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In this lesson I learned that the future tense system is one of the most complicated areas of english grammar but there are seven most commonly used forms, which are; future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, be going +infinitive, present simple, present continuous.
The future simple tense (I will) can be used regarding future facts, promises, predictions, assumptions and threats. Fortune telling, winning the lottery, and predicting the future can be effective activation methods for this tense.
The future continuous tense (I will be) is used to say that something will be in progress in the future, to 'predict the present', to add politeness to questions and to refer to future events that are already fixed or decided. Arranging calendars or illustrating situations can be effective ways to teach this method.
The future perfect tense (I will have) is used to say that something will be completed by a certain time in the future. A good way to activate it would be to prompt students to answer things they will have completed by a certain date.
The future perfect continuous tense (I will have been) expresses the length something will have continued by a certain time. An activation prompt for this could be to ask students how long they will have been learning english by the next summer.
The present simple tense for the future is the same as in the present tense but it refers to something in the future, and the same concept applies to the present continuous tense for the future.
The be going + infinitive (I am going to) tense looks similar to the present continuous but it is always followed by a verb and it expresses intentions, predictions or plans. Making plans or predictions in activities is a good way to activate this tense.
