time of
the future:
By the time I´m 30 I´ll
have travelled the
world.
by (date) - use this
form to express what
you will have done
up to that point in
time.
I will have finished
the report by April
15.
by the time + time
clause - use this form
to express what will
have happened up to
a specific action in
the future.
She will have bought
a new home by the
time he arrives.