Future tenses

Hi!! Today I want to explain the future. It is necessary To express something that will happen, so we can use a several future to express it. The lesson of today I am going to explain the kinds of future that we can find and of course their use and examples!

1   Will:  Will + infinitive.

-    I think it’ll rain tomorrow.  Perhaps she’ll be late.

-    I will have the steak.

-      I won’t tell anybody where you are.

There are many uses of this expression:

•  Predictions. Sometimes is preceded by I think or by opinions words, like  perhaps.
• Scientific study
• official weather report
• With the verbs: I think, I hope, I expect, I’m sure.
• Instant decisions
• Promises
• Offers
• Suggestions.

   2. Going To : Going to + infinitive.

  -  I’m going to fix the television tomorrow.

  -  We are going to get married in the summer.

  -  My sister is going to adopt a child.

    
      The uses of this future are:

•        Predictions. When we can see the cause of the event.
•        Impersonal statements.
•         Future seen from the present.

3.  Present simple: 

-     My train leaves at 11.30 tomorrow morning.

-   The sun rises at 6.15 tomorrow.

    The use of present simple applied to future: 

•           To describe future events which are based on a timetable or calendar.

    4.     Present continuous:

       - Sorry, I can't help you. I'm leaving in the morning.

       - We are getting married on July 12th.    

     The use of present continuous:

•          To describe definite, fixed arrangements.
•          A diary.

    5. Future continuous: Subject + will +be+ -ing.

     - This is used to describe a situation in progress at a particular time in the future.

     -  I will going to the supermarket later.

     -  This time next week I will lying down in the beach.

       The use of this future:

•           This is used to describe a situation in progress at a particular time in the future.  

    6. Future perfect:      Will + have +past participle 

-   They will have built the terminal in 6 month’s time.

-   I will have finished the article by Friday.

-  They will have built the terminal in 6 month’s time.

       The uses:

•     This looks back from a point in the future. 
•     An action will finish in a particular moment in the future. 
•       Saturday, March, 2013, two weeks, months, by+ time, in +six month.

       The next entry I Will write some exercises to test the conditional and the future times. I hope this entry again is helpful for your learning English. See you Soon!!