FUTURE TENSES

VERB TENSE USE ESTRUCTURE EXAMPLE CLUES

+ Subject + verb (-s) The train leaves at 09.00h. Hours
Present Timetable - Subject + don’t/doesn’t + verb The train doesn’t leave at 09.00h.
simple Repeated Events
? Do/Does + Subject + verb Does the train leave at 09.00?

+ Subject + TO BE + verb + -ing I am travelling tomorrow. Tomorrow, tonight, etc.

Arrangements & Plans
Present with a concrete moment - Subject + TO BE not + verb + -ing I am not travelling tomorrow.
continuous in the future ? TO BE + Subject + verb + -ing Are you travelling tomorrow?

Predictions & Forecasts + Subject + WILL + verb I will call you. Think, promise, maybe,
Will Spontaneous decisions - Subject + WON’T + verb I won’t call you. perhaps, probably, hope,
Offers / Promises Will you call me? sure
? Will + Subject + verb
First conditional
+ Subject + WILL BE + verb + -ing I will be having a lunch at 14.00h. At (5.00)h.
Specific time
Future Actions in course at a - Subject + WON’T BE +verb + -ing I won’t be having lunch at 14.00h.
continuous Future point in the time ? WILL + Subject + BE + verb + -ing Will you be having lunch at 2.00?

+ Subject + WILL HAVE + Participle I will have discovered by the year. This time tomorrow, by
Future perfect Fact before a certain - Subject + WON’T HAVE + Part. I won’t have discovered by the year. the (day, year), by, in
simple point in the future Will you have discovered?
? WILL + Subject + HAVE + Part.
+ Sub. + WILL HAVE BEEN + V. -ing I will have been working.
Continuous action before
Future perfect a certain point in the - Sub. + WON’T HAVE BEEN + V.-ing I won’t have been working.
continuous future ? WILL + Sub.+ HAVE BEEN + v.-ing Will you have been working?

Intentions + Sub. + TO BE + GOING TO + inf. I’m going to buy a house.

Previously made - Sub. + TO BE not + GOING TO + inf. I’m not going to buy a house.
Be going to
decisions Are you going to buy a house?
? TO BE + Sub. + GOING TO + inf.