1. The Future I
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2. Prediction present future simple will / won’t
shall / shan’t (for I and we)
To predict an event which we think will happen because similar events have happened in the past
I’ll probably visit my grandmother for Christmas
It will rain tomorrow

3. Prediction be going to + infinitive
If there is (current) evidence in the present to justify the prediction. Near future.
John Smith is going to be the next President
Look at those clouds. I’m sure it’s going to rain

4. Prediction present future continuous will/won’t be + ing participle
For a temporary action in progress at a particular moment in the future
This time tomorrow I’ll be travelling to Amsterdam

5. Prediction will/won’t be + ing participle or will/won’t + infinitive
To make a ‘prediction’ about something we believe to be the case now.
Who’s that at the door? That’ll be Jim – I am expecting him
That will be him ringing the doorbell
I wonder where they are now. Oh – they’ll be sitting in the train

6. Prediction present future perfect simple
will/won’t have + past participle
To make predictions about actions which we expect to be completed by a particular time in the future
It’s o’clock. He will have arrived by 11

7. Prediction present future perfect continuous
will/won’t have + been + ing participle
To talk about an action which is still ongoing at a point in the future, to focus on the duration of the action.
By the end of this year I will have been working here for six years

8. Decisions and Intentions
present future simple
will/won’t/shall/shan’t + infinitive
to talk about a decision made at the time of speaking
I will send you the information when I get it
Will you make dinner this evening?
Shall we go for a swim later?

9. Decisions and Intentions
be going to + infinitive
for intentions
I’m going to meet my friends for dinner after this lesson
I’m going to clean the house on Saturday afternoon

10. Arrangement present continuous
to describe an event in the future which has already been arranged by the time of speaking
I’m going on holiday next week
I’m flying with Cathay Pacific
for future arrangements that involve other people; commitment
I’m playing tennis tennis tomorrow
I’m doing exams next week
for impersonal plans
The Party is holding its annual meeting in Birmingham next week

11. Arrangement present future continuous
will/won’t/shall/shan’t + be + ing participle
for events that are a result of or part of an arrangement made in the past
By this time next week I will be lying on the beach

12. Other future meanings Fixed future Routine events in the future
present simple
This course finishes at the end of block three
The plane leaves at a.m. on Thursday
Routine events in the future
will/won’t/shall/shan’t be + ing participle
I’ll be having my annual check up next month

13. Will/won’t/shall/shan’t
Time clauses
Will/won’t/shall/shan’t
but
a present form
When I finish my report, I will ask you to have a look at it
Before I go to London, I will book a room at a hostel
I will buy an iPad, after I save enough money