Future Tenses: Lecturer: Mr. Vinh Sovann

GIL211
CHAPTER III
Future Tenses
Lecturer: Mr. Vinh Sovann
(B.Ed, MEd. TESOL)
Tel: 086 518 156
E-mail: [email protected]
Blogspot: www.vinhsovann2013.blogspot.com
Outline
 Future Simple Tense
 Present Simple as Future
 Present Continuous as Future
 Will/Shall
 Be going to
 Be going to/Be about to/Be due to
 Future Continuous Tense
 Future Perfect Simple Tense
 Future Perfect Continuous Tense
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Future Simple Tense
There are four forms of future simple
 Present Simple as Future
We use present simple as future to describe organizational
timetable/schedule.
Ex: - The bus leaves at 8:00 tomorrow morning.
- Your plane leaves London at 8:00 and arrives
Chairo at 12:00.
Future Simple Tense
 Present Continuous as Future
We use present continuous as future to talk about
future arrangement (near future).
Ex:
- I am meeting Soriya tonight.
- What are you doing on Friday night?
Future Simple Tense
 Will/shall
Future fact (the real future)
Ex:
- Today is Friday, so tomorrow will be Saturday.
- Next year, I will be 20 years old.
Future Simple Tense
 Will/shall
Promise/willingness/request/offer
Ex: - I will love you only one.
- I commit that I will study hard.
- Shall I close this computer?
Prediction and unintentional decision
Ex: - Today, it will rain a lot.
- I will go to market tomorrow.
Future Simple Tense
Be going to
Future plan and intentions, future action which are
already decided.
Ex: - They are going to open the new office on 1st
March.
- We are going to get married next month.
Future prediction based on evidence
Ex: - Look at the snow. It is going to be difficult
to get there.
- There are a lot of black clouds and cold
Future Simple Tense
Be about to
Be about to is used to refer to the arranged actions
that happen in the immediate future. It is often used
with just:
• Hurry up! The ceremony is about to begin.
• “Do you have a minute?” “I'm sorry, I'm just
about to leave.”
Future Simple Tense
Be due to
Be due to is used to refer to the action we expect to
happen in exact time in the future.
• The train is due to arrive at 10:54 PM. (The train

is expected to arrive at 10.54 PM.)
• The show is due to begin in 10 minutes.
Future Continuous Tense
Form of the future continuous:
will /be Verb + ing
Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I will not / won’t be Will you be
I will /’ll be finishing.
finishing. finishing?
Future Continuous Tense
Use of the future progressive
Talk about something that will be in progress at or around a
time in the future.
- Don’t phone grandma now, she’ll be having dinner.
- The kids are very quiet. They’ll be doing something
wrong, I know it!
- Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to
be a Millionaire.
- This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I
can’t
wait!
Future Perfect Simple Tense
Form of the future perfect simple
will have past participle

I will not / won’t have
I will /’ll have finished. will you have finished?
finished.
Use of the future perfect simple
The Future Perfect shows that something will occur

before:
 Another action occurs in the future.
 Or before a specific time in the future.
Ex:
 By the end of this weekend, I will have revised my
lessons.
 By the time her husband arrives home, she will have
prepared dinner.
 I won't have finished this task by the end of June.
 I will have finished my English homework by the time
my mother arrives.
 Will you have finished your English homework by the
time your mother arrives?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Form of future perfect continuous:
will have been verb+ing

I will have been I will not/won't will you have been
teaching. have been teaching. teaching?
Use of future perfect continuous:
 To show that an action will continue up until a

particular event or time in the future.
Examples:
 She will have been working for over 8 hours by the time
her children arrive. .
 He will have been studying English for three years next
month.
 I will have been teaching for more than 35 years when I
retire.
 Will you have been teaching for more than 35 years
when you retire?
Practice
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