By: Avi Meshulam
FUTURE TENSES
Review
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Future Tenses
Future Simple Future Progressive Future Past Future Perfect Simple Future Perfect Progressive
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Future Simple
Will
Going to
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Future Simple - Will
Structure:
Subject + will +V1
Example: I will do my homework tomorrow.
Question:
Will + Subject +V1
Example: Will I do my homework tomorrow?
Negative:
Subject + will not (won’t) +V1
Example: I won’t do my homework tomorrow.
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Future Simple - Will
Uses:
Express a voluntary action.
Example: I will send you the information when I get it.
Express a promise.
Example: I will call you when I arrive.
Express a prediction.
Example: He will be the next president.
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Future Simple – going to
Structure:
Subject + be + going to + V1
Example: I am going to meet her tonight.
Question:
Be + Subject + going to + V1
Example: Am I going to meet her tonight?
Negative:
Subject + be not + going to + V1
Example: I am not going to meet her tonight.
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Future Simple – going to
Uses:
Express a plan.
Example: I am going to be a teacher when I grow up.
Express a prediction.
Example: It is going to rain tomorrow.
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Future Simple
Time clues:
Tomorrow Next week / month / year
Later today / tonight
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Future Progressive
Will
Going to
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Future Progressive -Will
Structure:
Subject + will be +Ving
Example: You will be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.
Question:
Will + Subject + be + Ving
Example: Will you be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight?
Negative:
Subject + will not (won’t) + be + Ving
Example: You won’t be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.
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Future Progressive –going to
Structure:
Subject + be going to + be Ving
Example: I am going to be waiting for you when your bus arrives.
Question:
Be + Subject + going to + be Ving
Example: Am I going to be waiting for you when your bus arrives?
Negative:
Subject + be not + going to + be Ving
Example: I am not going to be waiting for you when your bus arrives.
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Future Progressive
Uses:
Interrupted action in the future.
Example: I will be watching TV when you arrive tonight.
Specific time as an interruption in the future.
Example: tonight at 7 pm I am going to be eating dinner.
Parallel actions in the future.
Example: I will be studying and he will be making dinner.
Atmosphere in the future.
Example: When I arrive at the party, everybody is going to be celebrating.
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Future Progressive
Time clues:
If / When…(conditional I). At midnight / 6 pm.
Later today / tonight
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Future Past
Structure:
Subject + would +V1
Example: I said it would rain.
Future of the past – a saying or a thought about the future that is related to the past.
Use:
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Future Perfect Simple
Structure:
Subject + will have +V3
Example: I will have done my homework by the end of the day.
Question:
Will + Subject + have + V3
Example: Will I have done my homework by the end of the day?
Negative:
Subject + will not have + V3
Example: I won’t have done my homework by the end of the day.
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Future Perfect Simple
Uses:
Completed action before something in the future.
Example: They will have finished building the house by next month.
Duration before something in the future.
Example: She will have been in France a year by the time you visit her.
Time clues:
By the time / by next (month/year/week). Before.
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Future Perfect Progressive
Structure:
Subject + will have been +Ving
Example: She will have been waiting for over an hour by the time the buss arrives.
Question:
Will + Subject + have been + Ving
Example: Will she have been waiting for over an hour by the time the buss arrives?
Negative:
Subject + will not have been + Ving
Example: She won’t have been waiting for over an hour by the time the buss arrives.
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Future Perfect Progressive
Uses:
Duration before something in the future.
Example: They will have been studying for over than 3 hours by the time dinner is ready.
Cause of something in the future.
Example: He will be tired when he gets home because he will have been working all day.
Time clues:
For more… for over…
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