This document discusses future tenses in English, including will/going to for intentions and predictions, the future continuous for actions in progress over a period of time, the future perfect simple for actions completed before a specified time, and the future perfect continuous for actions in progress up to a specified time. It provides examples of uses and practice forming the different future tense structures. Key points covered include using will/going to, present simple, and present continuous for timetables, events, predictions, intentions, and decisions; and using the future continuous, future perfect simple, and future perfect continuous with reference to timelines.

1. 5TH / 6TH ADOLESCENTS
Unit 3
FUTURE FORMS

2. There are many different ways we can
talk about the future.
Let’s look at the future with:
1. will, going to, present simple, and present continuous
2. future continuous, future perfect simple, and future perfect continuous
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When do we use the
simple future forms?

3. Function: When do we use them?
1. will, going to, present simple, present continuous
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I can’t wait for our holiday – you’ll love Greece!
I’m going to sunbathe every day! What time
does the plane take off tomorrow?
4 p.m. Mary is picking us up at 12 p.m. to take
us to the airport.
She’ll forget! I’ll send a message now to remind
her. Are you taking your computer?
Yes, but I promise I won’t do much work while
we are there. Hey! Careful with the lock on the
case; you’re going to break it!
Look at the conversation. Find examples for these uses.
1 2 3 4
Timetables and schedules Future organised event Predictions Intentions and plans
Decisions made at the moment
of speaking
Predictions based on previous
knowledge
Offers, promises, and requests
To express certainty
What time does the plane take
off?
Mary is picking us up at
12 p.m.
She’ll forget!
I’ll send a message now.
I won’t do much work.
You’ll love Greece.
I’m going to sunbathe.
You’re going to break it!

4. 1 2 3 4
Timetables and schedules Future organised event Predictions Intentions and plans
Decisions made at the moment
of speaking
Predictions based on previous
knowledge
Offers, promises, and requests
To express certainty
What time does the plane take
off?
Mary is picking us up at
12 p.m.
She’ll forget!
I’ll send a message now.
I won’t do much work.
You’ll love Greece.
I’m going to sunbathe.
You’re going to break it!
Function: When do we use them?
1. will, going to, present simple, present continuous
In connected speech, going to is
often pronounced /gənə/.
This is a plan/intention,
but it isn’t organised
(there’s no date or
time).
This future action wasn’t
planned. It’s a decision he
made now about the future.
This is a general prediction.
It isn’t based on
observation/previous
knowledge.
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5. Function: When do we use them?
2. future continuous, future perfect simple and continuous
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Look at the continuation of the conversation and put
the phrases on the timeline.
1. She’ll be feeding the baby.
2. We will have already arrived at the hotel.
3. She will be getting the baby ready for bed.
4. We will be ordering hamburgers.
5. We will have been enjoying the sunshine.
I know! We will have already arrived at the
hotel and will have been enjoying the
sunshine for at least two hours! Can’t wait!
Don’t message Mary now. She’ll be feeding
the baby and then will be getting him ready
for bed for the next hour. Can you believe
it? This time tomorrow, we’ll be ordering
hamburgers on the beach!
Now
This time tomorrow
1 23 4
5
Is phrase 1 a future action
or an assumption about
something happening
now?
An
assumption
about
something
now.
Phrase 3 is an action in
progress over a period of
time in the future. What is
the period of time here?
…for the
next hour.
Is phrase 2 an action that
will happen this time
tomorrow or before this
time tomorrow?
Before this
time
tomorrow.
Phrase 4 will start before
this time tomorrow, but will
it finish before or still be in
progress?
It will still be
in progress.
Phrase 5 will start when
the friends arrive at the
hotel. When are we sure it
will continue to?
Until this
time
tomorrow.

6. Function: When do we use them?
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2. future continuous, future perfect simple and continuous
She will be getting the
baby ready for bed.
She will be feeding the
baby.
Now
We will be ordering
hamburgers.
We will have arrived at
the hotel.
We will have been enjoying the sunshine.
This time tomorrow
For the next hour.
For two hours.
future continuous future perfect simple future perfect continuous
Actions in progress over a given period of
time in the future.
She’ll be getting the baby ready for bed for
the next hour.
An action completed before another certain
time in the future.
(By this time tomorrow) we will have
already arrived at the hotel.
Actions in progress over a period of time up
to a specified time in the future.
(By this time tomorrow) we will have been
enjoying the sunshine for two hours.
Actions in progress at a certain time in the
future.
This time tomorrow, we will be ordering
hamburgers on the beach.
An assumption about something happening
now.
She will be feeding the baby.
This is
happening
now. These actions are in progress: the first over a
period of future time, the second at a
specified future time.
We will be ordering
hamburgers.
This will be in
progress for two
hours up to the
specified time:
this time
tomorrow.

7. Form: How do we make these structures?
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Fill in the missing
words from the
breakdown of the
form.
future continuous future perfect simple future perfect continuous
She’ll be getting the baby ready for bed for
the next hour.
Subject + will + ……. + verb -ing
(By this time tomorrow) we will have
already arrived at the hotel.
Subject + .…… + ……. + past participle
(By this time tomorrow) we will have been
enjoying the sunshine for two hours.
Subject + will + have + …….. + verb -ing
been will
havebe

8. Form: How do we make these structures?
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To make the negative, we
change will to won’t.
future continuous future perfect simple future perfect continuous
She’ll be getting the baby ready for bed for
the next hour.
Subject + will + .……. + verb -ing
(By this time tomorrow) we will have
already arrived at the hotel.
Subject + .…… + …….. + past
participle
(By this time tomorrow) we will have been
enjoying the sunshine for two hours.
Subject + will + have + .…….. + verb -ing
In connected speech,
have is pronounced /əv/.
beenwill havebe
In connected speech, the
auxiliary verb been is
pronounced /bɪn/. Let’s practise

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Practice activities
Complete the gaps using the correct future form.
1. By this time next week, you ……………………. (leave) your job and ……………………………………. (travel) already.
2. Watch out! You ……………………................. (hit) the gate with the car!
3. By the year 2020, Sofia ……………………………………………. (work) on the soap for 10 years.
4. A. What time ……………………………… (film/start) tonight? B. 8 p.m. I …………………………… (get) a taxi at
7.30.
5. A. By the time you get home, Tim ……………………………. (open) all his presents. B. Oh no! I
…………….. (call) him now and ask him to wait then.
6. This time next year, Laura and Lewis ………………………………… (not live) next door anymore. They ……….. (move)
house in January.