This document discusses various future tenses in English including: 1. The future simple tense (will/shall + verb) which expresses future facts or predictions. It is used for promises, requests, offers, willingness, and predictions. 2. The going to future which expresses plans and intentions before the moment of speaking. It is used to make predictions based on present evidence. 3. The future continuous tense which talks about things planned or likely to happen, using will/be going to be + present participle. 4. The future perfect tense which refers to a completed action before something in the future, using will/be going to have + past participle. 5. The

1. Future Form

2. Future Simple Tense

3. Will
• Forms:
will + verb
Sentence Structure
Positive S + will + verb
Negative S + will + not + verb
Question Will + S + verb
Wh- Question Wh- + S + verb

4. Contractions
• positive contractions WILL becomes 'LL and is joined to
the subject: contraction
I will I’ll
You will You’ll
We will We’ll
They will They’ll
He will He’ll
She will She’ll
It will It’ll

5. • With negative contractions, will not becomes won't
contraction
I will I won’t
You will You won’t
We will We won’t
They will They won’t
He will He won’t
She will She won’t
It will It won’t

6. Use
- show future time. It expresses a future fact or
prediction. It called the Pure Future or Future Simple.
Ex :
1.She‘ll write the e-mail after lunch.
2.He will clean the car next week.
3.We’ll be away for two weeks.

7. • Unpredictable future events
- Sometimes event may or may not occur
Ex:
1.Tony will bring his girlfriend to this party.
2.We’ll win this match

8. - Usually used in promises , requests , offers,
willingness
- express a at the moment of speaking.
Ex :
1. I will call you when I arrive.(Promises)
2. Will you give me a pen please? (Requests)
3. I will open the door for you. (offer)
4. I will give up smoking.(willingness)
5. I’ll have the steak, please. Not I have the steak..

9. - Make a prediction or give a warning:
Ex :
1.Don’t lift that. You‘ll hurt yourself
2.If you don’t finish the bid, the boss won’t give you raise.
- Prediction can be based more on an
opinion than a fact.
Ex :
1.I don’t think Laura will do very well on her
exam. She doesn’t do any work.

10. **Do not use contractions with affirmative short
answer
Ex: Yes, I will
Yes, I’ll (incorrect)

11. Going to
• Form :
am/is/are + going to + verb
Positive am/is/are + going to + verb
Negative am/is/are + not+ going to + verb
Question am/is/are + not+ going to + verb

12. Use
- expresses that something is a plan and
intentions in the future.
- before the moment of speaking.
Possible to happen more than use will
Ex :
1.I’m hungry. I’m going to buy something to eat.
2.She wants a new hair style. So she’s going to have a
haircut tomorrow.
3.When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.

13. • - make predictions based on present
fact. There is evidence now that
something is certain to happen.
Ex :
He's going to be a brilliant politician.
It isn’t going to rain today.(look at that beautiful blue sky)

14. We avoid saying going to come
or going to go.
Ex :
1. We’re coming tomorrow.
2. When are you going home?

15. Sometimes there is no difference
between
will and going to.
Ex :
This government will ruin the country.
This government is going to ruin the country.

16. Future Continuous
Tense

17. Future Continuous Tense
• Talk about things that have been planned or likely
to happen.

18. Future Continuous Tense
Form “Will”
Structure : [Subject + will be + present
participle]
For examples
We will be waiting for Jenny.

19. Future Continuous Tense
Form “Be going to”
Structure: [Subject + is/am/are +
going to be + present participle]
For examples
We are going to be
waiting for
Jenny.

20. Use
1.Interrupted Action in the Future
For example
They will be playing basketball
when you meet them tomorrow.

21. Use
2. Specific Time as an Interruption in the
Future
For example
This morning at 8 am, I am going to be
eating breakfast.

22. Use
3. Parallel Actions in the Future
For example
I am going to be doing homework and
mom is going to be making dinner.

23. Future Perfect Tense

24. Future Perfect Tense
• The event that runs until the scheduled time.

25. Future Perfect Tense
Form “Will”
Structure : [Subject + will + have + past participle]
For example
I will have finished homework before lunch.
I will have watched this movie more than 2
times
by the end of August.

26. Future Perfect Tense
Form “Be + going to”
Structure : [Subject + is/am/are + going to have +
past participle]
For example
You are going to have perfected your English by the time you
come back from the U.S.
I am going to have played tennis for school contest.

27. Use
1. Completed Action Before Something in
the Future
For example
By next November, I will have received my
promotion.

28. Use
2. Duration Before Something in the
Future
For example
By Monday, Kate is going to have had a
contest.

29. Future Perfect
Continuous Tense

30. Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Form “Will”
Structure : [Subject + will have been + present
participle]
For example
You will have been waiting for more than two
hours when her plane finally arrives.

31. Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Form “Be + going to”
Structure : [Subject + am/is/are + going to have been
+ present participle]
For example
You are going to have been waiting for more
than two hours when her plane finally arrives.

32. Use
1. Duration Before Something in the
Future
For example
James will have been teaching at the
university for more than a year by the time
he leaves for Asia.
 We use the Future Perfect Continuous to show that something will continue up
until a particular event or time in the future.

33. Use
2. Cause of Something in the Future
For example
Jason will be tired when he gets home
because he will have been jogging for over an hour.