FUTURE TENSES MIND MAP

When does the train leave?

present Timetables
What time does the film start?
simple - events
It starts at 9.00.

John is leaving on the midnight train

Present People’s
and I am meeting Mary at the station
continuous programmes
at 10.00 this evening.

1. People’s intentions I’m going to wash my hair.

Be going
2. Prediction based
to Look! It’s going to rain soon.
on present

Asking people to do things Will you help me to wash the car?

Promise I promise I won’t go without you.
Snap decision I like it! I’ll buy it.
Prediction It will rain in London, tomorrow.
Will Harry will be 27 next year.
Inevitable
Volunteering to do things I will help you to wash the car.
With verbs of opinion I think it will rain.
First conditional If it rains I will stay at home.

At this time tomorrow I will be

1. Action in course at a flying to Rome.
Future I’ll be seeing John as usual
future point in time
continuous tomorrow.
2.Usual course of events

3. Predictions or expected Hopefully, by 2020, most African

trends children will be receiving a higher
standard of education

Fact before a By this time tomorrow he will

Future certain point in the have arrived in Rome.
Perfect Simple future.

Future When she retires next June

Continuous action
Perfect she will have been working here
before a certain
Continuous for 20 years.
point in the future.