WAYS OF EXPRESING THE FUTURE

BE GOING TO
AFFIRMATIVE
I’m going to buy
You are going to buy
He/she/it is going to buy
We are going to buy
You are going to buy
They are going to buy
NEGATIVE
I’m not going to buy
You aren’t going to buy
He/she/it isn’t going to buy
We aren’t going to buy
You aren’t going to buy
They aren’t going to buy
INTERROGATIVE TIME EXPRESSIONS
Am I going to buy? This evening, later, in an hour,
You are going to buy? at 4 o’clock, tomorrow, soon
Is he/she/it going to buy?
Are we going to buy?
Are you going to buy?
Are they going to buy?

THE FUTURE
La formación del futuro expresado con WILL coincide en todas las personas.

TIME EXPRESSIONS
AFFIRMATIVE S + WILL + BASE FORM I will do This evening, in an hour, at 3
o’clock, later, next
FUTURE NEGATIVE S + WILL NOT/WON’T + BASE FORM I won’t do
month/year, soon, in a few
SIMPLE INTERROGATIVE WILL + SUBJ + BASE FORM? Will I do? weeks, in the future, on 1st
May
AFFIRMATIVE S + WILL BE + -ING I will be doing This evening, at 3 o’clock,
FUTURE S+ WILL NOT/WON’T BE + -ING I won’t be doing later, next month/year, soon,
NEGATIVE in a few weeks, in the future,
CONTINUOUS WILL + SUBJ + BE + -ING? Will I be doing?
INTERROGATIVE on 1st May, tomorrow
AFFIRMATIVE S + WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE I will have done By this time next week, by 10
FUTURE S + WILL NOT/WON’T HAVE+ PAST P. I won’t have done o’clock, by the end of…, by
NEGATIVE then, by August, in three
PERFECT INTERROGATIVE WILL + SUBJ + HAVE + PAST Will I have done? months…
PARTICIPLE?
 DIFFERENT WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE: USES
*Sirve para referirnos a horarios, calendarios y programas.
PRESENT SIMPLE The new school year starts on September 13th
*Para referirnos a citas y compromisos ya fijados formalmente.
Jim is playing football on Friday at 6 pm.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (No expresa una intención, como “be going to”, sino algo que ha sido
programado con antelación y que va a pasar con seguridad)
*Sirve para hablar de decisiones meditadas con anterioridad, de
nuestros planes, proyectos e intenciones para el futuro.
I am going to buy a new car.
BE GOING TO *Con él hacemos predicciones sobre acontecimientos futuros cuando
tenemos evidencia de que eso va a ocurrir:
The workers came this morning. They are going to restore that
building.
*Con él hacemos predicciones sobre el futuro:
In the year 2300, everybody will drive flying cars.
*Expresión de decisiones repentinas, hechas en el momento de
hablar:
FUTURE SIMPLE: WILL+BASE FORM Isn’t that Ann? I’ll go and talk to her
*Para hacer promesas:
I’ll come tomorrow. Don’t worry.

*Para referirnos a acciones que estarán en curso en el futuro.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS: WILL+BE+ING This time this year I’ll be studying at university.
*Se utiliza para hablar de acciones que estarán terminadas en el
FUTURE PERFECT: WILL+HAVE+PAST
futuro:
PARTICIPLE She will have had her baby in two months’ time.

Tomorrow they, will show my favourite film from 10 to 12 pm. At 11.15 I’ll be watching it. At 12.30 I will have watched it.