Stop saying "WILL" all the time! Use DIFFERENT future tenses for different situations

let's learn and practice future tenses in English we have a whole bunch of ways to talk about the future in English including will and won't going to Future continuous future perfect present continuous present simple yes you can use those to talk about the future in specific cases today I'll explain which future tense to use in which situation and I'll ask you to practice with me so get ready you'll definitely want to download the lesson guide so that you can review everything click on the link in the video description and enter your email address and I'll send you the lesson PDF for free instead of explaining things tense by tense I'm going to do it situation by situation because in some situations we can use multiple tenses so our first future situation is predictions projections and other ways of guessing or Imagining the future for these we use will or won't or going to or not going to there's no difference between them them you could say the economy will recover quickly next year or the economy is going to recover quickly next year that team won't win the game or that team's not going to win the game some teachers claim that going to is more certain than will and I think it's because we tend to use going to when we can easily see the evidence for our prediction so when you see a very pregnant woman you would say she's going to have a baby soon when you see Dark Cloud Skies you could say it's going to rain also in the case of first conditional sentences using if we usually use will or won't if you practice every day your English will improve fast if you don't study you won't pass the test use it now write or say three sentences with will or won't or going to predicting what is going to happen in the world during the next 10 years let's say future situation number two for in intentions use going to what's an intention it's when you want to do something but you have not taken any definite action yet you can use going to or other phrases for New Year's resolutions I hope to I'd like to I'm planning to I might or I'm thinking of for example I'm going to join a gym I'm going to read more books I'm going to get out of debt this year I'm going to start doing some volunteer work use it now write or say one thing you are going to do and one thing you are not going to do this year future situation number three is plans and Arrangements you can use three verb tenses so plans and Arrangements means you have already taken some action to make this plan a reality in the future I'm meeting with Barbara tomorrow I'm going to meet with Barbara tomorrow or I'll be meeting with Barbra tomorrow Barbara and I have scheduled a time to meet so the meeting will definitely happen as you can see there are three verb tenses that are commonly used we could use going to we're going to visit him next week we could use the present continuous we're visiting him next week or you could use the future continuous we'll be visiting him next week when we're talking about plans and Arrangements those three tenses are essentially the same but when using the present continuous for future plans we usually include the specific time in the future to avoid confusion with actions happening at the moment so if I say I'm taking an intensive English course that means right now at this moment the course is currently in progress but if I say I'm taking an intensive English course next month now I'm telling you that it's in the future use it now write or say three sentences about plans or Arrangements you have for the upcoming months try to make one sentence using going to one sentence using the present continuous and one sentence using the future continuous Situation Number Four for decisions in the moment promises and offers use will for example would you like coffee or tea H I'll have coffee so one of the most common decisions made in the moment is when ordering at a restaurant will say things like I'll have I will have the salmon with a side order of vegetables I'll have a small coffee I'll take the blue t-shirt and we also use will when you are offering to help someone or making a promise for example I'll help you with your homework we'll give you a ride to the train station I'll call you at 5:00 I'll always love you let's put it into practice imagine that your best friend is very sick and she can't leave the house write or say a couple things that you can do to help her like I'll cook you dinner I'll pick your kids up from school Etc future situation number five for scheduled events use the present simple so scheduled events are things like Transportation schedules flights trains Etc our flight leaves at 8:00 tomorrow morning conferences and events meetings lectures and classes the conference starts next Thursday and things that operate on a regular schedule like Banks or stores opening and closing the supermarket closes in 15 minutes so scheduled events are a little bit different from plans and Arrangements because in general scheduled events are things we have no control over and finally future Situation Number Six are actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future in this case we use the future perfect here's an example imagine that right now it is 12:00 p.m. I will leave work at 5:00 p.m. and before I leave work I am definitely going to finish a project so I can say by 5 p.m. I will have finished the project or by the time I leave work I will have finished the project the future perfect is typically used with by and by the time try using it now what's one thing you will have done by this date next year again it will be finished before this date next year by this time next year I will have written a book or I will have lost 10 pound for example let's do a quick review for predictions use will or won't or going to for intentions use going to for plans and Arrangements you could use going to present continuous or future continuous for decisions in the moment promises and offers use will for scheduled events that you have no control over use the present simple and for things that will be completed before a future time use the future perfect let me know if you have any questions about future tenses in English and make sure to download the free pdf guide to this lesson by clicking on the link in the video description I'd also love to help you even more inside my Advanced English grammar course where we go in detail into lots of important grammar topics and there are lots of opportunities to put it into practice like we did today so you can speak and write with good grammar join Advanced English grammar at my website ispresso english. net [Music]