The Future tenses

This future tense is used to refer to arrangements already made.  They involve movement and have a set time as a signal word.

• Simple present
• Present continuous
• Simple future
• Going to future

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1D

This future tense refers to timetables and scheduled events.

• Simple present
• Present continuous
• Simple future
• Going to future

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

This future can be used to predict without evidence.  You can say spontaneous decisions and it is used for "offers".

• Simple present
• Present continuous
• Simple future
• Going to future

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

This future is used when you have evidence.  It refers to plans made before the moment of speaking. 

• Simple present
• Present continuous
• Simple future
• Going to future

This future is used when you refer to an activity that will be occurring at a certain time in the future.  A signal word is "this time next week/month/year". In Spanish it is the famous "estare".

• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future perfect continuous
• Future time clauses

This future refers to an action that will have happened before a certain moment in the future. One signal word is "By the time/year...". In Spanish it is the "habre".

• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future perfect continuous
• Future time clauses

This future is referred to with one sentence part in present and the other in future. It needs a conjunction.  

• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future perfect continuous
• Future time clauses

This future is used when you refer to a LONG action that will have happened before a certain time in the future.

• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future perfect continuous
• Future time clauses

If you see some black clouds in the sky, which future do you use to express what is going to happen?

• Simple future
• Present continuous
• Simple future
• Going to future

His plane ticket says : Departure 7:30 a.m. Which sentence has the correct structure for this future?

• My plane leaves at 7:30.
• My plane is leaving at 7:30.
• My plane will leave at 7:30.
• My plane is going to leave at 7:30.