Future Tenses Masterclass

FUTURE TENSES MASTERCLASS
Future Simple
1. WILL
It is used to talk about:
- Predictions or things that the speaker is not certain about: “I think it will rain”.
- Spontaneous decisions: “It’s hot in here. I’ll open the window”.
- Promises, offers, and requests: “I promise I will marry you”, “Will you take more cake?”
- Threats and warnings: “Be quiet or I”ll send out”.
- First conditional: “If you come, we will go to the cinema”.
Key words: hope, think, believe, and expect, I’m sure, I’m afraid, probably, perhaps,
maybe…
Time expressions: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tomorrow but one, next
week/month/year, tonight, soon, in a week/year/month…
 Affirmative: We will go there.

 Negative: We won’t go there / We will not go there.
 Question: Will you go there?
2. GOING TO
It is used to talk about:
- Plans (also will is accepted in this type of sentences): “I’m going to/will start a degree in
Medicine next month”.
- Evidences: “Look! It the sky is so dark! It is going to rain!”
- First conditional: “If you come, we are going to make a cake”.
Key words: In the afternoon/morning/evening, I’m planning to, I’ve decided, at 7pm…
Time expressions: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tomorrow but one, next
week/month/year, tonight, soon, in a week/year/month…
3. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN THE FUTURE
- Present Continuous is one of the most preferred forms to talk about the future. In spoken
English it is used indistinctively in many of the previous situations where, academically, will
and going to are preferred (it very similar to be going to).
However, in order to be accurate and academically correct, especially in formal contexts, we
will say that present continuous is used to talk about planned future events. It indicates a
firm intention or definite decision.
I.e. Are you seeing the doctor next week?
- Present Simple is often used to talk about future events that are part of a timetable or
programmed arrangement/routine.
I.e. The movie starts at 7pm.
Future Continuous
We use Future Continuous to talk about future actions which:
 take place over a period of time: “She will be giving the same speech for one week”,
“Will you be driving to work, as usual?”
 have already been planned (in the same way as we use present continous for future
arranged actions/events): “I’ll be leaving tomorrow morning”.
 are predicted to start before a particular point of future time and may continue after that
point: “She will be helping us to organise the party”, “When you arrive, I’ll be doing my
homework”.
 when you don’t want to indicate willingness or intention/invitation. Compare:
1 “Will you be staying with us tonight?” (asking about their plans, not inviting)
2 “Will you stay with us tonight?”(it might seem as an invitation)
Future Perfect
We use Future Perfect to talk about future actions/events which:
 will be completed/ended/achieved by a specific time in the future. We usuallyuse the

word by to explain when the specific moment will be.
“By the end of the holiday, I will have learnt how to ski perfectly”
“I’ll have passed all my exams by this time next year”
Future Perfect Continuous

We use Future Perfect Continuous to emphasise the duration of an activity in progress at a
particular point in the future:
“Next year I will have been working in this company for 30 years”
*With both Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous we usually mention the future time
(e.g. By the time you get home…, Next year…).
FUTURE TENSES ACTIVITIES
Exercise: Complete with Future Simple
1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?

B: I (write) ______________________ a letter to my friends back home in Texas.
2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!

B: I (get) _______________________ you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
3. A: I can't hear the television!

B: I (turn) ____________________________ it up so you can hear it.
4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit) ___________________________
Paris, Nice and Grenoble.
5. Sarah (come) _______________________________to the party. Oliver (be) _______

___________________________ there as well.
6. Ted: It is so hot in here!

Sarah: I (turn) ____________________________ the air-conditioning on.
7. I think he (be) ________________________ the next President of the United States.
8. After I graduate, I (attend) ____________________________ medical school and become a doctor.

I have wanted to be a doctor all my life.
Exercise: Fill in WILL or BE GOING TO:
1. A: Why do you need so much sugar?

B: I ……………………………………… make a cake.
2. A: Oh no! I’ve left my purse at home and I haven’t got any money on me!
B: Don’y worry. I …………………………………………. lend you some.
3. A: I don’t know how to use this mixer.
B: That’s OK. I ………………………………….. show you.
4. A: Why are all these people gathered here?
B: The Prime Minister ……………………………… open the new hospital ward.
5. A: Did you remember to buy the magazine I asked for?
B: Sorry, I didn’t. I …………………………………. buy it when I go out again.
6. A: What’s that on your curtains?
B: It’s a stain. I ………………………………….. take them to the dry cleaner’s
tomorrow.
7. A: These bags are very heavy. I can’t lift them.
B: I ………………………………… carry them for you.
8. A: I hear you’re going to Leeds University in September.
B: Yes, I ……………………………………. study French and German.
9. A: Why don’t you tidy your room?
Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct FUTURE forms (Will / Going to / Present
Continuous / Simple Present):
1. A: What ………………… you …………………… (do) when you grow up?

B: I ……………………………………………… (be) an acrobat in a circus.
2. I haven’t seen him for a long time but I think I ………………………………………
(recognize) him.
3. A: I need some tokens to telephone my friend.
B: I ……………………………………………… (give) you some.
4. I got the plane tickets. I ………………………………………. (fly) on Sunday.
5. A: Have you got any plans for the summer?
B: Yes, we ……………………………………………. (go) to Italy in June.
6. Don’t play with those matches; you ……………..….………………. burn yourself.
7. A: Whose is that night dress?
B : It’s mine. I ………………………………….… (wear) it at John’s graduation party.
Exercise: Use the correct form of the FUTURE TENSE:
1. A: Oh! You’ve got a ticket for the party.

B: Yes. I …………………………………………….. (see) it on Friday.
2. A: Tea or coffee?
B: I ……………………………….. (have) coffee, please.
3. There isn’t any cloud in the sky. It ……………………………… (be) a lovely day.
4. We ……………………………………. (win) the match. We’re playing really well.
5. The festival ……………………………….. (last) for ten days.
6. I ………………………………………. (have) a meal with a few friends. There
…………………….. (be) about ten of us.
7. Phil ……………………….…… (come) round us tomorrow. We ………….……….
(be) at the airport at 9:30.
8. Why don’t you come with us. I’m sure you …………………… (enjoy) the show.
9. That ………………………………………….. (not / cost) more than $50.
10. The museum …………………………….. (open) at 9:00 everyday but tomorrow
it…………………………….. (not / be) opened at 9:00.
Exercise: Make sentences with WILL BE –ING:
1. I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening.

So at 9.30 I
__________________________________________________________________
2. Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30.
So at 4 o’clock tomorrow I ___________________________________________________
3. Jim is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening.
So at 8.30 this evening he ____________________________________________________
Exercise: Ask questions with WILL YOU BE –ING?
1. You want to borrow your friend’s bicycle this evening.

(you / use / your bicycle this evening?)
………………………………………………………………………………….
2. You want your friend to give Tom a message this afternoon.
(you / see / Tom this afternoon?)
………………………………………………………………………………….
3. You want to use your friend’s typewriter tomorrow evening.
(you / use / your typewriter tomorrow evening?)
………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise: Write sentences with future perfect stating what James will have done by the
end of the holiday.
Write lots of postcards – He will have written lots of postcards
Eat lots of Spanish dishes –

Speak some Spanish -
Try snowboarding -
Have a sauna-
Learn how to ski -
Exercise: Use Future Perfect:
1. Tom and Ann are going to the cinema. The film begins at 7.30 and it is already 7.20. And
it will take them 20 minutes to get there.
When they get there, …………………..…………………… (the film / already / start).
2. Jim always goes to bed at 11 o’clock. Tom is going to visit him at 11.30 this evening.
When Tom arrives, ………………………………………………….. (Jim / go / to bed).
3. Tom is on holiday. He has very little money and he is spending too much too quickly.
Before the end of his holiday, ………………………….. (he / spend / all his money)
5. Chuck came to Britain from the US nearly three years ago. Next Monday it will be exactly
three years since he arrived.
Next Monday …………………………………… (he / be / here / exactly three years)
Exercise: Fill in the blanks using FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS.
1. By the end of June I ……………..…………………….. (live) in this flat for 13 years.

2. I ……………………………….… (fly) to London for an hour at this time tomorrow.
3. At this time next week I ……………….…………………………………. (work) for this
company for 20 years.

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FUTURE TENSES MASTERCLASS

It is used to talk about:

 Affirmative: We will go there.

It is used to talk about:

3. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN THE FUTURE

I.e. Are you seeing the doctor next week?

I.e. The movie starts at 7pm.

 when you don’t want to indicate willingness or intention/invitation. Compare:

 will be completed/ended/achieved by a specific time in the future. We usuallyuse the

Future Perfect Continuous

FUTURE TENSES ACTIVITIES

Exercise: Complete with Future Simple

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?

2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!

3. A: I can't hear the television!

5. Sarah (come) _______________________________to the party. Oliver (be) _______

6. Ted: It is so hot in here!

7. I think he (be) ________________________ the next President of the United States.

8. After I graduate, I (attend) ____________________________ medical school and become a doctor.

Exercise: Fill in WILL or BE GOING TO:

1. A: Why do you need so much sugar?

1. A: What ………………… you …………………… (do) when you grow up?

1. A: Oh! You’ve got a ticket for the party.

Exercise: Make sentences with WILL BE –ING:

1. I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening.

Exercise: Ask questions with WILL YOU BE –ING?

1. You want to borrow your friend’s bicycle this evening.

Write lots of postcards – He will have written lots of postcards

Eat lots of Spanish dishes –

Exercise: Use Future Perfect:

1. By the end of June I ……………..…………………….. (live) in this flat for 13 years.

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