Theory English Future tenses
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.