1. THE FUTURE

2. FORMS OF THE FUTURE FUTURE SIMPLE: WILL /WON’T + INFINITIVE
She will never love you.
BE GOING TO: AM/IS /ARE + GOING TO + INFINITIVE
My parents are going to buy a new house.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: AM /IS / ARE + -ING
We’re visiting the Eiffel Tower tomorrow.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS: WILL BE /WON’T BE +- ING
Don’t phone me at 4, I’ll be sleeping.
FUTURE PERFECT: WILL HAVE /WON’T HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
In 60 years, humans will have moved to Mars.

3. DECISIONS SPONTANEOUS DECISIONS: PLANNED DECISIONS:
BE GOING TO /PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SPONTANEOUS DECISIONS:
WILL /WON’T + INFINITIVE
Mum: There’s no milk left
Me: OK, then I’ll go and get some.
Next weekend, we are going to book a bodyflying session.
Next weekend, we are booking a bodyflying session.

4. PREDICTIONS SUBJECTIVE- BASED ON WHAT THE SPEAKER THINKS:
Will /Won’t + infinitive
OBJECTIVE- BASED ON WHAT THE SPEAKER SEES:
Be going to+ infinitive
Be careful!! You’re going to crash!
I think my brother will be an excellent doctor when he finishes his degree.

5. offers, hopes, promises, requests: will/won’t +infinitive
TOM: Mum will get angry with me when she knows. (PREDICTION)
JANE: Don’t worry. I’ll talk to her first. (OFFER)
TOM: I hope she’ll forgive me (HOPE)
TOM: Mum, I promise I won’t do it again. (PROMISE)
Will you please forgive me? (REQUEST)

6. Speaking in groups What would you answer in these situations?
HOW DO YOU IMAGINE YOUR LIFE IN THE FUTURE?Make predictions
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
What would you answer in these situations?
Family?
Job?
Town/City?
Personality?
Free time?
Others?
Weekend
Easter holidays
Summer holidays
When you finish your high- school studies.
YOUR MUM:“I can’t do all this work on my own!”
Your classmates are bothering you in class. They are chatting and you can’t hear the teacher.
YOUR BEST FRIEND:“My car has broken down and I need to go to the airport immediately.”
You have studied hard for the Engish test but you aren’t totally confident about it.
You have just broken up with your boyfriend/girlfriend and want your best friend to talk to him/her.

7. FIXED TIMETABLES WILL /WON’T + INFINITIVE PRESENT SIMPLE
The concert will start at 7pm
The train to London leaves at 14.51

8. Future ACTIONS introduced by WHEN, AS SOON AS, BY THE TIME, UNTIL, ONCE, AFTER, BEFORE
They are expressed with PRESENT SIMPLE but in Spanish we translate them as Presente de subjuntivo (“vengas”, “llegue”, “duerman”, “encontremos”, etc”)
Cuando hagas puenting, superarás tu miedo a las alturas.
When you go bungee-jumping, you’ll overcome your fear of heights.
Una vez que lo superes, querrás probar otros deportes de riesgo.
Once you overcome it, you’ll want to try other extreme sports.

9. FUTURE CONTINUOUS: will be+ing ACTION IN PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE
In hours/days/months/years..
This time tomorrow/next month/next year…
In 6 years I’ll be finishing my University studies.
This time next week we’ll be flying to New York.

10. FUTURE PERFECT: WILL HAVE + PP ACTION FINISHED BY A CERTAIN TIME IN THE FUTURE
By the time…
In …days/years/months
By Friday, I’ll have finished my Science project
By the time he decides to come back, I’ll have forgotten him.
In ten years, I’ll have found a job, got married and moved to a beautiful house.

11. SPEAKING IN GROUP: IN 20 YEARS’ TIME
YOUR LIFE
THE WORLD: What will humans have done?
What will we be doing?
Where will you be living?
Where will you be working?
Will you have formed a family?
What will you already have done?
What won’t you have done yet?
ENVIRONMENT
WAR/PEACE
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL /EDUCATION
MEDICINE
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS