3. Present Continuous
• 1) Actions happening in unfinished time
period in extended present.
Example: I am taking a course this month.
• 2) Personal arranged plans in the future with
time expression.
Example: I am taking a vacation next week.
4. Simple Future
• Be Going To
• Action with plan
Ex: I am going to go on
vacation next month.
• Prediction with
evidence
Ex: Look at those dark clouds
It’s going to rain
• Will
• Spontaneous action
Ex: The phone’s ringing. I’ll get
it.
Offer’/Promise
Ex: I’ll help you tomorrow.
Prediction with no
evidence
Ex: I think it’ll rain tomorrow.
5. Future Continuous
• Actions in progress in the future
Ex: I will be painting my house tomorrow
afternoon.
• Describe a future situation
Ex: At the party tomorrow, Alan will be giving his
speech.
6. Future Perfect
• A completed action before another
action/time in the future.
Ex: By 2020, I will have traveled to Europe.
• Duration of action before a future event (It is
usually used with states, not actions):
Ex: By next month, I will have been married for
three years.
7. Future Perfect Continuous
• Duration before something in the future.
Ex: They will have been talking for over an hour by the
time Thomas arrives.
• Cause of Something in the Future
Ex: Jason will be tired when he gets home because
he will have been jogging for over an hour.
