GRAMMAR FUTURE FORMS Form Use Examples Present Simple Timetabled actions (trains, flights, cinemas, libraries, offices, etc.) The bank opens at 8:30 on Monday. Present Continuous Plans and arrangements The General Management is meeting a consultant on Monday to discuss the terms of a contract. To be going to Intentions I am stressed. I'm going to change my job. Future predictions with evidence in the present There are a lot of unsold goods in the warehouse. Things are not going well. I'm going to lose my job. (will + base form) Future Simple Predictions *I’ll find a good job.* By 2050, there will be more people retired than working. Decisions at the time of speaking This job is too stressful. I’ll find a better one. Offers of help I’ll help you with your job. Promises I promise I’ll help you with your wife. (will be + -ing form) Future Continuous Action in progress at a given time in the future By 7 pm, I will still be working in my office. (will have + past participle) Future Perfect Action completed at a given time in the future *By 2024, I will have stopped working.* I don’t have to wait long. Choose between , , and . 11 Put the verbs in brackets in the right future form. Present Simple Present Continuous to be going to Future Simple At 9:00 tomorrow we .................................... (have) a meeting with the General Manager. The situation is serious. We haven’t sold anything for months. Things .................................... (not get) better. I .................................... (have) to find another job. The Job Centre .................................... (open) at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. I .................................... (go) in early. I’m sure there .................................... (be) a queue. I .................................... (ask) if there are any job vacancies anywhere. However, I hope the Unions .................................... (suggest) signing a solidarity contract. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 12 Choose the best option between Future Perfect and Future Continuous. I have an appointment with a job consultant at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. I’m going to take the bus so if I leave early, I think I .................................... (will have got there/will be getting there) by 8:45. They start seeing people at 8:00 but they are often running late, so I think that probably by 9:00 I .................................... (will still have waited/will still be waiting). Anyway, at 9:30 I think I .................................... (will have spoken/will be speaking) with my consultant and by 10:00 I .................................... (will have finished/will be finishing). It won’t take more than 20 minutes. 1. 2. 3. 4.