THE FUTURE

THE FUTURE

1. WILL AND GOING TO

   • Going to
     • Facts about the future
       • "Technology is going to develop (informal)"
     • Predictions not based on present evidence
       • "In a thousand years, there aren't going to be any wars"
     • Decisions made at the moment of speaking
       • "I know! Im going to buy mum a CD for her birthday"
   • Will
     • Most first conditional sentences
       • "If you help me, I will finish more quickly"
     • Offers, suggestions and requests
       • "Will you help me? I will help you"

2. PRESENT SIMPLE

   • Timetables, arrangements and fixed events
     • "The tour of the museum starts at 11 o'clock"
   • After "IF" in first and cero conditional
     • "If robots start driving taxis, what will all the taxi drivers do?"
   • After "WHEN" and "WHILE"
     • "I will call you when I get there"

3. PRESENT CONTINUOS

   • Arrangements made before the moment of speaking
     • "They are driving to Paris next week"

4. MODALS

   • When we are not sure about the prediction
     • "It might rain tomorrow"
   • When we are almost certain about the prediction
     • "Carl can't be playing tomorrow. He is got a broken leg"

5. FUTURE

   • Perfect simple
     • Actions which are completed some time between now and a point in the future
       • I will have finished my homework by 8 o'clock
   • Perfect continuous
     • Actions in progress up to a point in the future
       • At 9, I will have been playing this computer game for 5 hours
   • Continuous
     • Actions in progress at a point in the future
       • This time next week I will be travelling round Spain
     • Habits or repeated actions at a point in the future
       • In a hundred years' time we'll all be having holidays on other planets