The Future

Find out all the sentences that contain the future tenses, and then classify them into groups.

Imagine what the world will be like in---- The experts will be discussing the endless----- Many people will attend the seminar---- The predictions they will hear this weekend--- Computers will become handier. Shortly all of us are going to use our voices We will be able to download----- By the year 2015, the clothing industry will have produced new types of material that will remain stainless no matter what you spill on them Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes. Garments will also be so strong that they will never get old and worn.

By the year 2025, no one will die of starvation because of there will be food for everyone. No one will have to live on welfare as everyone will have jobs and discrimination will be a part of the past There will therefore no longer be any conflict and people will be able to live together in peace and equality. By the year 2030, development in biochemistry and medical science will have made it By the middle of the century, computers ----will have been developed.

We will be linking our brains to these computers and---- By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar system----and we will have discovered ways to go further into space. I’ll be there I’ll be sitting in the front row

a) 一般将来时 the future tense 1, 在由 here 和 there 引起的句子中，常用一 般现在时代替现在进行时。 Here comes the bus. (  The bus is coming.) There she goes. (  She is going.)

2, 有少数动词（如 arrive, be, begin, come, finish, fly, go, have, leave, open, return, sail, set, take ）的一般现在时可用来表示 一个按规定、计划或安排要发生的动作。 这样用时，通常要用一个表示将来时间的 状语。 School begins on September 1st. Next month is May. The train leaves / stars at 5 pm.

3, 在时间、条件、让步状语从句中，要用一 般现在时表示将来的动作。 I’ll write to you as soon as I get there. We won’t go unless it is fine tomorrow. He won’t forgive me even if I apologize.

4, 有少数动词（如 arrive, come, do, get, go, have, leave, meet, play, remove, see, stay, take, work ）的现在进行时可用来表示一个按计 划或安排在最近将要发生的动作。这样用时，也 通常要和一个表示将来时间的状语连用。 He is leaving on Saturday. The girl is having her birthday party tonight. We are removing into the country next week.

5 ） be going to be about to be to do be on the point of doing something

b) Future Perfect By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar systems. c) Future Continuous At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I will be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Professor Willard.

将来完成时态 表示动作或者状态延续到将来某一时 间为止已有若干时间, 谓语动词常用延 续性动词, 并常伴有 for 引导的时间段。 By the end of next year I will have lived here for ten years.

The film will begin at 8:00. It will have been shown for half an hour when you arrive at 8:30. When you come back, I will have been here for half an hour.

表示动作或者状态在将来某个时间之前完成, 常与 by the time, by then, by the 24th, by the end of this month when, before 等连用。谓语动词常用非延续性动词。 I shall have graduated from university by this time next year. I guess you will have finished your homework when I come to see you. By the time this letter reaches you I will have left the country. By the end of this year, I will have learned 10 English songs.

表示说话人对某一已经完成动作 的推测。 The students will have finished reading the article now. I think he will have got home so far.

将来进行时态 1, 进行时态的用法 : 某一时间点正在 发生的动作 ; 或者某一段时间内一直发生 的动作。 将来进行时态只不过把时间放在了 将来, 所以将来进行时态表示将来某个时 间点正在发生的动作或者将来某一段时 间内一直在进行的动作。

I will be taking a shower at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Catharine will be taking a part-time job in the next summer vocation. Mary will be taking care of the children while you are away. Next Wednesday we’ll be flying to Sydney.

2) 表示某种可能和推测 You will be making a mistake. She will be telling you about it tonight. The roses will be coming out soon.

3) 用于询问别人的计划，打算，比用一般 将来时更显礼貌，也可表示较缓和的命令 或碰巧发生的事。 Will you be having supper with us this evening? When shall we be meeting again? You will be coming at 6 o’clock. What will you be doing this time tomorrow?

Complete these predictions about the world in 2020 by putting the verbs in brackets either in the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous. will be using 1. people (use) ____________ solar energy every day

2. people (use) ____________ up all natural sources of oil 3. people (travel) ______________ into space on a regular basis 4. people (eat) ____________ only food created by specialists 5. traditional farms (disappear) ___________________ will have used will be traveling will be eating will have disappeared

6. many new galaxies (discover) ______________________ 7. Mars and Venus (explore) __________ ____________and (describe) ________ in detail 8. scientists (study) _____________ the chance of people settling on other planets. been exploreddescribed would have will be studying will have been discovered

Look at the programme of the futurologists' conference and the cues below(1-7). Write full sentence using the Future Perfect or the Future Continuous.

1. 5 p.m. on Friday- Prof Howard Green gives a lecture on alternative sources of energy. At 5 p.m. on Friday, Prof Howard Green will be giving a lecture on alternative sources of energy.

2. Saturday Lunchtime- the participants listen to two lectures. By Saturday lunchtime, they will have listened to two lectures. 3. 2:30 p.m. on Saturday – everyone has lunch. At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, everyone will be having lunch.

4. Saturday night- the participants have a reception. On Saturday might, they will be having a reception. 5. Sunday morning- they identify a few problems of the future. On Sunday morning, the participants will be identifying a few problems of the future.

6. Sunday noon- the participants attend the closing ceremony. At noon on Sunday they will be attending the closing ceremony.

7. The end of the seminar –the futurologists discuss many important issues. By the end of the conference, the futurologists will have discussed many important issues.

Victor English