FUTURE

Anmerkungen:

• En inglés no hay tiempo futuro: las frases con verbos finitos solo se marcan para el presente y el pasado. Por lo tanto, cuando hablamos de "futuro", nos referimos a un concepto más que a una categoría gramatical

1. present tense forms are used when future events are considered to be relatively close or considered to have some connection to the present moment.
2. FORMS
   1. affirmative: I/weshall/will; you/he/theywill + bare infinitive
   2. negative: I/we shall/will not; you/he/they will not + bare infinitive
   3. contractions: ’ll for shall and will; shan’t for shall not; won’t for will not
   4. interrogative: shall/will I ... ?; will you/he/they ...? + bare infinitive
3. The future simple is used to make predictions about the future and to give or ask for information regarding future events: The ceremony will be simple but moving He’ll be back in an hour Will she be at the party?
4. Predictions can also be used as a way of giving orders, as the following examples show: You’ll take care of the publication of the conference proceedings You will finish work at 5.30 p.m.
5. The future simple is also used, in the main clause, in time and conditional sentences. Of course, the condition does not necessarily have to be explicitly expressed: I’ll give you a call when they get here If I pass the test, I’ll buy you all a drink You’ll be fired (if you don’t work harder)