Transcript Future tenses

FUTURE TENSES
Mª Victoria Andaluz
Celia Iordache
1º C
The future in English can be expressed in many different ways:
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Simple future (will and be going to)
Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to”. Both "will"
and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.
*Will
1) To talk about a future action or event at the point of decision:
Oh! You have just broken the vase!
Don’t worry, I will repair it myself
2) To make predictions about the future (Predictions are guesses
about what might happen in the future)
The year 2222 will be a very interesting year
3)To make promises
I promise I will not tell him about
the surprise party
*To be going to
1) To talk about intentions. Sometimes it is used to talk about plans and arrangements
based on intentions (although to talk about arrangments, present continuous is
more commonly used)
He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii.
We are going to meet at 6 PM.
I'm going to be an actor when I grow up.
2) To talk about future events and actions based on evidence, especially when we can
see that the event is inminent
The way Real Madrid are playing at the moment, they’re going to win the match.
Wacht out! We’re going to hit that tree!
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Present continuous (am/is/are+present parciple)
1) To talk about plans and arrangements the near future. A time reference
often makes the future meaning clear
I am meeting a friend after school
Isn’t he coming to the party tonight?
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Present simple
1) To talk about timetables and schedules:
Our train leaves at 6:30 tomorrow morning
2) It is used with future reference in
subordinate
clauses
after
time
conjunctions such as when, before, until,
as soon as
We’ll reply when we hear from you
I hope you’ll write to us as soon as you
get home
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Be + infinitive
Is used to talk about official plans or arrangements in a formal
style.
The Prime Minister is to visit Africa next month
If used with a perfect infinitive (to have + past participle), it
indicates that a planned event didn’t happen.
I was to have returned last month, but I
changed my mind.
It can also be followed by a passive infinitive (to be + past
participle) to indicate common notices or instructions.
The label is not to be removed
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Future perfect
Something will have happened by a certain time in the future
This time next year I will have finished my exams
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Future continuous
Focuses on an action or event in progress at a specific time in
the future.
This time next week I’ll be lying on a beach in
the sun.
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Future perfect continuous
Expresses how long will something have been happening by a
certain time in the future
This time next year I will have been teaching
English for 9 years
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Future in the past: was/were going to/would +
verb These forms are used to look back to a past time and
talk about the future as was at that past time.
By the time I left school I knew I was going
to/would become a doctor.
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