Jerónimo's Lesson

Future tenses

Be going to

Subject + Verb to be (am, is, are) + going to + infinitive

• Future plans and intentions that we have decided.
• Predictions based on what we see or know (evidence).

I am going to visit my parents next weekend.

Will

Subject + Will / Won't + Infinitive

• General predictions about the future (what we believe or imagine).
• On the spot decisions.
• Promises, threats, warnings, hopes, offers.
• Talk about the future when it is an objective truth.

It's muy birthday next week. I'll be seventeen.

Present continuous and simple

Future meanings:

• PC to talk about future arrangements or plans that have been confirmed.
• PS to talk about schedules or timetables.
• PS after time expressions like when, as soon as, until, after.

Reception opens at 8:00 am.

I am going to an interview tomorrow. They just phoned me.

The train leaves at 10.

They are having a party at the weekend.

Call me as soon as you arrive.

We are getting married next week.

Future continuous

Subject + will/won't + be + verb -ING

• Actions which will be in progress at a stated future time. 
• Unfinished actions. 

• This time next week, I'll be working as a tour guide.
• I'll be seeing the manager for a meeting on Tuesday.

Future perfect

Subject + Will + Have + Past Participle

• Activities that will be finished by a certain time in the future.
• "By" - some time before.

She will have finished her interview by 3 o'clock.

She will have learned to drive by next month.

He will have completed the project before the deadline.

I will be working on my project tomorrow afternoon. 

She won't be working on Tuesday.