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This unit focused on the future tense of verbs. Out of the 3 tenses covered so far, this has the most usages and also has two grammatical forms that overlap with those used in the present tense. Below are the common usages of each:
Future simple: future facts and certainties, promises, predictions (no current evidence), assumptions/speculations, spontaneous decisions, and threats.
Future continuous: something in progress at a particular point in the future, to predict a present event, polite inquiries referring to other`s plans (no intention of influencing askee`s intentions), referring to future events that are set or decided (no personal intention from speaker)
Future perfect: talk about something that will have been completed by a certain time in the future
Future perfect continuous: Talk about an action that will have continued for some time by a certain point of time in the future.
`be going` future: intentions, predictions (based on evidence), plans (made before speaking)
Present simple: talk about a future event (formal situation), timetables and schedules, suggest a more impersonal tone (often implying outside compulsion)
Present continuous: For definite arrangements, decisions and plans made without a time frame.
The thing that I gained the most from this lesson was realizing the difference between the simple future and `be going` future tenses in regards to intentions. I had not understood the subtle nuances of each before finishing the unit. I now understand the the simple future is used to state things that the speaker will definitely do aka. promises while the `be going` future tense is used to state things that the speaker plans to do, not guaranteed, but at the moment, that is what they are thinking they will do.
