This document discusses various tenses used to talk about the future in English: - The will tense is used for predictions, promises, suggestions, and decisions made in the present. It follows the structure of subject + will + verb. - Going to is used for plans and predictions based on present information. It follows the structure of subject + am/are/is going to + verb. - The present continuous tense expresses fixed plans, following the structure of subject + am/are/is + verb-ing. - The present simple can indicate schedules and the future when used with "when", following the structure of subject + verb + complement.

1. FUTURE TENSES
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2. WILL
USE
 Predictions
 Hopes
 Promises, suggestions, offers.
 Decisions in this moment.

3. WILL
STRUCTURE

Suj + Will + Verb + Complements +

Suj + Won't + Verb + Complements -

Will + Suj + Verb + Complements ?
→ Yes, I Will.
→ No, I Won't.
You can contract it with 'll → I'll hope you do it.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
Tomorrow, next (week, year, sunday...)
In the future, if, when, after, until,
As soon as...

4. WILL
EXAMPLES
→ I'll phone you when you arrive.
→ I will clean the car for you.
→ I like this shirt. I think I'll buy it.
→ In the year 2034 we will be robots.
→ I won't phone you until we don't arrive.
→ Will the aliens dominate Earth in the future?

5. GOING TO
USES
 Plans
 Decisions.
 Predict the future with information of the
present.
STRUCTURE
 Suj + Am/Are/Is going to + Verb + Complements
+
 Suj +Am not/Aren't/Isn't not going to + Verb +
Complements -


6. GOING TO
EXAMPLES:
→ I'm going to be a famous artist.
→ We are going to visit Australia next summer.
→ He never goes to the class. He is going to
fail the exam.
→ I'm going to study Chinese next year.
→ Are you going to help him?

7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
USES
 Fixed plans
STRUCTURE

Suj + Am/Are/Is + Verb + Complements +
 Suj +Am not/Aren't/Isn't + Verb +
Complements -

Am/Are/Is +Suj + Verb + Compl. ?

8. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
USES
→ I'm going to the dentist tomorrow at five
o'clock..
→ I'm metting her next sunday.
→ We're coming back tomorrow.
→ I'm getting my hair cut today.

9. PRESENT SIMPLE
USES
 Schedules
 Future with 'when'.

Suj + Verb(3th
pers. Sing. +S) +Compl. +

Suj +Don't/Doesn't + Verb + Complements -

Do/Does +Suj + + Verb + Compl. ?

10. PRESENT SIMPLE
EXAMPLES
→ The film starts at 7 o'clock.
→ When he arrives I'll speak to him.
→ He arrives at 10 o'clock.