Future Continuous&Future Perfect Simple&Future Perfect Continuous

Future Continuous

We use the Future Continuous for an action over a period of time.

• The band will be playing when the Present enters.(=The band will start playing before the President enters.)
• This time next week, I will be taking my math exam.
• When your plane arrives tonight, I will be waiting for you.
• I will be visiting London next week.

Present tenses for the future

 We use the Present Continuous for what someone has arranged to do in the future.

• I am meeting Tom at four o’clock. 
• Nicole is going to Paris next week. 
• We are having a part a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
• What time are you arriving?

We use the Present Simple for the future when we talk about timetable, program etc.

• My train leaves at 11.30, so I need to be at the station by 11.15. 
• What time does the film start this evening? 
• I start my new job on Monday. 
• What time does the train arrive? 
• The art exhibition finishes on 6 April.

Will and be going to

We use will to talk about facts in the future. I will be eighteen next Thursday. That plate is hot. If you touch it, you'll burn yourself. We use will for an instant decision or agreement to do something. What would you like to eat? I will have a pizza, please. We can use will for a prediction about the future. I think LA Lakers will win the game I’ll live in a big house when I’m older. Children will not go to school in the future.

We use be going to for an intention, something we have already decided to do. Tom is going to sell his car. I am going to watch the next program. Be going to means that we have already decided. I'm just going to make a quick phone call. Can you wait for me? We use be going to for a prediction when we see from the present situation what is going to happen in the future. There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s going to be a lovely day. My sister is going to have a baby in April. I feel terrible. I think I'm going to be sick.

Will and Shall

 Will

We use will to say what we know or think about the future.We use will when we have just decided to do something.

What would you like to drink? I will have an apple juice,please.

I will call you when I arrive.

I feel a bit hungry. I think I'll have something to eat.

Jack won't pass the exam. He hasn't studied hard enough.

Offers and suggestions:

 I will help you with your chemistry homework, if you like.

I will carry your bags.

Will you join us for lunch?

Requests:  

 Will you please turn off the music?

Marry, will you do me a favor?

 Shall

We use shall only with I and we. Shall is a little more formal.

We can use shall for the future

I shall be on holiday in April.

We shall probably go to France in June.

Shall is used mostly in the questions shall I ... ?  shall we ... ?

 Shall I open the window? (=Do you want me to open the window?)

Shall we go? Just a minute. I'm not ready yet.