In this lesson I am going to show you how to form a future tense

and when to use a future tense.

Take a look at these sentences:

I will help you carry those bags.

She is going to work tomorrow.

She is flying to London next week.

The bus leaves at six o'clock.

The prices are about to go up.

By this time tomorrow he will be lying on the beach.

All of the sentences

are in the future tense.

But as you can see there is quite some variation.

The most commonly used future tenses are:

shall and will and the base form of the verb,

to be going to and the base form of the verb,

the present continuous,

the present simple

to be about to and the base form of the verb, that

and the future continuous.

Let's take a look at shall and will and the base form of the verb:

we use this form for things decided on the spot.

They are not fixed agreements,

and they are unsure. through

We need to pay attention to shall, because we only use shall in questions with

I and we.

Shall I help you with that?

Shall we go for a swim?

We use will in all other situations.

I will take the bus.

He will listen to me.

We will make dinner.

They will drop by.

Let's look at questions with will.

Again we use the base form of the verb.

Will he put he put his tent?

Will she celebrate her birthday?

Will you park your bikes in the shed?

Let's look at negations with will.

We use will contracting it into won't and the base form

of the verb.

No I have also included shall,

shall plus not

becomes shan't and the base form of the verb.

But this form is very old-fashioned, but I thought it would be fun to put it in

any way.

Shan't I get sunburned?

It sounds quite victorian.

You won't cross the road.

It won't be easy.

We won't make the beds. They won't need a passport.

Now let's take a look at that other form: to be + going to + the base form of the verb.

We use this form for fixed plans in the future.

We need to know when it's going to happen so we need to have some kind of

time indication.

I am going to help my brother next week.

It is going to rain tomorrow

We are going to cook dinner tonight.

They are going to mark the tests in an hour.

It's quite likely that these plans will follow through. follow through

Let's look at the questions:

Am I going to pass my exams this afternoon?

Is she going to visit her aunt soon?

Are they going to run the marathon next week? week

Let's have a look at the negations:

I am not going to leasrn it by heart this evening. evening

He isn't going to buy a new computer on Tuesday. tuesday

They aren't going to watch the telly this night. night

Sometimes we also use a present continuous when talking about the future,

we use the present continuous for plans in very near future

and again and we need to know when they are happening.

I am working this afternoon.

He's calling her in the morning.

We are driving down the street any minute now.

Sometimes we also use the present simple for the future,

especially for fixed schedules.

The lesson starts at half past eight.

The bus arrives at ten o'clock

The train departs from platform b.

another form to talk about the future use to use to be plus the base

form of the verb.

We use this form

when you are are on the vege of doing something. something

We use this form for something that can happen happen

and any minute from now.

The lesson is about to begin.

The airplane is about to take off.

They are about open the department store. store

The final form is the future continuous,

and this is quite a tricky one,

we use the future continuous when you tell someone about your future plans,

something that you will be doing atspecific time specific time

in the future.

We use shall and will,

we use the infinitive,

of the verb to be,

we use

the base form of the verb

of the regular verb

and ing.

For example:

By this time next year,

I will be working at the head office.

No they can't help you tomorrow,

they will be doing their homework.

I thank you for your attention

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