TV2 Revision Future Tenses

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Revision

Vocabulary

Revision Unit 4

Future

Ways of expressing the future (p. 44)

Future perfect and future continuous (p. 49)

4B - Expressing the future

Quiz!

1. I hope this _________ a long time. I'm very busy.

1. won't take
2. isn't going to take

2. According to the timetable, the drama group ___________ at six o'clock.

1. rehearses
2. is rehearsing

3. Look at that man! He ____________ off the roof!

1. will fall
2. is going to fall

4. I think Barcelona __________ tomorrow's match.

1. 'll win
2. are going to win

5. Barcelona _________ . They're 3-0 up and there's only ten minutes left.

1. 'll win
2. are going to win

6. I hope I ________ you at the protest march on Wednesday.

1. 'll see
2. am going to see

7. I _________ the latest James Bond film tomorrow.

1. will see
2. am going to see

8. I can't come to the cinema this afternoon - I _________ my dad fix the car.

1. 'm helping
2. might help

9. I _________ you with your essay later - it depends if I have time.

1. 'm helping
2. might help

10. I _________ around South America in my gap year before university.

1. I'm travelling
2. I'm going to travel

11. I __________ to Edinburgh by plane - I've just got the tickets.

1. I'm travelling
2. I'm going to travel

12. The taxi __________ at 9:30.

1. comes
2. is coming

13. The bus _________ at 10:05.

1. comes
2. is coming

4D - Future tenses

Future continuous + future perfect

Future continuous

We use the future continuous:

• to talk about an action in progress (going on) at a definite time in the future 

• to talk about an action in progress (going on)  over an extended period of time in the future

Future continuous

We use the future continuous to talk about actions that are going on for some time in the future (at a definite time / over an extended period of time).

Form:

Will / Won’t + be +  verb+ ing

Examples: 

I’ll be travelling to Africa this time next week.

 He will be going to school again at 8. a.m. tomorrow.

 Over the next few years, this money will be helping people like Mohammed.

Future continuous

Form:

will / won't + be + -ing

Future perfect

We use the future perfect:

• to talk about an action that will be finished before a definite time in the future.

Future Perfect

We use the future perfect to talk about an action that will be completed/finished before a definite time in the future. 

We often use by + time expression or before + time expression or in + time expression

Form:

Will / won’t + have + past participle (-ed or 3rd column)

Examples

 By the time she finishes the marathon, she will have raised 200$.

 The traffic situation will have improved by eleven o’clock.

 Chris won’t have made his decision before tomorrow.

Future perfect

Form:

will / won't + have + past participle (regular verbs: -ed / irregular verbs: 3rd column)

1. This time tomorrow we_________ (to sit) on the beach. I can’t wait!

1. will be sitting
2. will have sat

2. Do you think you ___________ (to finish) it by next Thursday?

1. will be finishing
2. will have finished

3. Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I ________ (to watch) Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

1. 'll be watching
2. will have watched

4. I _______ (finish) in an hour and then you can use the computer.

1. will be finishing
2. will have finished

5. I think astronauts ___________ (to land) on Mars by the year 2020.

1. will be landing
2. will have landed

Kahoot!

Group Work 

Work in groups of ±4 students.

Discuss the following questions (20 minutes).

What will you be doing?

1.  after school today?
2. at 2 p.m. on Saturday?
3. this time next week?
4. during the summer holidays?

What will you have done?

5. in two hours' time?

6. by this time tomorrow?

7. by the end of this year?

8. in five years' time?