Future tenses - teoria

Which tense is:
used for predictions about the future usually with the verbs think, believe, expect etc

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for on-the-spot decisions and offers

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for actions/events/ situations which will definitely happen in the future and which we cannot control

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for promises, for threats, for warnings, for requests, for hopes

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used in predictions when there is an evidence that something will happen in the near future

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for plans, intentions or ambitions

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for predictions based on what we think, believe or imagine

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used when we refer to programmes or timetables

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• be going to

Which tense is:
used for actions which will be in progress at a stated future time

• Future Perfect

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• Future Continuous

Which tense is:
used for actions which will definitely happen in the future, as a result of a routine or arrangement

• Future Perfect

• Present Continuous

• Future Simple

• Future Continuous