Review of the future Tenses

1. Review of Future Tenses
• Level: 11th Grade English
• Objective: Understand and use different
future tenses accurately in various contexts.

2. Overview of Future Tenses
• 1. Future Simple (will + verb)
• 2. Future Continuous (will be + -ing)
• 3. Future Perfect (will have + past participle)
• 4. Future Perfect Continuous (will have been +
-ing)
• 5. Be going to + verb
• 6. Be to + verb

3. Future Simple
• Form: will + base verb
• Example: I will call you tomorrow.
• Use: To make predictions, promises, or
spontaneous decisions.
• Example from text: What will be next year's
blockbuster movie?

4. Future Continuous
• Form: will be + verb-ing
• Example: She will be studying at 8 p.m.
• Use: To describe an action in progress at a
specific time in the future.
• Example from text: Who’ll shortly be applying
for their first job.

5. Future Perfect
• Form: will have + past participle
• Example: They will have finished by next week.
• Use: To describe an action that will be
completed by a certain time in the future.
• Example from text: Their chances of winning
the cup will have fallen considerably.

6. Future Perfect Continuous
• Form: will have been + verb-ing
• Example: By June, I will have been working
here for 5 years.
• Use: To emphasize the duration of an activity
up to a point in the future.
• Example from text: Taylor Swift will have been
performing for years when she retires.

7. Be Going To + Infinitive
• Form: am/is/are going to + verb
• Example: It is going to rain soon.
• Use: To talk about plans or intentions, or to
predict something based on evidence.
• Example from text: What was going to
happen.

8. Be to + Infinitive
• Form: am/is/are to + verb
• Example: The president is to visit tomorrow.
• Use: To express something planned,
scheduled, or officially arranged.
• Example from text: If you’re to be a
superforecaster, you must all be flexible.

9. Comparison Chart
• Future Simple: I will call you → Prediction,
decision
• Future Continuous: I will be studying → Action
in progress
• Future Perfect: I will have finished →
Completed by future time
• Future Perfect Continuous: I will have been
working → Duration up to future point
• Be Going To: I am going to travel → Plan or
intention

10. Practice Exercise
• Match sentences with correct future tense:
• 1. Future Simple
• 2. Future Perfect Continuous
• 3. Future Continuous
• 4. Future Perfect
• 5. Be to + infinitive
• 6. Was/Were going to + infinitive

11. Discussion & Reflection
• • Which future forms do you use most often?
• • Can you think of examples from your own
life using each tense?

12. Conclusion
• • English offers many ways to talk about the
future.
• • Each form shows different meanings:
prediction, plan, duration, or completion.
• • Write 5 sentences using different future
tenses.