Theory English Future tenses

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Future

SIMPLE. (‘he will work’)

1. %%habit in the future%%

2. %%future event we see as a fact (true future)%%.

3. %%predictions/forecasts%%

4. %%predict the present (deduction)%%

5. %%spontaneous reaction (decision on the spot)%%

6! %%offers, requests, firm intentions (modals)%%

7! %%time clauses and conditionals%%

\ \ CONTINUOUS. (‘he will be working’)

1. ^^actions in progress in the future.^^

2. ^^comparing what we are doing now with what we’ll be doing in the fut.^^

3. ^^casual action as a part of the normal course of events^^

1. ^^plan/intention^^

2. ^^prediction based on opinion speaker^^

\ \ PERFECT. (‘he will have worked’)

1. @@something will have been done by a certain point in the future. (action in period up to future moment)@@

\ \ PERFECT CONTINUOUS. (‘he will have been working)

1. Tolookbackfromonepointinthefutureatanactivityinprogress,emphasisethedurationofit(<strong>perioduptofuturemoment,stressonduration)</strong>To look back from one point in the future at an activity in progress, emphasise the duration of it (<strong>period up to future moment, stress on duration)</strong>