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Sometimes it`s not easy to distinguish these forms of the future tense. We should make it quite clear before teaching a class.
Future simple
I/ we shall, you/he. she/they will…
Usages:
Future facts and certainties
Promises
Predictions (Based on no present evidence, as opposed to "be going to")
Assumptions/speculations ??
Spontaneous decisions
Threats
Shall/will
Shall: making suggestions, invitations, etc. More formal in affirmative sentences
Will: a stronger intention, coercion, or determination, than shall
Teaching ideas:
1. Fortune telling/ palm-reading
2. With present simple in time clauses. She`ll be happy when we arrive.
3. Going on a holiday/lost in the desert- what will you take?
4. Winning the lottery: what will you do?
5. Predicting future changes in the next X years using various topics
6. Predicting what others will be like in X year.
7. Songs
Future Continuous
Will be doing…
1. To say something will be in progress at a particular moment in the future
2. To predict the present to say what we think or guess might be happening now
3. For polite enquiries referring to other people`s plans, but not to influence the listener`s intentions
4. To refer to future events which are fixed or decided (without suggesting personal intention)
Future Perfect
Will have done
To say something will have been done, completed or achieved by a certain time in the future.
Future Perfect Continuous
Will have been v-ing
Usages: to say how long something will have continued by a certain time.
By next week…
By this time tomorrow…
Be going to
Usages:
1. intentions
2. predictions based on present evidence I think it`s going to rain later!
3. plans (decisions made before speaking)
Present Simple
Usages:
1. To suggest a more formal situation
2. For timetables and schedules
3. To suggest a more impersonal tone
Present Continuous
1. For definite arrangements
2. For decisions and plans without a time frame
