Future Time 1. Will + S+ Will(ll)+ Verb Well enjoy it S+ Will Not (wont) He wont enjoy it. +Verb ?

Will +S+ Verb? Will they enjoy it? predictions (based on our opinions, our experience; it is often preceded by I think or by opinion words like perhaps, probably) I think itll be extremely cold there. Perhaps shell be late. Well probably stay in some sort of mountain lodge there. Future facts/events The Prime Minister will open the debate in Parliament tomorrow. The website will come online next week. instant decisions made at the time of speaking Tell me all about it and Ill pass on the information to the rest of the team. I know, I'll get him a wallet for his birthday. Ive decided! I wont get a new DVD player just yet. First conditional sentences (in the Main clause) If we get a computer, well be able to surf the Internet. 0ffers and suggestions Ill help you with the advertising campaign. Requests Will you give a presentation on the sales figures? Promises I promise you he wont lose his job. Watch out! For offers and suggestions in the question form we do not use will with I and we. We use shall. Shall I help you with the advertising campaign? (offer) Shall we discuss this in the morning? (suggestion) For requests, we can also use would, could or can. Would and could are more polite than will and can. Would/Could/Can you give a presentation on the sales figures? 2. Be going to + S+ am/is/are +going to+ verb Were going to hire a bus. S+ am/is/are not+going to He isnt going to hire a bus. +verb ? Am/is/are+ S +going to+verb? Are they going to hire a bus? Plans and intentions (something we have already thought about and decided to do) I'm going to fix the television tomorrow. Im going to get my degree, then get a well-paid job. Predictions based on present evidence (especially common when we can see the cause of the event) It sounds like the planes going to take off in a few minutes. Look at tha wall!It looks as if its going to fall down. Look out! There's a bus coming! It's going to hit us! I can see you're going to have a baby. When is it due? 3. Present Continuous definite, fixed arrangements (made before the moment of speaking) Sorry, I can't help you, I'm leaving in the morning. Im meeting Fiona on Friday to talk about the pay rise. Watch out! Both be going to and present continuous can be used for intentions. However, present continusous is not usually employed for intentions in the distant

future: Im going to work hard for a really successful company one day. 4. Present Simple future events which are based on a timetable, programme or calendar (which the speaker cannot change). The bus to the science museum leaves at 8 oclock tomorrow morning. The shop closes at 3 pm next Saturday. Our new branch opens next week. After if in If Clauses Type 0 and Type 1 If technology continues to advance so quickly what will life be like in a hundred years? If you burn fossil fuels, carbon dioxide is produced. Watch out! In time clauses, after the time expressions when, until/till, as soon as, before, after, while a present tense form (either present simple/continuous or present perfect) is used, although the reference is to the future. The present perfect is often used to emphasize the completion of an event. Present simple: Ill give you a pay rise when you start working hard. Present Continuous: Ill give you a pay rise once youre bringing in three new customers a week. Think of me while you are travelling to Greece. Present Perfect Simple: Ill give you a pay rise as soon as youve proved youre a hard worker. Let me know as soon as your new computer has arrived. The rocket wont be launched until they have done a final check. Present Perfect Continuous: I wont give you a pay rise until youve been working here for three years. 5. Future Continuous + S+ will be+ V-ing Ill be feeling nervous S+ will not (wont) be +V-ing She wont be feeling nervous. ? Will+S+ be +V-ing? Will you be feeling nervous? Events/situations in progress at a certain point in the future or over a period of time in the future This time next week I expect I'll be living in London. And I'll probably be cycling to work. This time next week, Ill be travelling round Russia on business. Ill be working on the report all next week. Habits or repeated actions at a point in the future (situations which will happen in the future in the normal course of event) I think that, in the future, more and more people will be commuting to work by plane. Ill be seeing Sarah at lunch. 6. Future perfect simple + S+will have +Past participle S +will not (wont) have +Past participle ? Will +S+have +past participle? Ill have done it by then. We wont have done it by then. Will you have done it by then? Future events that will finish before a specified time in the future (often with before, by+fixed time, in+amount of time) By the end of the year I will have given the same talk at six conferences. Ill have finished it by next Friday. In a weeks time Ill have written the report. It looks as if Jack will have lost his job by the end of the week. By the time we get there the film will have started. 7. Future perfect continuous + S+will have been+V-ing ? S+will not(wont )have been +V-ing Will++have been+V-ing? Ill have been studying here for three months We wont have been studying here for long. How long will you have been studying here?

 It shows how long an activity/situation has been in progress before a specified time in the future (it emphasises the duration) This time next month Ill have been working at the company for exactly 25 years. At seven oclock Ill have been doing my chemistry research for three hours. 8. Future in the past When we look back at what was the future once, we usually make the future forms past. Will becomes would, is going to becomes was going to. I think the factory will open in September. I thought the factory woul open in September. Im in a rush because the train leaves at 4. I was in a rush because the train left at 4.