3. I will travel to
Japan next year
→ decision
WILL / GOING TO
I am going to
study German at
school→ plan

4. There are two main ways of
expressing future in English:
"will" and "be going to."
I will
probably
go to Italy
next
Summer
I am going
to fly to Italy
next
Saturday

5. FUTURE TENSE: WILL→ FORM
Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in October
Interrogative : Will you travel by bus?
Negative : I will not travel - won’t
Will you travel by train or by bus?
I won’t travel by bus I will probably travel by train

6. FUTURE TENSE: USES OF
WILL
1- Instant decisions: Ok, I’ll see you on
Friday
2- Predictions based in what we think: It will
rain in the evening
3- Promises and offers: Don’t worry, I’ll go
and buy some food for you

7. FUTURE TENSE: GOING TO→ FORM
Affirmative: I am going to travel
by plane
Interrogative : Are you going to travel
by plane?
Negative : I am not going to travel
by plane because I am
going to fly in a hot air
balloon

8. FUTURE TENSE: USES OF
GOING TO
1- Future plans and intentions: I'm going
to buy a new laptop computer next
week
2- Predictions based in what we can see
at the moment: Look at that car! it is
going to crash into the lamp post

9. FUTURE TENSES
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
Tomorrow, next week, next month, nextTomorrow, next week, next month, next
year, next Christmas, next summer, soon.year, next Christmas, next summer, soon.
I am going to travel to Venecia
next year

10. FUTURE : WILL / BE GOING TO
WILL + INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO
to make a prediction about the distant, uncertain future:
He will become a great engineer
to offer our help to somebody or to make a promise:
We will help you with your schoolwork.
to make a request;
Will you lend me your laptop ?
with will, we often use I think, I believe, I hope, I promise, I
know ...




11. BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO
We use be going to to express:
an intention:
We are going to buy a new car.
a prediction based on
something we can observe.
It's warmer today. It is going to
rain tomorrow.


13. FUTURE TENSES WILL/GOING TO: COMPLETE
THE SENTENCES
• A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I …………………….. (write) an English exam
• A:I want to have breakfast!
B: I (get)………………… you a cup of coffee.
• We are so happy about our trip next month to
France. We ………………………. (visit) Paris.
• I think he …………………. (be) the next
Peruvian Prime Minister.

14. EXERCISES
1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I’m going to write a a English exam.
2. A:I want to have breakfast!
B: I’ll get you a cup of coffee.
3. We are so excited about our trip next
month to France. We ……are going to
visit Paris.
4. I think he will be the next Peruvian
Prime Minister.

16. COMPLETE WITH WILL OR BE GOING TO
1. They __________________ watch music videos
on MTV this afternoon.
2. We _____________ go to the shopping centre to
see our favorite clothes.
3. Wait for me! I _____________________ go with
you.
4. If you visit the shopping malls, you
_____________________ see the influence of rap on
teen style.
5. I promise I ______________________ give you
your favorite CD.

17. • I love London. I (probably / go)
………….. there next year.
• Our train (leave) ………………. at 4:47.
• What (wear / you)……………… at the party
tonight?
• I think I (find)…………… something nice.
• This is my last day here. I (go)
……………………. back to Lima tomorrow.

18. • Hurry up! The
conference (begin) ………………………… in
20 minutes.
• My horoscope says that
I (meet) ………………………….. an old
friend this week.
• Look at these big black clouds! It (rain)
…………….. .

19. 1) …………………………………….. basketball on
Friday? (she/to play)
2) ………………………………….. their bikes at the
weekend? (the boys/to ride)
3) ……………………………………. the kitchen today? (Paul/to
clean)
4) ……………………………………. a new T-shirt on
Saturday? (his mother/to buy)
5) …………………………….. their friends at the
station? (they/to meet)

20. 6) …………………………….. his hamster in the
evening? (he/to feed)
7) ……………………………… your homework in the
afternoon? (you/to do)
8) ……………………………. on the computer at
school? (Robert and Martin/to work)
9) …………………………….. our parents? (we/to help)
10) ……………………………….. Freddie in the lunch
break? (Lisa/to text)

21. OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE
The simple present and present progressive are also used to
express future time. These are often used used in connection
with schedules.
The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
She is meeting a new client at six o’clock in the evening and she is
travelling by byke through the forest.

22. FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
This tense is used to describe an event or action
that will occur over a period of time at a specific
point in the future.
They will be sailing in the Atlantic ocean by the time you
arrive at the Island.

23. THE FUTURE PERFECT
This tense is used to describe an event or action that
will be completed before another event or time in the
future.
We will have finished the exam by the
time class ends tomorrow.