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Future tenses
There are several different ways in English that you can talk about the future. This page is an introduction to the most important ones:
- Predictions/statements of fact
- Intentions
- Arrangements
- Scheduled events
Predictions/statements of fact
The auxiliary verb will is used in making predictions or simple statements of fact about the future.
The sun will rise at 6.30 tomorrow.
Lunch break today will be 10 minutes longer than usual.
In the year 2050 all students will have their own computers in school.
If you help me, I will help you.
Do you think she will come soon?
You won't pass your exams if you don't start working harder.
I know my parents won't let me go to the party.
Will it snow for Christmas?
I know she's sick, but will she be back in school tomorrow?
Intentions
The auxiliary verb going to is used in talking about intentions. (An intention is a plan for the future that you have already thought about.)
We're going to buy a new car next month.
I'm going to work in a bank when I leave school.
In the new year I'm going to stop eating so much junk.
He's not going to go to the dance. He's got too much work.
I'm not going to watch TV until my science project is finished.
Are you going to play basketball after school?
What are you going to have for lunch today?
Note: going to is often used in the past tense to talk about an unfulfilled intention. Examples: I was going to study for my grammar test, but I had no time. / He was going to call you, but he couldn't find his mobile phone. / My grandmother was going to visit us, but she fell and broke her arm.
Arrangements
The present continuous tense is used in talking about arrangements. (An arrangement is is a plan for the future that you have already thought about and discussed with someone else.)
I'm meeting my mother at the airport tomorrow.
Our grandparents are visiting us this Christmas.
Sorry, I can't stay after school today; I'm playing tennis with Jun-Sik.
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