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Lesson 8 — Future Tenses Cheat Sheet
In one line: Will, going to, present continuous, and present simple each express future with a different degree of certainty or planning.
Four Future Forms
1Will. Spontaneous decision, prediction, promise.
2Going to. Plan/intention, prediction with evidence.
3Present Continuous. Arranged future.
4Present Simple. Scheduled/timetabled.
Two More Forms
Future Perfect
will have + PP
Future Continuous
will be + V-ing
By 2027, she will have graduated.
This time tomorrow, I will be flying.