English Future Tenses

It will rain tomorrow (future simple)

Domani piove (pioverà)

I am going to visit my parents next week (futuro intenzionale-to be going to)

Ho intenzione di andare a trovare i miei genitori settimana prossima

They will be flying to Rome this time tomorrow (future cont.)

Saranno in volo verso Roma domani a quest’ora

She will have finished her project by Friday (future perf.)

Avrà finito il suo progetto entro venerdì

By 5pm, I will have been working for 8 hours (fut. perf. cont.)

Alle 17 avrò lavorato 8 ore

Key Time Expressions - Future Simple (will + base form)

tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, in two days, in a week, soon, later, in the future, the day after tomorrow, this evening, this afternoon, in a moment, one day

Key Time Expressions - Future Continuous (will be + -ing)

this time tomorrow, this time next week, at 7 p.m. tomorrow, by this time next week, in a few hours, while at a future point in time, during the summer holiday, next time we meet

Key Time Expressions - Future Perfect (will have + past participle)

by Monday, by next year, by the time you arrive, before next week, before the meeting starts, in two weeks’ time, by the end of the day, by the end of the week, by the end of the month, by the end of the year, by then

Key Time Expressions - Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + -ing)

for three years by next June, for months by a specific date, for weeks by a specific date, for days by a specific date, by then, by the time you arrive