The document explains the future simple and future continuous tenses, emphasizing their structures, usage, and examples. It details how to form sentences with auxiliary verbs and includes exercises for practice. Additionally, it highlights the significance of avoiding stative verbs in continuous tenses and provides multiple examples for better understanding.

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FUTURE TENSE

2. Future Simple Tense
Subject + Auxiliary Verb (will) + Main Verb

3. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
subject auxiliary verb main verb completement
+ I will open the door.
+ You will finish before me.
– She will not/ won’t be at school tomorrow.
– We will not/ won’t leave yet.
? Will you arrive on time?
? Will they want dinner?

4. Future Simple Tense
Present
Future
Past

5. Future Simple Tense
Decision made at the time of speaking:
§ Hold on. I’ll get a pen.
§ We will see what we can do to help you.
With the verb “to think” before it:
§ I think I’ll go to the gym tomorrow.
§ I don’t think I’ll buy that car.
Note: We use “present continuous tense or going to”
when we have a concrete plan or intention to do something in the future.

6. Future Simple Tense
Prediction about the future:
§ It will rain tomorrow.
§ People won’t go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
§ Who do you think will get the job?
We sometimes use shall instead of will, especially for I and we.

7. Exercise
1. Don't leave your key on the table. You __________(forget) to take it.
2. If it doesn't rain tomorrow morning, we ___________(take) our umbrellas.
3. Hurry up! Susan ____________(like) it if you come late as usual.
4. Anna ____________(be) on holiday next week. She'll be at work, I suppose.
5. I'm told you are ill. I hope you ___________(feel) better as soon as possible.
6. I have no idea how to do it. I ___________(make) it, I'm afraid.
7. Can you turn on your laptop tonight? We __________(chat) a little bit.
8. I ____________(become) a veterinary doctor, because I am allergic to animal hair.
9. You must wear your cap. The weather forecast says it __________(be) cold today.
10. I think I ____________(do) my laundry after this game.

8. Future Continuous Tense
Subject + Auxiliary Verb (will) + be + Verb-ing

9. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
subject auxiliary verb main verb-ing completement
+ I will
be
going to the mall.
+ You will doing your laundry tonight.
– She will not/ won’t studying at school tomorrow.
– We will not/ won’t leaving this city soon.
? Will you missing me after two months?
? Will they working hard for their exam?

10. Future Continuous Tense
Present
Future
Past

11. Future Continuous Tense
Action at some point in the future (will continue)
§ I will be playing tennis at 10 A.M. tomorrow.
§ What will you be doing this Saturday night?
§ They won’t be sleeping until you arrive home.
Note: It is helpful to use the future continuous tense when describing:
• multiple actions happening in the future
• planned or confirmed future events taking place at a specific time

12. Exercise
1. James ______________(talk) with his parents on Sunday.
2. My boss _____________(travel) to Canada next week due to bad weather conditions.
3. What _______ they __________(do) if we come early tomorrow morning?
4. Mark ______________(watch) his favourite TV show on Netflix tonight.
5. The singer ______________(sing) a new song on this stage next month.
6. Julie ______________(shop) with her friend this Tuesday afternoon.
7. He _____________(play) his piano for the concert anymore according to the breaking news.
8. ________ she ______________(join) us in the meeting this evening?
9. Please tell me that you ________________(visit) grandpa and grandma on the weekends.
10.We _______________(go) to the cinema this Friday because all the tickets have been sold.

13. No Use of Stative Verbs
Not all verbs can be continuous. Verbs that indicate a state rather than an action are not used in
continuous tenses. These verbs can be organized into several categories of stative verbs:
• Mental states – think, understand, believe, doubt, know, prefer, remember, want
• Emotional states – like, love, hate
• Senses – see, hear, smell, taste, feel, seem, sound
• Possession – have, own, possess
• Communication – agree, disagree, mean, promise
• Other states – be, need, owe, cost, depend, matter

14. Mixed Exercises (FST or FCT)
1. Come to see me in the afternoon. I ___________(work) in the garden.
2. Is the coat OK.? – Yes, I ____________(take) it.
3. Every student _____________(use) a computer in the near future.
4. I suppose we _____________(stay) at a hotel next summer.
5. If you tell me right now, I ______________(remember) it for sure.
6. Where _________ he __________(stand) when the bus arrives?
7. Excuse me. __________ you please __________(hold) the door for me because my hands are busy?
8. When __________ she _____________(arrive)? I have been waiting for so long!
9. He ________________(play) violin at the live session by the time we get there.
10.Do you think people _______________(live) on Mars 100 years from now on?

15. The future is yours to create!
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