FUTURE

FUTURE

1. Will

   • AFFIRMATIVE: (Subj) will play.
   • NEGATIVE: (Subj) won’t play.
   • INTERROGATIVE: Will (subj) play?
   • USES/EXAMPLES
     • 1. Predictions / opinions about the future → I think you’ll enjoy the concert.
     • 2. Spontaneous decisions (decisions that you make as you’re speaking) → I’ll book the trip now.
     • 3. Promises → I promise I’ll be quiet in class.
     • 4. Offers → I’ll buy you some chocolate for dessert.
   • (Subj + will + inf.)

2. Be going to

   • Subj + be + going to + inf.)
     • AFFIRMATIVE:
       • I am going to play. You/we/they are going to play. He/she/it is going to play.
     • NEGATIVE:
       • I’m not going to play. You/we/they aren’t going to play. He/she/it isn’t going to play.
     • INTERROGATIVE
       • Am I going to play? Are you/we/they going to play? Is he/she/it going to play?
   • USES/EXAMPLES
     • 1. Plans and intentions → I’m going to take the 9.00 train // What are you going to wear to the party?
     • 2. Predictions for the future when we have evidence → He hasn’t studied, so he’s going to fail his exam.

3. Future continuous

   • Subj + will be + -ing)
     • AFFIRMATIVE
       • Subj) will be playing.
     • NEGATIVE
       • (Subj) won’t be playing
     • INTERROGATIVE
       • Will (subj) be playing?

4. FUTURE PERFECT

   • Subj + will have + past part.
     • AFFIMARTIVE
       • (Subj) will have played.
     • NEGATIVE
       • Subj) won’t have played
     • INTERROGATIVE
       • Will (subj) have played?
   • USES/EXAMPLES
     • 1. Actions that will be completed by a specific time in the future → We’ll have eaten by/at nine o’clock. Other expressions: in two year’s time, by the end of this year...

5. Present simple

   • Subj + V2
   • DID / DIDN’T
   • I ate. You didn’t play. Did he sing?

6. PAST CONTINUOUS

   • Subj + was / were + Ving
   • WAS / WERE WASN’T / WEREN’T
   • I was eating. You weren’t playing. Was he singing?