The Future

Ways of Expressing the Future

» Will is used with pronouns he, she, it and they.

Examples :

He will take her dog for walk.

The meteorological station reports that there will be showers in the late evening.

≫ Shall is usually used with pronouns I and we.

Examples :

I shall work hard to do well in the exams.

We shall speak o his father about the matter.

≫ Going to expresses an intention to do something. It shows the possibility of a future action.

Examples :

She is going to make a dress for the concert.

I am going to speak to you parents about your errant behaviour.

≫ About to + infinitive is used to refer to actions that will happen in immediate or near future.

Examples :

The show is about to start in five minutes! Let's hurry!

The sales promoter is about to open the door of the department store.

Future Continues Tense

Examples:
In a year's time, you will be taking th PSLE.

Examples:

In a few minute, we shall be meeting at the cinema.

Example:
He is going to break the bricks piled on the other man's body.

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

2. Present continuous (I am doing) and going to

3. Present simple (I do)

4. Future continuous (will be doing)

5. Be to + infinitive (I am to do), future perfect (I will have done), and future perfect continuous (I will have been doing)

6. The future seen from the past (was going to, etc.)

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

Will + infinitive and going to + infinitive are commonly used to talk about the future. Sometimes the difference between them is very small.



Going to is preferred in spoken English and will is preferred in formal written English.

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

If we make a prediction based on our opinion or our past experience we use will:

• Why not come over at the weekend? The children will enjoy seeing you again.

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

When we talk about INTENTIONS or DECISIONS about the future that were made some time before we report them, we prefer going to or the present continuous:

• 'Who's arranging the party?' 'Jo's going to do it.' (= this has been planned)
• Toni told me that she's going to move back to Spain. (= reporting an intention)

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

However, notice that in a formal style, we use will rather than going to to talk about future events that have been previously arranged in some detail:

• The meeting will begin at 10.00 am. Coffee will be available from 9.30 onwards.

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

We can use will or going to with little difference in meaning in the main clause of an if-sentence when we say that something (often something negative) is conditional on something else - it will happen if something else happens first:

• If we go on like this, we'll / we're going to lose all our money.

• You'll / You're going to knock that glass over (if you're not more careful).

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

However, we use will (or another auxiliary), not going to, when we describe a future event that follows another. Often 'if' has a meaning similar to 'when' in this kind of sentence:

• If you look carefully, you'll (or can) find writing scratched on the glass.

• If you move to your left, you'll (or may) be able to see the church.

THE FUTURE

1. Will and going to; shall

We can use shall (or shan't) instead of will (or won't) in statements about the future with I and we, although it is more common to use will/won't:

• When I retire, I shall/will have more time for my painting.

• The stronger we are, the more we shall/will be able to help others.

Multiple Choice

May _______ out at the fair tomorrow.

• will help

• willn't help

• will helps

• will helped

Multiple Choice

I ________________ the dog later.

• will walk

• walk

• walks

• walked

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Roger ______ to see us tomorrow.

• come

• will come

• will comes

• coming

Multiple Choice

I _____ the work given by my teacher online.

• will be finish

• will finish

• will not finishing

• will be finish

Multiple Choice

May Lee _____ (not leave) her laptop on the table because it may get stolen.

• shall leave
• will not leave
• will leave
• shall be leaving

Multiple Choice

______ you ______ the party tonight?

• Will ... join

• Are ... join

• Will ... be join

• Is ... joining

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________ she _________ tonight?

• Wills ... go home

• Will ... go home

• Will ... goes home

• Will ... went home

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I ______ you a coffee.

• gets

• shall get

• got

• gotten

Multiple Choice

Sue ____________ Janice's birthday cake next month.

• is making

• is going to make

• makes

• made

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Sarah ____________ on the air conditioner.

• turned

• is going to turn

• turning

• turn

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_________________ a horse tomorrow

• She shall be ride

• She will be riding

• She'll riding

• She shall riding

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Tomorrow morning, we (work)

• will be working

• will work

• will have been working

• will be worked

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He (not/draw) ______tomorrow morning.

• will not have been drawing

• will not be drawing

Multiple Choice

People ______________on mars by the end of this century.

• will living

• will have lived

• will be living

Multiple Choice

What ______at 11 o´clock tonight?

• will you have done

• will you have been done

• will you be doing

Multiple Choice

Teachers __________(mark) the exam papers over the weekend.

• sahll not be mark

• will marking

• shall be marks

• will be marking

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Robots______ our lives in ten or twenty years.

• wil have been being improving

• will have been improving

• will be improving

Multiple Choice

Don't phone her at this time tomorrow. She ____ dinner.

• will be having

• will have had

Multiple Choice

___________ the car at the weekend?

• will you have used

• will you be using

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This time next month, ______ in Canada.

• you 'll be rock climbed

• you'll be rock climbing

Multiple Choice

Tom ______ a beard by the end of the week.

• will have grown

• will be grown

Multiple Choice

By morning, he _______for over twelve hours.

• 'll be sleeping

• 'll have slept

Multiple Choice

By the end of the afternoon, you _______ my phone number!

• will be forgetting

• will have forgotten

Multiple Choice

There won't be anyone in the office. Everyone _______ (go) home

• will be going

• will have gone

Multiple Choice

Do you think that Lucas _______ (fix) the car by tomorrow?

• will have fixed

• will be fixing

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Julie _______ (not work) this time next week. She'll be on holiday!

• won't be working

• won't have worked

Multiple Choice

By the time you arrive I _______ (cook) something spectacular and dinner will be on the table waiting for you.

• will be cooking

• will have cooked

Multiple Choice

Select the correct sentence on future perfect

• I will be reading this book

• I will have read this book by tomorrow

• I go to read the book tomorrow

• I won’t Reading the book tomorrow

Multiple Choice

By 2050 scientists ______________ a cure for cancer

• Will be found

• Will be founding

• Will have found

• Will have founding

Multiple Choice

My girl friend will have … her homework at 5 p.m this afternoon.

• do

• did

• done

• doing

Multiple Choice

________ we have breakfast now?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

Are you sure it _____ be easy?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

_______ she have sugar in her tea?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

Do you think he ______ do it for me?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

When ______ we know the result?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

How long _____ they stay?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

What _____ we do now? We are lost

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

I hope they ______ be ready by 10

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

______ I wait for you? Tell me

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

She ______ turn 16 next June

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

Students ________ not enter this room. (Warning/orientaion)

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

_______ we go to the movies? (invitation)

• Shall

• will

Multiple Choice

I_____ travel with my family

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

_______ I get you a glass of water? (invitation)

• will

• Shall

Multiple Choice

Technology ______ get smaller, smarter and cheaper. (unavoidable future)

• Will

• Shall

Multiple Choice

We ______ see the end of the privacy as we currently perceive it. (unavoidable future)

• Will

• Shall

Multiple Choice

Leaving the dinner table to go home.

A:I guess we need to go, _______ we?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

______ I make you a sandwich? (offer)

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

_______ I wait for her? (Intention)

• Shall

• will

Multiple Choice

______ I open the windown? (offer)

• Will

• shall

Multiple Choice

You____ not pass.

• Shall (warning/orientation)

• Will (future)

Multiple Choice

I know I ______ buy a house one day.

• Will

• Shall

Multiple Choice

My friends and I __________ hang out at the disco this weekend.

• are going to

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

Well, I know what I __________ do this weekend.

• am going to

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

It __________ be really nice weather this weekend.

• is going to

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

__________ I buy the tickets?

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

What time __________ we meet?

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

I __________ ask Sarah and David if they want to come too.

• will

• shall

Multiple Choice

I think I __________ leave now.

• am going to

• will

• shall

Multiple Select

I ... make a cake with my mother.

• Will

• Won't

• Shall

Multiple Select

It ... be so much fun to work on it with Jimmy and Desy.

• Shall

• Will

• Won't

Multiple Select

My dears, what ... we do?

• Will

• Won't

• Shall

Multiple Select

I ... take care of everything for you.

• Won't

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Select

I ... take care of everything for you.

• Won't

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Select

I ... take care of everything for you.

• Won't

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Select

I ... be success.

• Will

• Shall

• Shan't

• Won't

Multiple Select

We/go to school tomorrow. (-)

• We will go to school tomorrow.

• We won't go to school tomorrow.

• We shall go to school tomorrow.

• We shan't go to school tomorrow.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Let's go on holliday to Greece next summer.

• OK, shall I phone for a taxi, then?

• Good idea. I'll call them this evening to see if they're free.

• Good idea. I'll go to the tavel agent's tomorrow.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

You know I don't really like hot food.

• Don't worry. I'll buy you a new one for your birthday.

• OK, so we won't go to an Indian restauran, then.

• Dont worry. I'll bring the car and meet you there in ten minutes.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Let's invite your parents for lunch next Sunday.

• OK, so we won't go to an Indian restaurant, then.

• Good idea. I'll call them this evening to see if they're free.

• OK, shall I phone for a taxi, then?

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Let's invite your parents for lunch next Sunday.

• OK, so we won't go to an Indian restaurant, then.

• Good idea. I'll call them this evening to see if they're free.

• OK, shall I phone for a taxi, then?

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Oh, no! We've just missed the last bus.

• Don't worry. I'll bring the car and meet you there in ten minutes.

• OK, shall I phone for a taxi, then?

• Oh, that's a pity. Shall I lend you some money.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Hello. I'm at the supermarket, but I can't carry all the shopping on the bus.

• Don't worry. I'll buy you a new one for your birthday.

• OK, shall I phone for a taxi, then?

• Don't worry. I'll bring the car and meet you there in ten minutes.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best reply for the following sentence:

Hi, Dad. I'm afraid I've lost my mobile phone.

• Shall we to the new Harry Potter film?

• Don't worry. I'll buy you a new one for your birthday.

• Oh, that's a pity. Shall I lend you some money?

Multiple Choice

Let's go to the beach tomorrow! I think it .... sunny.

• will be

• won't be

• won't

Multiple Choice

Thomas is sick, so he ... in class today.

• won't be

• will

• will be

Multiple Choice

... they finish their homework before six o'clock?

• Will

• Will be

• Won't be

Multiple Choice

You ... so tired tomorrow if you go to bed earlier.

• will be

• won't be

• will

Multiple Choice

_____ we walk together?

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

I _____ make sure you get your prize!

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

We _____ organize your party, if you want!

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

_____ we dance?

• shall

• will

Multiple Choice

_____ we call your mother?

• shall

• will

Multiple Select

I _____prefer to keep quiet.

• Would

• Should

Multiple Select

The school _____ remain closed tomorrow for Diwali.

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Select

I am sure we ______ cross the river easily.

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Select

I _____ help you only if you deserve it.

• Will

• Shall

Multiple Select

No one knew whether he _______ come or not.

• Would

• Should

Multiple Select

_____ you please stop talking?

• Shall

• Will

Multiple Choice

This Saturday It's my Birthday so my mum __________________ a cake

• will be

• will make

• won't be

• will clean

Multiple Choice

Oh no! It's 11:00. I ____________________ late at school

• will be

• won't be

• will bring

• will have

Multiple Choice

Don't worry. She is a good teacher so the Exam ______________________ difficult

• won't play

• won't study

• won't be

• won't listen

Multiple Choice

Maths is really difficult. I hope the teacher _______________________ me in the exam

• won't help

• will draw

• will see

• will help

Multiple Choice

He will be an athlete in the future and he ________________________ very fast

• will jump

• will play

• will run

• will swim

Multiple Choice

Please, promise me that you ________________ anyone my secret. It's very important

• won't tell

• will tell

• will say

• won't say

Multiple Choice

This jumper is horrible! I _________________ it never

• will get

• won't wear

• will play

• will wear

Multiple Choice

After Coronavirus, I _______________________ my friends

• will watch

• will buy

• will eat

• will see

Multiple Choice

My school bag is broken! For the next course, I ____________________ a new one

• will buy

• will drink

• will drink

• will watch

Multiple Choice

It's impossible to go to the cinema. This weekend we ______________ a film

• won't look

• won't watch

• won't see

• won't find

Multiple Choice

Tomorrow morning, we (work)

• will be working

• will work

• will have been working

• will be worked

Multiple Choice

I (read) ____ a book this evening.

• will be reading

• will have been reading

• will reading

Multiple Choice

People ______________on mars by the end of this century.

• will living

• will have lived

• will be living

Multiple Choice

Robots______ our lives in ten or twenty years.

• wil have been being improving

• will have been improving

• will be improving

Multiple Choice

___________ the car at the weekend?

• will you have used

• will you be using

Multiple Choice

In the future I_________________ at Harvard

• Will have studied

• will studying

• will be studying

• Will study

Multiple Choice

Structure of Future Continuous

• Will+ verb+ ing

• will be+ verb+ ing

• Will+ verb+ simple past

• Will be+ verb+ simple past

Multiple Choice

In 2022 she___________at school

• Won’t study

• Won’t be studying

• Won’t be studied

• Won’t have studied

Multiple Choice

In 2025 I______________in France

• Will be traveling

• Will have traveled

• Will be traveled

• Will be not traveling

Multiple Choice

_________________ tag the day after tomorrow.

• They shall playing

• They be playing

• They'll be will shall

• They'll be playing

Multiple Choice

Select the correct sentence on future perfect

• I will be reading this book

• I will have read this book by tomorrow

• I go to read the book tomorrow

• I won’t Reading the book tomorrow

Multiple Choice

How the future perfect is formed

• Do + have + past participle

• Will be + verb + ing

• Will + have + past participle

• Have + past participle

Multiple Choice

By 2050 scientists ______________ a cure for cancer

• Will be found

• Will be founding

• Will have found

• Will have founding

Multiple Choice

They hope they …all the tenses by the times the exam comes.

• Will have mastered

• Will have been mastered

• Will have master

• Will have been mastered

Multiple Choice

My girl friend will have … her homework at 5 p.m this afternoon.

• do

• did

• done

• doing

Multiple Choice

By the time we get to the party, Meera ........................... everything. (eat)

• will have eaten

• will have eating

Multiple Choice

They………serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant

• have stopped

• will have stopped

• will have stop

• will have been stop

Multiple Choice

by the time I finish this course, I ............. ten test

• take

• took

• have taken

• will have taken

Multiple Choice

September works for us. Lisa will not ________ by then.

• graduating

• have graduated

• be graduate

Multiple Choice

We _________________________fluent in Spanish by the time we leave for Mexico next month.

• will have becoming

• will become

• will be becoming

• won’t have become

Multiple Choice

It ________ tomorrow.

• will snow

• snows

• is snowing

Multiple Choice

Will you …………… at the rehearsal on Monday?

• go

• be

• have

Multiple Choice

I'm going to the grocery store. I think ………………. buy a carrot.

• I've

• I'll

• I'd

Multiple Choice

In three days, I ………………….. my results.

• will know

• would know

• will be knowing

Multiple Choice

We ………………….. what happened to her.

• would never know

• will never know

• will never be knowing

Multiple Choice

I will phone you when I ………………….. time.

• have

• will have

• am having

Multiple Choice

I ……………………… my grandparents this afternoon.

• visit

• will visit

• would visit

Multiple Choice

Look at the sky. It ……………………. to rain.

• is going

• goes

• will

Multiple Choice

Perhaps we ………………….. Paris next month.

• will visit

• visit

• are visiting

Multiple Choice

Oh dear! I ………………….

• will sneeze

• am going to sneeze

• sneeze

Multiple Choice

People will ………………….. on the moon in the future.

• living

• live

• be live

Multiple Choice

I ………………… return the book after I read it.

• will

• am

• not

Multiple Choice

A: This letter is in French, and I don't know French. Can you help me?

B: Sure, I ………………….. it for you.

• am going to translate

• won't translate

• will translate

Multiple Choice

The plane ——————– at 10.30 pm.

• wills fly

• willing fly

• will fly

• will flies

Multiple Choice

We ——————– the Smiths this evening.

• will visits

• are going to visit

• is going to visit

• are going to visits

Multiple Choice

Look at the sky! It ——————– rain.

• will going to

• is going to be

• wills

• is going to

Multiple Choice

I think the train ———————- before we reach the station.

• will arrive

• is going to arrive

• will be arrivng

• arrives

Multiple Choice

Maybe we ——————— our grand parents this week.

• will be visiting

• will visit

• are going to visit

• are going to will be visit

Multiple Choice

The next term ———————- on 16th May.

• begin

• begins

• has begun

• will begin

Multiple Choice

Look over there! Teacher Thun——————— come now.

• comes

• will come

• is going to

• is going to be

Multiple Choice

I guess Danai ---------------- English final examination.

• will go pass

• is going to pass

• will pass

• passes

Multiple Choice

A: ______you______ Dome's party tonight?

B: No, I won't. I'm too busy.

• Will, went

• Will, going

• Won't, going

• Won't, go

Multiple Choice

A: What is it going to do?

B: _________________.

• It's going to eat its food.

• It's going to eating its food.

• It will eat its food.

• It will eating its food.

Multiple Choice

A: What will you do about your homework?

B: I think I will do it______.

• on 2018

• in 2017

• on 2020

• at 2020

Multiple Choice

Thun: When will you get up?

Than: Oh I will get up_____________.

• in ten years.

• at ten past nine.

• at twenty four o'clock.

• on next Friday.

Multiple Choice

A: What are you going to do?

B: I'm going to write a letter.

Multiple Choice

Mom _____________ some chicken.

• roast

• eat

• will roast

• make

Multiple Choice

I will____________ to pop songs in a few minutes.

• listen

• listening

• listens

• shall listen

Multiple Choice

We ________ our children to the zoo next Sunday.

• take

• takes

• taking

• will take

Multiple Choice

She ____________ some oranges.

• buy

• buys

• buying

• will buy

Multiple Choice

_____________ we buy a radio?

• Will

• Did

• Do

• And

Multiple Choice

Mom and I ____________ cycling next month.

• go

• will go

• going

• goes

Multiple Choice

Peter____________ a book tomorrow.

• buy

• buying

• shall buy

• won't buy

Multiple Choice

I hope the weather_____________ fine.

• will

• shall

• will be

• be

Multiple Choice

_______ they go to the beach tomorrow?

• Would

• Will

• Does

• Did