{"id":16805,"date":"2015-03-22T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=16805"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:52:49","slug":"the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=16805","title":{"rendered":"The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">English has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishpower.eu\/en\/ep-free-lessons\/advanced\/verbs\/future-form#.VCm8fCl_v7U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several forms which express future events<\/a>. The form we choose depends on <strong>how<\/strong> sure we are that something will happen, <strong>whether<\/strong> we <strong>want <\/strong>something to happen, or <strong>whether<\/strong> we are talking about <strong>ourselves<\/strong> or <strong>others<\/strong>. ASPECT is much more important than TIME.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Predictions\/Statements of fact\/Intentions\/Arrangements\/Scheduled events<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglish.britishcouncil.org\/english-grammar-reference\/talking-about-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/future.jpeg\" alt=\"future\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/future.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/future-150x99.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2022\u2192<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/will_fut.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WILL<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agendaweb.org\/verbs\/future-will-exercises.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2[quiz] \u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/going_to.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">going to-future<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/grammar\/verb-tenses_future-perfect.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2022\u2192Future Perfect <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfect-english-grammar.com\/future-perfect-exercise-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2[quiz#1]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfect-english-grammar.com\/future-perfect-exercise-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[quiz#2]\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ef.com\/wwen\/english-resources\/english-grammar\/future-continuous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future continuous<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u21d2<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishpage.com\/verbpage\/verbs23.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Simple<\/strong> Future or Future <strong>Continuous?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>\u2666\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_62242Pf5F4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;WILL&#8217; \u00a0&amp; \u00a0&#8216;GOING TO&#8217; \u00a0<\/a> \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmSKJ-t8lJ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colanguage.com\/adverbs-probability-and-certainty-english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43502\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/adverbials_f.jpg\" alt=\"adverbials_f\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/adverbials_f.jpg 180w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/adverbials_f-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\u00a4 Talking about <strong>probability<\/strong> &amp; making <strong>predictions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-at-home.com\/speaking\/talking-about-probability-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2 [01] <\/a>\u21d4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/files\/pdf\/future-predictions-guess-the-year.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a><strong>\u21d0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u221e \u00a0Speculating \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eltbase.com\/quiz\/459_02.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2[quiz]\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2190adverbials\u00a0<\/strong>of<strong> probability<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"yt watch-title-container\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Wishes for the future - Free English language tutorial - Level 3\">\u21d3 \u00a0Wishes for the future<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4MLUpEtEIk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope I will&#8230;&#8217; \u00a0\/ \u00a0&#8216;I can&#8217;t wait for&#8230;&#8217; \/ &#8216;I&#8217;m really looking forward to&#8230;&#8217; \/ &#8216;I&#8217;d love to&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2193\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-at-home.com\/grammar\/using-future-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using the Future Tense in Conversation\u21d0<\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JfpBiVFqtrs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u25ca\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wpnkOy12waI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Continuous<\/a> \u00a0\u2193<\/strong> \u00a0Usage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDL9gvHa1L8\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0Tenses overview \u2193 present, past, future, simple, progressive, perfect!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ek7V59tpLI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishexercises.org\/makeagame\/viewgame.asp?id=7229#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mixed\u00a0<strong>Future tense <\/strong>exercices \u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/14349893\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/future_simple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Simple<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0<\/strong>[will &#8230;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/future_continuous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Continuous<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0<\/strong>[will be -ing]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/future_perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Perfect<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0<\/strong>[will have -ed]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/future_perfect_continuous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Perfect Continuous<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0<\/strong>[will have been -ing]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">English has several forms which express future events. The form we choose depends on how sure we are that something will happen, whether we want something to happen, or whether we are talking about ourselves or others. ASPECT is much more important than TIME.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Predictions\/Statements of fact\/Intentions\/Arrangements\/Scheduled events<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":16806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[187,236],"class_list":["post-16805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-advice","tag-exercices","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16805"}],"version-history":[{"count":111,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56039,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16805\/revisions\/56039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}