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    The document discusses various English verb tenses used to express future time, including: - Future Simple ("will") - for predictions without evidence, offers, promises, facts - Be going to - for plans and decisions, predictions with evidence - Present Continuous - for fixed plans and arrangements - Future Continuous - for actions in progress at a specific future time - Future Perfect - for completed actions at a specific future time - Future Perfect Continuous - for the duration of an action before a future time Examples and usage notes are provided for each future tense.

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    The document discusses various English verb tenses used to express future time, including: - Future Simple ("will") - for predictions without evidence, offers, promises, facts - Be going to - for plans and decisions, predictions with evidence - Present Continuous - for fixed plans and arrangements - Future Continuous - for actions in progress at a specific future time - Future Perfect - for completed actions at a specific future time - Future Perfect Continuous - for the duration of an action before a future time Examples and usage notes are provided for each future tense.

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    The document discusses various English verb tenses used to express future time, including: - Future Simple ("will") - for predictions without evidence, offers, promises, facts - Be going to - for plans and decisions, predictions with evidence - Present Continuous - for fixed plans and arrangements - Future Continuous - for actions in progress at a specific future time - Future Perfect - for completed actions at a specific future time - Future Perfect Continuous - for the duration of an action before a future time Examples and usage notes are provided for each future tense.

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    FUTURE TENSES

    PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    (BE) GOING TO
    FUTURE SIMPLE “WILL”
    FUTURE CONTINUOUS
    FUTURE PERFECT
    FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
    FUTURE SIMPLE “WILL”
    Subject+ will (‘ll) + base form + Complements
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
    I’ll have a cup of coffee, I will not have a cup of coffee. Will you have a cup of coffee?
    please.
    She’ll be my friend. She won’t be my friend. Will she be my friend?
    You will marry me. You won’t marry me. Will you marry me?

    1) PREDITIONS about the future with NO EVIDENCE


    (something you think it will happen: think, believe, expect, hope…)
    I think I will pass the exam
    2) You decide to do something AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING It is raining. I’ll take an umbrela.
    3) OFFERS, PROMISES and REQUESTS I’ll help you.
    4) Facts about the future: Christmas day will fall on Tuesday this year.
    5) I’ll have a cup of tea (in bars and restaurants)

    IN A YEAR, NEXT.., ONE DAY (1ST CONDITIONAL)

    Note: “Shall” + Infinitive has FUTURE VALUE is used only with 1st person singular and plural ( “I” and “ we”)
    mostly for suggestions and requests. “Shall I open the window?”
    BE GOING TO
    Subject + am/is/are + GOING TO+ base form + complements
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
    I’m going to go there. I’m not going to go there. Am I going to go there?
    She’s going to play tennis. She isn’t going to play tennis. Is she going to play tennis?
    We’re going to visit her next week. We aren’t going to visit her next Are we going to visit her next week?
    week.

    For future PLANS and DECISIONS.


    You decide to do something in the future.

    Predictions WITH EVIDENCE. Something is going to happen.


    There are 2 black clouds. IT’S GOING TO RAIN.

    Next week, next year, next month, in one year…


    BE GOING TO vs. FUTURE SIMPLE “WILL”
    a) Look, that red car over there ____________(crash)!
    b) Don’t worry about the car; I___________(pone) a taxi.
    c) I think I ___________(be) rich one day!
    d) She’s pregnant. She ___________(have) a baby soon.
    e) I ___________(call) you when I arrive home.
    f) He___________(vote) Obama for the next presidential election.
    g) I___________(love) you forever.
    h) It’s nine o’clock. You __________(be) late again for school.
    i)All right, I _____________(lend) you some money.
    j) I ___________(have) a glass of wine, please.
    k) She__________(study) Medicine at UCLM next year.
    PRESENT CONTINOUS
    Subject+ am/is/are +verb-ing + Complements
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
    I’m going to the cinema tonight. I’m not going to the cinema tonight. Am I going to the cinema tonight?

    She’s driving home tomorrow. She isn’t driving home tomorrow. Is she driving home tomorrow?
    They’re playing football at 7 pm. They aren’t playing football at 7 pm. Are they playing football at 7 pm?

    FUTURE MEANING: When you have already decided or arranged to do it ( a fixed plan, a date)

    I’M GOING TO THE CINEMA TONIGHT.

    TONIGHT, TOMORROW, THIS AFTERNOON AT 8 0’CLOCK, THIS WEEKEND…

    Note: Present Simple can also have a FUTURE value, especially for schedules. “Train leaves at 7
    am”
    FUTURE CONTINUOUS
    Subjet+ will (‘ll) + be+ verb-ing+ Complements

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


    I will be flying across India this time next I won’t be flying across India this time Will I be flying across India this time next
    year next year. year?
    He will be waiting for you tomorrow He won’t be waiting for you tomorrow Will he be waiting for you tomorrow.
    We’ll be driving our new car. We won’t be driving our new car. Will we be driving our new car?

    AN ACTION WILL BE IN PROGRESS AT A CERTAIN TIME IN THE FUTURE.


    THIS ACTION HAS BEGUN BEFORE THE CERTAIN TIME.

    Una acción en progreso en un tiempo específico del futuro. “Yo estaré haciendo…dentro
    de dos años”

    IN ONE YEAR, IN 2 YEARS TIME, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, TOMORROW…


    FUTURE PERFECT
    Suject+ will (‘ll)+ have+ participle + Complements

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


    You’ll have finished school by this You won’t have finished school by Will you have finished by this time
    time next year. this time next year. next year?
    She will have had the baby by She will not have had the baby by Will she have had the baby by
    tomorrow morning tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning?
    They will have taken the test by 8 pm. They won’t have taken the test by 8 Will they have taken the test by 8
    pm. pm?

    SOMETHING HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME IN THE


    FUTURE. THE ACTION IS COMPLETED IN A SPECIFIC TIME IN THE FUTURE.

    “Yo habré hecho…para el lunes” La acción se completa en un tiempo del futuro.

    BY MONDAY, BY TOMORROW MORNING, BY 8 PM.


    FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
    Subject+ will (‘ll)+ have+ been +verb-ing+ Complements

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


    I’ll have been studying Maths. I won’t have been studying Maths. Will I have been studying Maths.
    She will have been reading books She won’t have been reading books. Will she have been reading books.
    We will have been running. We won’t have been running. Will we have been running?

    SOMETHING HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME IN THE FUTURE.

    EMPHASIS IN THE DURATION OF THE ACTION.

    I WILL HAVE BEEN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR FOUR YEARS BY THE TIME I GET MY FINAL
    DEGREE. (Habré estado enseñando inglés durante 4 años para cuando obtenga mi último
    diploma)

    FOR…, THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, ALL DAY LONG


    PRACTICE ( all tenses)
    a) I can’t join you tonight because I _________(stay) at home.
    b) The sky is grey. I think it ______________(rain) a lot.
    c) Ann __________(finish) her assignments by Saturday.
    d) Peter ____________(travel) across The USA this time next year.
    e) ____________(you/marry) me?
    f) By the end of May, the students_________(not complete) the training period.
    g) In two years time, I ___________(play) golf in Spain.
    h) My mother _________(start) a new job tomorrow.
    i) What ____________(study) at UCLM next year?
    j) I hope I _________ (earn) more money one day.
    k) I _________________(plan) my holiday to New York for 7 hours by 8 pm.

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