Future forms

6.  FUTURE SIMPLE (WILL FUTURE)
 BE GOING TO

7.  I am going to fly to Paris next Monday. I have already
bought my ticket and booked my room.
 We’ll definitely have a great time at the party.
 Look at those grey clouds. It’s going to rain.
 I feel hungry. I’ll make a sandwich.
 Which one is a prediction based on opinion?
 Which one is a future plan?
 Which one is a prediction based on evidence?
 Which one is a spontaneous decision?

8.  The train leaves at 12:15 every day.
 Hurry! It’s 12:12, the train’s gonna leave any minute!
 I’m going to take the train to visit my grandmother.
 I’m taking the train to visit my grandmother.
 Which one is a future plan?
 Which one is a timetable?
 Which one is a prediction based on evidence?

9. How sure are you that there will be a World
War in the next 50 years?
Certainly, definitely, sure (100%)
Probably (75%)
Possibly, Might (50% or less)
Don’t forget you can use these with positive
AND negative forms:
There definitely won’t be war.
I’m sure that there will be war.
North Korea is probably going to start it.

10.  We use ‘will/won’t’ + V1 for
• spontaneous decisions
• predictions based on opinion
 We use ‘be + (not) going to + V1 for
• evidence based predictions
• planned future events
 We also use present continuous for planned future events.
 We can express the degree of certainty of a prediction
Now, let’s look at some examples!

11. A: The phone is ringing.
B: Ok, I’ll get it.

12. A: I’m so thirsty!
B: I’ll bring you some water.

13. A: This bag is too heavy for me to carry.
B: I’ll help you.

14. A: There is a BJK–Kasımpaşa match on
Saturday. (tımetable = present simple!)
B: Beşiktaş will definitely win.

15. A: Computers are getting more and more complex
every year.
B: I think computers will control the world one day.

16. A: What will happen to the world in the next fifty years?
B: I think there will probably be a Third World War and
millions of people will die because of it.

17. A: Look at Mr. Fox carrying a bucket of paint
and brushes!
B: He is going to paint his walls.

18. A: He’s drunk and driving really fast!
B: He is going to have an accident.

19. A: I’ve forgotten to turn off the faucet!
B: It’s going to flood your flat. You should go
home, right now!

20. A: Do you have any plans for the holiday?
B: Yes, I am going to visit my family in Izmir.
(B: Yes, I’m visiting my family in Izmir.)

21. A: What are you doing tomorrow?
B: I am going to see my dentist. I have an
appointment for 4 o’clock.

22. A: What are you doing Thursday morning?
B: I’m taking a quiz at school.

23. Will may also indicate:
1. promise:
I will always love you!
I won’t tell anyone, you can trust me.
2. request/offer:
Will you marry me?
We’re having dinner with the Smiths tonight.
Will you join us?

24. 1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I ____________ (write) a letter to my friends back
home in Texas.
2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
B: I ____________ (get) you a cup of coffee. That will
wake you up.
3. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel
room. I am afraid it is simply too small for four people.
B: That man at the service counter __________ (help)
you.

25. 4. The survey results are very convincing. I
think he ___________ (be) the next President
of the United States.
5. Ted: It is so hot in here!
Sarah: I __________ (turn) the air-
conditioning on.
6. A: We are going to have some tea in the
cafeteria.
B: Ok, I ___________ (join) you.

26. 7. Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I ___________ (cut) that picture of the ocean out of the
travel magazine.
Mark: What ____________ (you, do) with it?
Beth: I ____________ (paint) a watercolor of the ocean for
my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a
model.
8.
Mark: ______________ (you, do) me a favor, Sam?
Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?
Mark: I _____________ (change) the broken light bulb in the
lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the
ladder for me while I am up there.
Sam: No problem, I ________________ (hold) it for you.

27. Subject Auxiliary Verb Main Verb Object
I will make a sandwich.
You will be very happy.
He, She, It will not come with us.
We won’t call them again.
You will answer her questions.
They will not participate in the project.

28. Subject Auxiliary Verb Main Verb Object
I am (not) going to fly to Paris next
week.
You are (not) going to have an appointment at
the doctor’s at 3.
He, She, It is (not) going to come with us.
We are (not) going to write an e-mail to them.
You are (not) going to come down with a flu.
They are (not) going to paint the walls.

29. oFuture Continuous
oFuture Perfect
oFuture Perfect
Continuous

30. At 8pm Sunday night I was watching the
football match. (S + was/were + Ving)
Right now, we are studying grammar.
(S + am/is/are + Ving)
Tonight at midnight, I hope I will be
sleeping! (S + will be + Ving)

31. This time next week, we will be eating
lunch on the plane.
This time tomorrow, I will be skiing.
At six o’clock tonight, we will be flying to
London.

32. What will you be doing at these times?
At this time tomorrow,
At 10pm tonight,
On this day in 1923,
In ten years’ time,
“In 10 years, I will probably be working.”
“I hope I won’t be taking summer school in July!”

33. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had
already gone home. (S + had + V3)
They have been married for 10 years.
(S + have/has + V3)
By summer, we will have taken the
proficiency exam. (S + will have + V3)

34. By the time we get there, the film will have
started. (This means that when we get
there, we will be able to say: “The film has
started.”)
The builder says he will have finished the
roof by Saturday. (So Saturday at the
latest, maybe before.)
The car will have done 100,000 miles in
two weeks’ time.

35. What will you (or people you know) have
finished/accomplished by these times?
By 1pm,
By the end of the week,
By the summer,
By 2020,
By this time next year,
“My brother will have graduated high school by the
summer.”
“I’m sure I will have married my dream girl by 2020.”

36. Before she comes home, her husband will
have finished prepearing dinner.
The train will have left before we get to the
station.

37. By the time she comes back, I will have
finished my H.W.
We will have started watching the film by
the time you leave the office.

38. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had
been drinking for two hours.
(S + had been + Ving)
They have been planning their wedding for 8
months. (S + have/has been + Ving)
By the time the pizza comes, we will have
been studying for 3 hours.
(S + will have been + Ving)

39. Next year, Alice will have been teaching for
10 years.
By her fifth birthday, she will have been
staying in the same house for 40 years.

40. What will you (or people you know) have been
doing (and for how long) by these times?
By 2 am,
By the end of the week,
By the summer,
By 2020,
“I will have been sleeping for two hours by 2 am.”
(and it will still be continuing, not finished!)
“By 2020 I hope I will have been living abroad for at least
five years.”