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Future Tenses Guide for Learners

The document discusses forming and using future tenses in English. It explains the simple future, be going to, future progressive, future perfect, and future perfect progressive tenses. It provides examples of when each tense is used, such as for scheduled events, predictions, promises and planned actions. It also notes that the simple present and present progressive can be used in some cases to refer to future events.

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Future Tenses Guide for Learners

The document discusses forming and using future tenses in English. It explains the simple future, be going to, future progressive, future perfect, and future perfect progressive tenses. It provides examples of when each tense is used, such as for scheduled events, predictions, promises and planned actions. It also notes that the simple present and present progressive can be used in some cases to refer to future events.

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FORMING THE FUTURE TENSES

Subject Verb Object/


Complement
Simple future I/You/We/They/He/she Will/will not call Later today.
It Will/will not arrive
Be going to I Am/am not going to move Next summer.
It/He/she is not going to move
You/we/they are not going to move
Future I/You/We/They/He/she/It Will/will not be leaving Tomorrow.
progressive
Future perfect I/ you/we/they/He/she/it Will/will not have left By five o’clock.
Future Perfect I/ you/ we/ they/He/she/it Will/will not have been working For several hours
Progressive

TOBE - IN THE FUTURE TENSES

Subject To Be Complement
I / He/She/It will/ will not be In London.
I Am /am not going to be In London.
You/we/they are/are not going to be In London.
I /He/ She/It/ You/we/they Will have /will not have been in London by June.

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USING THE FUTURE TENSES

1. The simple future is used to describe or write about actions, events, or states that will occur in
the future, including:

• scheduled events

E.g.: The movie will begin at 8:30.

• predictions

E.g.: Will it be sunny tomorrow? It probably will be.

• promises

E.g.: I will never tell your secret.

• offers

E.g.: I will drive you to school tomorrow.

• decisions made at the moment of speaking

E.g.: I think I'll take a walk.


2. Be going to + verb is used to describe or write about:

• Planned events

E.g.: We're going to work at a restaurant this summer.


I am going to take five classes next semester.

• predictions

E.g.: I think this class is going to be my favorite one.

3. The future progressive is used to describe or write about an action that will be in progress at a
time in the future.

E.g.: John and Kim will be sailing on the lake all day Saturday.

4. The future perfect is used to describe or write about a future action that will happen before
another future action or time.

E.g.: You will probably have left for the party by the time John arrives.

5. The future perfect progressive is used to describe or write about future events or actions that
continue up to another future event or time. The future perfect progressive is often used to
express the duration of the first event or action.

E.g.: By the time you graduate, I will have been working for several years.

6. In addition to the simple future, the simple present can be used to describe or write about
scheduled events.

E.g.: The bus departs at 6:00 tomorrow morning.

The performance begins at 8:00 tonight.

7. The present progressive can be used to describe or write about a previously arranged future
action.

E.g.: We're leaving town tomorrow afternoon.

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