This document discusses different ways to talk about the future in English: Simple future uses verbs with "will" or "going to" to talk about predictions, wishes, or decisions made in the present. Present continuous or "be going to" express predictions based on present evidence or planned actions. Future continuous uses "will be" plus the -ing form of the verb to describe actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. Future perfect uses "will have" plus the past participle to refer to actions that will be finished by a specific time in the future.

1. Simple future
FUTURE TENSES
It is used to talk about:
a) Predictions or
wishes for the future
The employment rate will
start rising soon.
After finishing unversity I will
travel around Europe by train.
b) Decisions taken at the
moment of speaking.
As a main course I will
have a steak tartar.
You’ve torn your dress. Wait a
minute and I’ll mend it up.
USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS
next century
soon
in twenty years
after ..

2. FUTURE TENSES
Present continuous or
‘be going to’
b) Plans and or actions that
have already been arranged
They are used to talk about:
a) Predictions based
on present evidence
He doesn’t study much. I’m
sure he is going to fail his
exams.
The train is arriving to the
nearest station. Many people
are standing and putting their
coats on.
We’re going to the Canary
Islands tomorrow.
My brother is going to be a
member of the judo Spanish
team at the Olympic Games.
His coach phoned him
yesterday.
USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS
tomorrow
on 12th May

3. FUTURE TENSES
Future continuous
will be doing
It is used to talk about:
Actions that will be in
progress at a specific
time in the future.
Scientists think that we
will be living on the Moon
in two centuries time.
When you arrive home we will
be cooking dinner.
Future perfect
will have done
It is used to talk about:
Actions that will be
finished at a specific
time in the future.
If you arrive at ten we
will have left.
The commander-in-chief
predicts that the fire will
have been extinguished
by the end of the week.