To talk about events that will occur
with certainty in the future, with or
without the intervention of the subject
in the action.
To express predictions,
deductions of the speaker about a
future event.
When you want to express orders,
requests and promises.
We use the future simple with
will in the first conditional and in
sentences that have a conditional
feeling.
Form
Will + infinitive
Examples
Affirmative
• She'll sing on the weekend.
• I'll give you the récipe.
Negative
• She won't be doing her
homework on the weekend.
• He won't be home until 9:00
pm.
Interrogative
• Will they have
dinner at night?
• Will she go for a
run early?
GOING TO-FUTURE
Use
To express plans, decisions or
intention to do something in the
near future.
This construction is used in
the informal sphere.
• When you are certain that
something is going to happen.
Form
Be (am/ are/ is) + going to + infinitive
Examples
Affirmative
• I'm going to clean
the house tomorrow.
• She's going to cook
for her mother.
Negative
• I'm not going to study
English the other semester.
• He's not going to buy a car
in the afternoon.
Interrogative
• Is she going to dance at
the graduation party?
• Am I going to call my
father tomorrow?
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
use
Action to be completed in the future.
When we use this tense, we are projecting
ourselves into the future, that is, an action
completed at some point after the present.
It is used with temporary
expressions.
Form
Will + have + past
participle*
*(infinitive + ed) or (3rd
column of table of irregular
verbs
Examples
Affirmative
• She'll have lived in Quito.
• He'll have written his book.
Negative
• She won't have forgotten car keys
• We won't have won the basketball
championship.
Interrogative
• Will she have made new shoes?
• Will he have found the cell
phone?
FUTURE PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
Use
It is used for an action in progress
that will be completed at some
specific time in the future.
Is used with two time
expressions: one that specifies a
time in the future and one that
indicates the duration of the
activity
Form
Will + have + been + infinitive + ing
Examples
Affirmative
• I’ll have been selling bracelet.
• She’ll have been spelling her
alphabet.
Negative
• We won’t have been working long when you arrive.
• He won´t have been working.
Interrogative
• Will I have been working since noon?
• Will she have been wearing her hair
down?
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
Use
An action will be in progress at a certain
time in the future. This action has begun
before the certain time.
Something happens because it normally
happens.
Form
Will+ be + infinitive + ing
Examples
Affirmative
• I will be learning English.
• They will be selling sportswear.
Negative
• We won´t be taking the bus to go home.
• She won´t be eating at a hotel.
Interrogative
• Will she be taking her medicine?
• Will he be playing his guitar?