1. THE FUTURE Future Simple To be going to Present Continuous Future Continuous Future Perfect Simple 2. THE FUTURE FUTURE SIMPLE WILL+ VERB WON'T+ VERB TO BE GOING TO + VERB fx I'm going to reuse as much as I can PRESENT CONTINUOUS fx I'm taking a plane to Sydney tonight 3. THE FUTURE SIMPLE:WILL To predict future events. FX Who do you think will win the election?" "I think Obama will win." To make promises for the future. FX I won't tell you secrets To decide to do something at the time of speaking. FX The phone is ringing - If I decide to answer the phone I would say - "I'll get it." 4. TO BE GOING TO To say something is going to happen when it has already been planned. FX Q) Are you going to fly to Germany? A) No, we're going to drive. To show a decision. FX "We're going to travel to Corea next year." To make a prediction when we can see something is about to happen or we have evidence. "Watch out! He's going to crash into that tree!" "It looks as though Manchester United are going to win the European cup. 5. THE FUTURE :PRESENT CONTINOUS Tonight, next month, tomorrow, ... FX In a few hours she's leaving 6. THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS WILL+ BE+ING To express what will happen at a specific time in the future. FX Tonight, they will be eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time. At this time tomorrow/ next .../ in the next decade 7. THE FUTURE PERFECT WILL+ HAVE+PARTICIPLE It shows that action will have finished in a concrete time in the future FX I will have been in London for six months by the time I leave. By this time next week, by 3 o'clock, by August, in four months