expressing the future

Expressing the future

present simple

present

continuous

Be going to

will/won't

will /won't

+ be + ing

form

will /

won't + have

+ participe passé

will /won't + have + been +

-ing form

Offers & suggestions:

I'll help you with your physics homework,

if you like.

requests:

Will you help with my maths exercise?

Most first conditional sentences:

if we get a computer, we'll be able to surf the internet.

plans & intentions

which you already have in mind when you speak:

i'm going to be a doctor when I grow up.

predictions

based on evidence:

it sounds like the plane is going to

take off in a few minutes.

arrangements made before the moment of speaking:

Are they installing the new furniture next week?

time-tables, arrangements and fixed events (which the speaker

cannot change):

The bus to the science museum leaves at 8'0 Clock tomorrow morning.

after if in first conditional sentence:

if technology continues to advance so quickly, what will life

be like in hundred years?

actions which are completed some time

between now and a point in future:

i'll have finished my chemistry test by the time you come home.

action in progress at a point in the future:

This time next week, I'll be taking an Engiish Exam.

habits or repeated actions at a point

in future:

In the future, we'll all be flying around using jet-packs.

actions in progress up to a point in the future:

At seven 0'Clock, I will have been doing my science project for four hours!

Present simple

Present continuous

Be going to

Future

Future Perfect simple

Future continuous

Future Perfect Continuous