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Decisions - to make decisions that are made at the time of speaking

{Ê ©e will eat dinner today at 6:00PM

{Ê 3ou will clean your room when you come home from school.

Desires - ©illingness - to state desire or willingness for something or someone

{Ê ahe girls will be happy to go on holiday for a few weeks.

{Ê x will be happy to help you today.

Facts - to state a fact about the future

{Ê My teacher will be happy the whole class passed the test.

{Ê ahe phone bill will be very very high, my father will be very upset.

Predictions - to predicate a future event or action

{Ê x think it will rain this afternoon.

{Ê My sister will be a great teacher.

Formal Statements - to make a formal statement about a future action or event

{Ê ahe president will make a public announcement on auesday at 8:00PM.

{Ê ahe school will be closed for a few days.

Suggestions - to make suggestions or state ideas

{Ê ©e will be happy drive you to the store.

{Ê ©ill we go to the store tonight or tomorrow morning.

Requests - to make a request

{Ê ©ill you come with me to the store?

{Ê 3ou will do your homework now.

   
ahere are a few diffrent ways of state future simple verb tense but it is common to use
other present continuous or the verb "going to" to state an action or activity is in the
future tense.

ahe future simple verb tense "going to" is used in the following situations:

Planned Events - ©hen a future event that has been planned before the time of
speaking.

{Ê x am going to Mexico in a few days.

{Ê ©e are not going to work next week.
 {Ê ahey are going to university next year.

Predictions - ao make a future prediction based on facts.

{Ê ahere is going to be a really big storm in a few hours.

{Ê ahe test next week is going to be really hard.
{Ê ahe puppies are cute. x am sure someone is going to adapt them.

xntentions - ao state the something that is intended to take place in the future, in
informal conversations.

{Ê x am going to be a rich person someday.

{Ê ©e are going to pass the test.
{Ê ahe puppies are going to make a big mess in house

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ahe future continuous verb tense is used to emphasize an action or an event that will be
in progress at sometime in the future.

{Ê uext week we will be hiking in the mountains.

{Ê aomorrow my parents will be coming to visit out new house.

Events - for events or activity's that are planned for a future time.

Specific aime - the specific time of the future event or the future activity can be stated
or understood.

Approximate aime - the approximate time of the future event or the future activity can
be stated or understood.

Present continues tense with "going to" and the future continues tense can be used
interchangeable.

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{Ê ahe future simple perfect verb tense often used with "by" and "not", "for" and
"until" to state that the action or event will be completed at time in the future.
{Ê ahe future simple perfect verb tense is used to state an action that occurs into the
future until a later time in the future.
{Ê ao state an event or action that will finish before an other action event in the
future.

Rules for using the future simple perfect verb tense:

{Ê ahe future simple perfect verb tense is used for actions that are non continuous.
{Ê A specific time is usually stated or is understood.
{Ê xt is common to use the future simple perfect verb tense to clarify the order of 2
future events.
 {Ê ahe future simple perfct verb tense can't be used with "time claueses" such as
when, while, "by the time ", soon, before, after, if, unless, until etc.
{Ê ahe future simple pefect verb tense is also known as the "future perfect verb
tense".

ahe future period of time if usually states :

{Ê next year
{Ê next week
{Ê next month etc.
{Ê the exact came can be stated
{Ê the approximate can can be stated

Examples:

{Ê ©e will have worked at the school 25 years next week.

{Ê ahe students will have finished all their exams tomorrow. x sure they will be
happy.

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ahe future perfect continuous tense is used when you want to emphasize an event or
activy that be continuous after specific future time.

ahe future perfect continuous verb tense is used to:

{Ê Emphasize - how long an event will be in progress at a future time

{Ê Stress - the the length of time an event or action in the future
{Ê Results - used to state the results of an action or event in the future.
{Ê Represents A Continuous Action - that stated at some point, and continues into
some point in the future

Rules for using the future perfect continues verb tense:

ahe future period of time if usually states:

{Ê next year
{Ê next week
{Ê next month etc.
{Ê the exact came can be stated
{Ê the approximate can can be stated

ahe future perfect continuous verb tense is usually not used with static verbs.

ahe future perfect continuous verb tense can't be used with "time clauses" such as when,
while, "by the time", soon, before, after, if, unless, until etc.

Examples:

{Ê xn the fall, x will have been studying here for 2 years.

 {Ê My son will have been in teaching for 10 years next month.
{Ê ahe teacher will have been teaching my children for 5 years next month.
{Ê aammy will be very tired when she comes home, because she will have been
flying over 24 hours

Learn how is the future tense reprented by the present continuous verb tense used.

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Prearranged Plans - to describe planes that have be arranged before the time of
speaking.

{Ê ©e are traveling to Europe in a few weeks.

{Ê ahe girls are taking their final exams next week.

xnformal Actions or Events - is used for informal actions or events

{Ê ©e are planning to watch a. V. tonight.

{Ê ahe girls are singing on Friday night at the local club.

Personal xnformation - is used for personal information

{Ê x am finishing my doctorate degree next year.

{Ê ©e are moving to a new house next week.

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{Ê it is not used for official purposes

{Ê the present continuous tense can't be used to predict a future event or action,
based on a present event or action.
{Ê static verbs are not used