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Future Simple vs. Future Continuous Guide

This document discusses the future simple and future continuous tenses in English. The future simple is used to predict future events, express willingness or unwillingness to do something, and make suggestions or give orders. It refers to facts or certainties that will occur after the present. The future continuous is formed by combining the future form of "to be" with the present participle of the main verb. It refers to unfinished actions or events that will be ongoing after the present moment, and can be used to make predictions about future durations or ongoing events.

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Future Simple vs. Future Continuous Guide

This document discusses the future simple and future continuous tenses in English. The future simple is used to predict future events, express willingness or unwillingness to do something, and make suggestions or give orders. It refers to facts or certainties that will occur after the present. The future continuous is formed by combining the future form of "to be" with the present participle of the main verb. It refers to unfinished actions or events that will be ongoing after the present moment, and can be used to make predictions about future durations or ongoing events.

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FUTURE SIMPLE

AND
FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
Future simple
 The "simple future" refers to a time after
the current one and expresses facts or
certainties. In this case, there is no
place for attitude.
The "simple future" is
used:
 To predict a future event.
 With "I" or "we", to express a
spontaneous decision.
 To express willingness to do something.
 Negatively, to express rejection or
unwillingness to do something.
 In interrogative form with "shall" and "I",
to formulate an offer
 Interrogatively with "shall" and "we", to
make a suggestion
 Interrogatively with "shall" and "I", to
request advice or instructions.
 With "you", to give orders.
 In an interrogative way with "you", to
formulate an invitation
Example:
CONTRACTIONS:
I will = I'll
We will = we'll
You will = you'll
He will = he'll
She will = she'll
They will = they'll
Will not = won't
Practice
FUTURE CONTINUOUS

 The "continuous future" is composed of


two elements:

The "simple future" of the verb 'to be'


+
The "present participle" (root + ing) of
the main verb
The "continuous future" refers to an
unfinished action or event that will
continue to occur after the present
moment.
Functions
 The "continuous future" can be used to
project us into the future.
 The "continuous future" can be used to
make predictions or assumptions about
future events.
 In interrogative form, the "future
continuous" serves to politely request
information about the future.
 The "future continuous" can be used to
refer to events of a certain duration that
we believe will be developed in the
future.
 In combination with the term "still", the
"future continuous" refers to events that
are already happening now and that we
assume will continue in the future
Example:
Practice

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