Future tense: English grammar tutorial video lesson

Future tenses video lesson. In this lesson I am going to show you how to form a future tense and when to use a future tense.

Take a look at these sentences:

I will help you carry those bags.
She is going to work tomorrow.
She is flying to London next week.
The bus leaves at six o'clock.
The prices are about to go up.
By this time tomorrow he will be lying on the beach.

All of the sentences are in the future tense, but as you can see there is quite some variation.The most commonly used future tenses are: shall and will and the base form of the verb, to be going to and the base form of the verb, the present continuous, the present simple, to be about to and the base form of the verb.

Let's take a look at shall and will and the base form of the verb we use this form for things decided on the spot.They are not fixed agreements,and they are unsure.
We need to pay attention to shall, because we only use shall in questions with I and we.

Shall I help you with that?
Shall we go for a swim?
We use will in all other situations.
I will take the bus.
He will listen to me.
We will make dinner.
They will drop by.

Let's look at questions with will. Again we use the base form of the verb.

Will he put he put his tent?
Will she celebrate her birthday?
Will you park your bikes in the shed?

Let's look at negations with will.We use will contracting it into won't and the base form
of the verb. Note I have also included shall. Shall plus not becomes shan't and the base form of the verb. But this form is very old-fashioned, but I thought it would be fun to put it in any way.

Shan't I get sunburned?
It sounds quite victorian.You won't cross the road.
It won't be easy.
We won't make the beds.
They won't need a passport.

Now let's take a look at that other form: to be + going to + the base form of the verb. We use this form for fixed plans in the future. We need to know when it's going to
happen so we need to have some kind of time indication.

Let's look at the questions:

Am I going to pass my exams this afternoon?
Is she going to visit her aunt soon?
Are they going to run the marathon next week?.

Let's have a look at the negations:

I am not going to leasrn it by heart this evening.
He isn't going to buy a new computer on Tuesday.
They aren't going to watch the telly this night.
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Sometimes we also use a present continuous when talking about the future,we use the present continuous for plans in very near future and again and we need to know when they are happening.

I am working this afternoon.
He's calling her in the morning.
We are driving down the street any minute now.

Sometimes we also use the present simple for the future, especially for fixed schedules.

The lesson starts at half past eight.
The bus arrives at ten o'clock.
The train departs from platform b.

Another form to talk about the future is to use to be and the base form of the verb. We use this form when you are are on the verge of doing something. We use this form for something that can happen any minute from now.

The lesson is about to begin.
The airplane is about to take off.
They are about open the department store.

The final form is the future continuous, and this is quite a tricky one, we use the future continuous when you tell someone about your future plans, something that you will be doing at a specific time in the future.

We use shall and will, we use the infinitive form of the verb to be, we use the base form of the verb and ing.

For example:

By this time next year, I will be working at the head office.
No they can't help you tomorrow, they will be doing their homework.

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[AnadunePictures]

"The Bus Leaves at 6:00" can relate to the past if said later than 6:00 by an Inspector to a customer who, on missing the bus, complained that the bus should have waited for him.  Rather than say 'The Bus left at 6:00' which is basically just stating what happened, the Inspector says 'The Bus Leaves at 6:00' where he is simply stating policy to the customer.

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I would just add Future Perfect Continuous.

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[samuelecherubin]

cook the dinner tonight at 2:44 isn't a near future tense?? Why not using the present continuous?

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