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The future tenses.
1. future simple - used for promises, decisions, facts and certainties.
a. Form (subject + shall/will + verb)
i. affirmative - he will/shall call you later
ii. negative - he will not call you later
iii. question - will he call you later?
b. Teaching ideas
i. fortune telling
ii. holiday - what will you take for your vacation?
2. Future continuous - stating something that will be in progress at a particular moment in the future
a. Form - subject + will + be + verb + ing (present participle).
i. affirmative - we'll be dancing at the club.
ii. negative - I will not be coming to the party.
iii. Yes/no question - ''will you be speaking at the conference?''. Yes, I will. No, I will not.
b. Teaching ideas
i. arranging diaries/dates - ''Can we go to the pub on Sunday?'' No, I'll be washing my hair.
3. Future perfect - used to state something that will be done, completed by a certain time in the future.
a. Form (will+ have + past participle)
i. affirmative - she will have lived here for two years
ii. negative - she will not have lived here for two years
iii. Yes/no questions - will she have lived here for two years? yes, she will/no, she won't.
b. Teaching ideas
i. Fill in diaries and elicit questions in the future perfect. ''what will you have done by...?''
4. Future perfect continuous - used to say how long something will have continued by a certain time.
a. Form (will + have + been + verb + ing)
i. affirmative - I will have been working for three hours.
ii. negative - I will not have been working for three hours.
iii. yes/no question - will you have been working for three hours? yes, I will. no, I won't.
b. Teaching idea
i. How long will you have been learning the English language?
5. ' Be going ' future - used to state intentions, predictions based on present evidence.
a. Form (verb 'to be' in the present + going to + base form of verb)
i. affirmative - I am going to run in a race next week.
ii. negative - I am not going to run in a race next week.
iii. yes/ no question - are you going to run in a race next week? yes, I will. no, I will not.
b. Teaching idea
i. Making retirement plans.
6. Present simple - used to suggest a more impersonal tone (often implying an outside influence), for timetables and schedules.
Teaching idea - discussing a weekly timetable.
7. Present continuous - used for definite arrangements. e.g we're going fishing on Sunday.
Teaching idea - diaries/schedules. any activity using future diaries can be adapted.
