A short review of other means of expressing Future

	Actions,	Sched-	Planned or	Deci-	Promises,	Predictions about the
	events,	uled	personally	sions	threats, warn-	future
	situations	public	scheduled	made at	ings, requests
	which will	events	events.	the mo-	and offers
	definitely	such as	These	ment of
	happen in	train and	events or	speaking
	the future	plane	intentions
	and which	sched-	are decid-
	we can’t	ules,	ed on be-
	control	course	fore the
		sched-	moment of
		ules, etc.	speaking
Future Simple	Our man- ager will be 35 years old in June.			It‘s rain- ing. I will take my umbrella.	Will you help me with this computer pro- gram? The bag looks heavy. I will help you with it.	Predictions based on our intuition, on what we think, believe or imagine, using the verbs think, be- lieve, hope, expect, the expressions be sure, be afraid, the adverbs prob- ably, certainly, perhaps
					I will do it, I promise.	Mr Smith will probably call us later. I expect he will want to stay in the best hotel (I know what kind of person he is).
Present Simple		The train leaves at 6 p.m. The ex- am takes place on 2 April
Present Continu- ous			He is leav- ing tomor- row.
to be go- ing to			Frank is going to study mar- keting.			Predictions based on physical (usually visual) evidence.
						Look at the sky! It is go- ing to rain.

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Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Future Simple, the Present Continu- ous, the Future Continuous, the Future Perfect, the Future Perfect Continuous

1. If you                     (to give) us a discount we                     (to place) a big order.

2. My colleagues                    (to go) abroad on business next Monday.

3. Our colleagues                    (to arrive) tomorrow.

4. In the second decade of the 21^st century people                     (to eat) more genet- ically modified food.

5. The train                     (to arrive) at 12:30.

6. The English lesson                    (to start) at 8:45.

7. Do you think the teacher               _ (to mark) our homework by Monday morning?

8. By the time we get home, they                     (to play) football for 30 minutes.

9. This time next week I                     (ski) in Switzerland!

10. Now I                     (to check) my answers.

11. Are you still writing your essay? If you                     (to finish) by 4pm, we can go for a walk.

12. When they                     (to get) married in March, they                      (to be) to- gether for six years.

13. Look at the clouds – it                       (to rain) in a few minutes.

14. On Friday at 8 o‘clock I                     (to meet) my friend.

15. Before we                     (to start) our lesson, we                     (to have) a review.

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Choose the correct answer

Jeff‘s family usually comes to stay with us for Christmas, but (by this Christmas / this Christmas) we are going to visit them instead. They live on the coast of Queensland in South Australia. I can hardly wait – I (will have / will be having) a fantastic time there. School holidays (are going to start / will start) on Friday, and we are going to leave the fol- lowing morning. At this time next week, I (will be swimming / will have swum) in the sea, and snorkelling with Jeff. He‘s an expert snorkler, and he (is going to practise / will have practised) with me every day. (By / On) the last day of our visit, Jeff‘s dad is going to take us to visit the Great Barrier Reef. I hope by then I (will have improved / will be improving) enough to snorkel at the reef and see the magnificent coloured corals and brightly col- oured fish close up. The reef is 2,200 kilometres long and people say it‘s an underwater wonderland. Next year I (am going to learn / will learn) scuba diving, because only serious divers can dive in the deeper waters on the outer edges of the reef.

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to, Future Perfect or Future Continuous

1. The concert........................................ (start) at exactly 10 o‘clock.

2. See you at the station! I......................................... (wear) a red jacket.

3. Don‘t worry! I........................................ (not leave) without you.

4. We certainly........................................ (not finish) all the work by this time tomorrow.

5. Anne........................................ (invite) some of her friends for dinner after work.

6.................................. she........................................ (remember) to call us this afternoon?

7. What................................... you............................................. (do) at the weekend?

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Put questions to the underlined parts of the sentence

1. The sociologist will have been conducting research when he finds out a result.

 

2. I am going to analyze this article tomorrow at 8 p.m.

 

3. They won‘t have translated this article until the conference is over.

 

4. Students will be describing the meaning and methods of Sociology as a discipline

at the exam from 9 till 11 a.m.

 

5. Journalists are going to make arrangements about inviting an expert from 10 till

11 a.m.

 

6. I will have been working in the laboratory for 10 years by October.

 

7. Our lesson begins at 8.30 tomorrow.

 

8. She is going to Crimea for the conference connected with the life and education of

disabled people.

 

9. All employers will be using robots in the near future.

 

10. There are strong doubts that a man will be generous enough to leave everything

including his flat to his wife.

 

11. In two years' time Meg will have graduated this university.

 

12. They will never achieve stable and consistent social growth.

 

13. I'm afraid, the concert will be dull without his participating in it.

 

14. Every group of people working together will behave differently from every other

group because of its individuality.

 

15. The plane is landing in five minutes.

 

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Work in pairs. Let‘s play a game!

Ask questions …using Future Simple/Future Perfect/Future Perfect Continuous

Start

1. How long/study/Englis h by next month	10. How many ca- reer chang- es/have/ by…30	11. How long/live in your city/by 2016	20. How many plac- es/visit/by next year	21. When … 30/be married
2. Free questions	9. How long/know your best friend/by…35	12. How long/play your favourite sport/ by next month	19. When/graduate from university/ study more than two languages	22. How much mon- ey/spend/by.. leave the city
3. How many friends/made/ when… leave your city	8. How many ex- ams/have/by…le ave city	13. Free questions	18. How long/live in Volgograd/ by next week	23. How long/had your driver‘s li- cense/by 2016
4. How many chil- dren/have/ when…you turn 30	7. By… buy a house, get mar- ried	14. How long/work/ by …retire	17. Free questions	24. How many rela- tionships/have/ by…
5. By…the next Olympics take place/… go back to your country	6. Free questions	15. By… next FIFA takes place/… cele- brate your 30th birthday	16. When… retire/people visit Mars	25. When… retire/scientists clone people

Finish

Now choose 5 questions and write out complete question. Can you remember your part- ner‘s answers? Write it down. If not, ask again

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