Module 1: Level 6 - Future Tense Flashcards
What tense am I?
To make a prediction not based on evidence.
It will rain later.
Switzerland will win the Euro 2032 football tournament.
Future Simple (will + verb)
It will rain later.
Switzerland will win the Euro 2032 football tournament.
What tense am I?
To express a voluntary action or promise.
I’ll clean the dishes if you like.
Voluntary action.
I’ll help you with your homework after dinner.
A promise.
Future simple (will + verb)
I‘ll clean the dishes if you like.
Voluntary action.
I‘ll help you with your homework after dinner.
A promise.
What tense am I?
A decision made at the time of speaking / spontanious.
I’m hungry. I‘ll go and make some food.
I need a break. I‘ll go to the park.
Future Simple (will + verb)
I’m hungry. I‘ll go and make some food.
I need a break. I‘ll go to the park.
Future Simple: 3 forms with “will”.
Affirmative: I will play football tonight.
Negative: I won’t play football tonight.
Interrogative: Will you play football tonight?
Explain the Future Simple timeline.
Shows a prediction for the future not based on evidence (will) / based on evidence (going to).
The “will” future is based on spontaneous decisions or predictions and “going to” future is based on a promise.
What tense am I?
An action or decision that was made before the time of speaking (a plan / commitment).
I’m going to play football after work.
He’s going to visit Thailand in August.
Future simple (going to + verb)
I’m going to play football after work.
He’s going to visit Thailand in August.
What tense am I?
To make a prediction based on evidence.
Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain.
That maths test is going to be really hard.
Future Simple (going to + verb)
Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain.
That maths test is going to be really hard.
Future simple: 3 forms of “going to”.
Affirmative: I am going play football tonight.
Negative: I am not going to play football tonight.
Interrogative: Are you going to play football tonight?
What tense am I?
I will be reading my book at 6pm tonight.
I am going to be watching TV at dinner tomorrow night because my favorite football team is playing.
Future Continuous
“will be/going to be” and “-ing”
What tense am I?
Interrupted continuous actions in the future (used in conjunction with the Present Simple).
When I arrive, they will be serving lunch.
I am going to be sleeping when she calls me.
Future Continuous
“will be / going to be” and “-ing”
When I arrive, they will be serving lunch.
I am going to be sleeping when she calls me.
What tense am I?
Parallel continuous future actions.
My family will be working while I will be cooking.
He will be sleeping while I am going to be running.
Future Continuous
“will be / going to be” and “-ing”
My family will be working while I will be cooking.
He will be sleeping while I am going to be running.
Future Continuous: 3 forms with examples.
Affirmative: I‘ll be eating my dinner when you arrive home.
Negative: I won’t be sleeping when you arrive tomorrow.
Interrogative: Will you be eating when I see you at the pub tomorrow?
Explain the Future Continuous timeline.
Shows that an action (“I will be cooking”) will be ongoing at some point in the future.
What tense am I?
We’ll have had dinner by 7pm.
By the year 2050, the population of the USA will have increased dramatically.
Future Perfect (Simple)
“Will have had” and “-ed/irregular”
Future Perfect: 3 forms with examples.
Affirmative: He will have gone to bed by the time I get home.
Negative: She won’t have gone to bed by the time we get home.
Interrogative: Will you have gone to bed by the time we get home tonight?
Explain the Future Perfect timeline.
The timeline shows that the action will have finished by a certain point in the future, but we may not know exactly when it started.
All we know is that by 7pm, the action was definitely finished.
Explain the Future Perfect Continuous timeline.
The timeline shows an action that will be in progress up to a point in the future, but which can continue on after that.
