Future Forms C1 Englsih

We use BE + going to for....

• general plans and intentions for the future

• predictions based on evidence

• spontaneous decisions

• scheduled or timetabled events

We use WILL/WON'T to...

• talk about fixed arrangements

• make factual predictions

• to make spontaneous decisions about the future

• to talk about something in progress at a time in the future

We use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS to....

• make predictions based on evidence

• make s spontaneous decision

• refer to scheduled or time tabled events

• talk about fixed arrangements

We use BE LIKELY TO + INFINITIVE for...

• scheduled or timetabled events

• a probable future outcome

• to say something will happen in the immediate future

• general plans and intentions

We use BE DUE TO + INFINITIVE to....

• talk about general plans and intentions

• make predictions based on evidence

• refer to scheduled or timetabled events

• to say something will happen in the immediate future

That new player is on the verge of signing for Arsenal.

We use ON THE VERGE OF + ING to...

• say something will happen in the immediate future

• refer to a scheduled or timetabled event

• talk about fixed arrangements

• make spontaneous decision

We use the PRESENT SIMPLE to...

• make predictions based on evidence

• talk about fixed arrangements

• make spontaneous decisions

• refer to scheduled or timetabled events

I never thought you'd finish your project on time.

To talk about the future in the past we use...

• would / wouldn't

• will / won't

• had / hadn't

• did / didn't

She_____ going to bake a cake, but she didn't have the ingredients.

To talk about the FUTURE PAST we can use...

• is / am / are

• was / were

• will / won't

• would / wouldn't

This time next week we'll be sitting on a beach in Thailand!

We use the __________ to talk about something in progress at a time in the future.

• present continuous

• will + present continuous

• future continuous

• future perfect continuous