Future Tenses B1.5

Future tenses

Eduardo Dorado
UIS

Liz is a great dancer. She'll become famous. I'm sure we will see her in Broadway.

At this time next year, I'll be going on a cruise to the Caribbean

USE

• We use the future simple to make predictions for the future.

• To make promises, request something or offer our help.

• To make threats and to give warnings

• With expressions like: I think, I believe, I suppose, I expect..., be sure, be afraid....and with adverbs like probably, certainly, perhaps e.t.c.

• EXAMPLES

• They will travel to Italy next week.

• Stop talking or I will send you to the principal's office!

Open Ended

What are your plans for the future?

instant decisions Look ! it rains I will use my umbrella

BE GOING TO

• We use be going to to make predictions based on facts

• to talk about personal plans for the future

• intentions

• EXAMPLES

• They are going to go to the theatre tommorow.

• Julia is going to move to Ireland next month.She has found a new job there.

• Look at the dark clouds! It is going to rain!

Multiple Choice

Diana ___________ to brazil tomorrow she has the passport ready

• will travel

• is going to travel

Multiple Choice

(The phone rings)

A: I __________________ get it!

• will

• am going

Multiple Choice

A: We don’t have any bread.

B: I know. I __________________ get some from the shop.

• will

• am going to

Multiple Choice

A: We don’t have any bread.

B: Really? I __________________ get some from the shop then.

• will

• am going to

Multiple Choice

A: Why do you need to borrow my suitcase?

B: I __________________ visit my mother in Scotland next month.

• am going to

• visit

• will visit

​Present Continuous

​Future plans or (social) arragements (we must give the time, date and/ or place)

​-What are you doing tonight?

​- I am staying at home

Tonight, I'm staying at home and driking tea.

I feel terrible. I'm going to see a doctor.

Have I decided to see a doctor?

It's Friday, Albert is going to have fun with his friends.

Has he decided to have fun with his friends?

​Present simple

​Future events part of a fixed timetable or programme:

​-The plane leaves at 6pm.

​Future events in clauses of time (when, as soon as, before, after, until...) and condition (if, unless, as long as...)

​-I'll go to the cinema when I have money

The conference starts tomorrow at 9.

The key speaker arrives tonight at 8PM.

It's a fixed time (can't be changed)

Fill in the Blank

Oh, so you're best friend is coming. What time ...........? (he /arrive)

Fill in the Blank

What ............? Would you like to come to a party? (you/do)

Fill in the Blank

By 2060, robots ......... several human jobs in industries such as education, health and mass-production. (overtake)

Fill in the Blank

I've already called my barber. I .......... my hair cut after lunch. (get)

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FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FORM: subject + will be+ verb in -ing form

​Future continuous

​Temporary actions that will be in progress at a certain time in the future: --I will be having dinner at 7pm

​things that are already planned, or which are part of a regular routine

​-I will be driving into town later on.

​Polite enquiries about people's plans/ decisions

​-Will you be going out this evening?

​Future continuous

​Temporary actions that will be in progress at a certain time in the future: --I will be having dinner at 7pm

​things that are already planned, or which are part of a regular routine

​-I will be driving into town later on.

​Polite enquiries about people's plans/ decisions

​-Will you be going out this evening?

USE

• We use future continuous to talk about an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.

• To ask someone for their plans and intentions politely

• EXAMPLES

• They will be travelling to New Zealand this time next week.

• Will you be going to the supermarket, Miriam?

FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE

FORM: Subject +will have+past participle/ -ed

By June next year, Pfizer will have sold more than one million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine.

USE

• We use Future Perfect Simple to talk about an action that will have been completed before a specific time/ before another action, in the future.

• EXAMPLES

• We will have finished cleaning the house by 6 o'clock.

• Mum will have prepared lunch, before we return home from football practise.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FORM: subject+will have been + verb in -ing ending.

USE

• We use Future Perfect Continuous to emphasize the duration of an action until a specific time in the future.

• EXAMPLES

• Mark will have been working in the garden for 3 hours by 5 o'clock.

• By the time we reach Thessaloniki, we will have been driving for 5 hours.

Fill in the Blank

By 8.30am, he.....................................at the airport. (arrive).

Fill in the Blank

At 9am, he ……………………for his plane for 30 minutes. (wait).

Multiple Choice

We have a plan! We ______________ Jake this weekend.

• are visiting

• is going to visit

• is visiting

• are going to visiting

Fill in the Blank

At 9.45am, the plane .......................................for Paris (leave).

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

We have many kinds of robots now.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

The Auto Mower is a robot that vacuums.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

The Auto Mower has sensors that detect where objects are.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

Cars with GPS systems can give you directions.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

In the future cars will drive themselves automatically.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Robots

When will we have robots? We already have many kinds of robots! Industries use a variety of robots and now robots are becoming more common in the home.

The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it maneuvers around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade! Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawn mower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums around it.

Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with a GPS system can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is, and, some day in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.

We even have robotic pets now. The Sony company makes a robotic dog named Aibo that can sit, stand, and walk like a regular dog but can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as "Sit down", "Stand up", "Turn right", etc. If you ask Aibo a question such as "How old are you?", its eyes will flash the number of years old it is. Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures with a built in camera of anything suspicious.

Aibo is a robotic cat.

• True

• False