GRAMMAR - FUTURE TENSES CHART

FUTURE TENSES	USES	AFFIRMATIVE FORM	NEGATIVE FORM	INTERROGATIVE FORM
SIMPLE FUTURE: WILL	a) Predictions. b) Spontaneous decisions. c) Distant future. - In + year, in a few years, in the future. - I think (know, suppose, imagine, expect) / I am sure (positive, certain, afraid) / I promise ... - Maybe, perhaps, probably	S + WILL + V + Cs. - I think it will rain. - I’ll lay the table. - He will study Law in 2030.	S + WILL NOT (WON’T) + V + Cs. - I think it won't rain. - I won't lay the table. -He won’t study Law in 2030.	WILL + S + V + Cs? - Will he study Law in 2030?
BE GOING TO	a) Planned action for the future, intentions. b) Predictions based on evidence / something about to happen (evidence). - Next week/month/year, in + month / in a few days / weeks... - I (have) plan(ned), I have decided ...	S + BE + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am going to study in Liverpool next year. - Look at these clouds! It's going to rain. - My sister is going to have a baby in three months.	S + BE + NOT + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am not going to study in Liverpool next year. - She is so lazy! She isn’t going to pass the exams.	BE + S + GOING TO + V + Cs? - Am I going to study in Liverpool next year? - Are you going to give up smoking after Christmas?
P.CONTINUOUS (future meaning): BE + V-ING	- Future arrangements. → ALWAYS add a temporal expression: tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, on + day of the week, this week(end) / month....	S + BE + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She's having dinner with Joe tonight.	S + BE + NOT + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She isn't having dinner with Joe tonight.	BE + S + V-ing + Cs + time expression? - Is she having dinner with Joe tonight?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS:  WILL BE + V –ING	- Action IN PROGRESS at a certain future time. - (At) this time, next X between (time) and (time), in the next decades, for the next weeks, during...	S + WILL BE + V-ing + Cs. - You’ll be working at this time tomorrow.	S + WILL NOT / WON’T BE + V-ing + Cs. - You won’t be working at this time tomorrow.	WILL + S + BE + V-ing + Cs? - Will you be working at this time tomorrow?
FUTURE PERFECT: WILL HAVE + V-ED/3rd column	- The action is COMPLETED  at a certain future time. - By this time, by the end of..., in two years,...	S + WILL HAVE + -ED/3rd column  - You’ll have finished by ten o’clock.	S + WON’T HAVE + -ED/3rd column - You won’t have finished by 10 o’clock.	WILL +S + HAVE + ED/3rd column? - Will you have finished by 10 o’clock?