The document discusses various ways to talk about the future in English, including: 1) The future simple tense is used to make predictions, promises, and offers about the future. 2) The future continuous tense refers to actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. 3) The future perfect tense refers to actions that will be completed before a specified time in the future. 4) "Going to" is used to express predictions based on present evidence and plans or intentions for the future.

1. FUTURE SIMPLE
• Things which are not
• Make promises
certain:think, hope,
I will love you for ever
expect, probably, maybe • Make offers
I will probably win the
I will help you with your
lottery
homework
• Predictions for the future • Express a decision made at
It will rain a lot next month the moment of speaking
• Make requests
It’s hot here! I will open
Will you help me with the
the windows
dishes?

2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
• For something happening (in progress) at a
specific time in the future
 Tomorrow at midday I’ll be traveling to Paris
• For something happening over a period of
time in the future
 In 2100, glaciers will be shrinking faster.

3. Future perfect
• For things COMPLETED before
a time mentioned in the future
 I can wait for you at 10
because I will have arrived by
then

4. Going to
• PREDICTIONS about the future
based on present evidence
Look at those thick clouds! It’s
going to rain
• FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS
Iam going to study Law at university

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• Things arranged between
people for the future
We are visiting my parents in
law tonight, they invited us
last week.

6. PRESENT SIMPLE
• Events fixed on a timetable
The train to London arrives at
seven

7. LET’S PRACTICE…
CIRCLE the INCORRECT future form in each
sentence:
1. How do you think climate change will affect
/is going to affect/ is affecting our country in
the future?
2. In five year’s time, no one will be driving/is
driving/ is going to drive four wheels drive
cars

8. 3. Next month I’m having/ I’m going to have/
I’ll be having solar panels put on my roof to
generate my own electricity.
4. We’re going to avoid / We’ll be avoiding /
We’ll have avoided flying from now on.
5. By the end of the century, many species will
be/ will have become/ will be becoming extinct.

9. 6. This government is going to prevent/ will
prevent/ will have prevented any more rainforest
from being destroyed.
7. I think next winter most people are going to turn
down / are turning down / will turn down their
central heating to reduce their carbon emissions.
8. If everything goes as planned, this time next
year they’ll have started/ they are starting/ they’ll
be starting the new recycling project.

10. 9. Next year I think I’m taking/ I’ll take/
I’m going to take my holidays in this
country rather than abroad.
10.Experts predict that the climate will
be/ is going to be/ will have been more
extreme in the future.