Future Plans

- Verbs to talk about the future.

LESS SURE: Hope / Would like / Aim
MORE SURE: Intend / To be due / Expect

- All these verbs are followed by to + infinitive.

- Hope and Expect can also be followed by (that) + WILL

- Hope / Expect / Aim / Intend, can be used in Present Simple or Present Continuous
We're hoping to go to Spain this summer.

Hope http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=hope
Would Like http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=would%20like
Aim http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=aim
Intend http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=intend
To be due http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=due
Expect http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=expect

The future

Predictions and expectations

Will + infinitive without to can be used to make predictions or talk about expectations for the future. These can be introduced by verbs such as believe, expect, hope, think. Adverbs such as definitely, (almost) certainly and probably may also used; they come after will and before won't.
Chelsea will probably win the league again this year.
He definitely won't pass his exams; he's too lazy.

Alternatives to will
The following structures can be used to talk about the probability of something happening in the future.
be (un)likely + infinitive with to
may/might/could well + infinitive without to
There may/could/ might well be a cure for cancer in the future. (= there will probably be)
NB may well is not usual in the negative.
May/might/could + infinitive without to can be used to talk about the possibility of something happening in the future.
We may/might/could see fewer cars in the future.
NB could not expresses impossibility.


Other future forms

In addiction to making predictions about the future, will is also used to talk about:
decisions made at the moment of speaking, including offers and requests.
We'll babysit for you if you want to go out.
future facts; events which the speaker knows or believes are certain to happen.
Summer will be here soon.

Going to + infinitive is used to talk about:
predictions based on present evidence.
Look at those clouds. It's going to rain soon.
intentions or plans.
I'm going to stay in tonight and read my book.
Modal verbs can be used to express possible intentions.
I may/might go walking in the montains tomorrow.

The present continuous is used to talk about the future arrangements which have already been made.
Sue and Paul are getting married on July 15th.

The present simple is used:
to talk about timetabled or scheduled events.
The films starts at 9.15, just after the news.
to refer to the future after time linkers such as when, before, after, until, by the time, as soon as.
Give me a call as soon as you arrive.

The future continuous, will + be + ing, is used to talk about actions or events which will be in progress at a certain time in the future.
This time next week I'll be lying on the beach.

The future perfect simple, will + have + past participle, is used to talk about actions and events that will be completed by a certain time in the future.
By the end of today we'll have driven over 240 km.

The future perfect continuous, will + have + been + ing, is used to talk about actions and events which continue to a certain time in the future.
On 22 May I'll have been living here for exactly 10 years.

Be about to + infinitive/be on the point of + gerund can be used to talk about the immediate future.
Can I phone you back? I'm just about to have lunch.
The police say they are on the point of solving the crime.

First conditional and future time clauses + when, until, etc.

First conditional sentences: if (or unless) + present simple, will/won't + infinitive

Use the present tense (Not the future) after if in first conditional tenses. If you don't do more work, you'll fail the exam.

Unless = If ... not. I won't go unless she invites me. I won't go if she doesn't invite me.

You can also use an imperative instead of the will clause. Come and see us next week if you have time.

Future time clauses

Use the present simple (Not the future) after when, as soon as, until, before and after to talk about the future.

I'll call you as soon as I arrive.

We'll have dinner when your father gets home.

I won't go to bed until you come home.

I'll have lunch before I leae.

After I finish university, I'll probably take a year off and travel.

Future forms

Be going to + infinitive
Use going to, NOT will/won't, when you have already decided to do something.
Future plans and intentions
My brother's going to adopt a child.
I'm not going to go to Barcelona next week.
Predictions
It's going to rain.
With the verb go you can leave out the infinitive. I'm going (to go) to New York.

Present continuous: be + verb + ing
You can usually use present continuous or going to for future plans/arragements.
Going to shows that you have made a decision. We're going to get married in the summer.
Present continuous emphasizes that you have made the arrangements. We're getting married on July 12th.
Future arrangements
They're meeting at 10:00.
She's leaving on Friday.

Will/shall + infinitive
Use will/won't for:
Instant decisions. I'll have the steak.
Promises. I won't tell anybody where you are.
Offers. I'll carry that bag for you. Shall I help you with your homework.
Suggestions. Shall we eat out tonight?
Use shall with I and We for offers and suggestions when they are in questions.
Use will or going to for predictions.

Will (promises, offers and decisions)

Decisions: I won't have a car. I'll have a motobike.
                We'll take the 7:30 bus.

Offers: I'll help you with your work.
           Shall I open the door? (Use Shall (I/We) when an offer is a question.

Promises: I'll always love you.
               I won't tell to your mother.

"There is/are" and "I can"

The future of there is/are = "THERE WILL BE".

The future of I can = "I'LL BE ABLE TO".

Will, Won't + Infinitive

Will, Won't + Infinitive (predictions)
Positive		Negative
I	'll be late.	I	won't be late.
You		You
He		He
She		She
It		It
We		We
They		They

Use will/won't + infinitive for future predictions.

 

Question			Positive			Negative
Will / Shall (offers)	I	be late?	Yes,	I	will.	No,	I	won't.
	We			You			You
Will	He			He			He
	She			She			She
	It			It			It
	You			We			We
	They			They			They

Present Continuous for future arrangements

Arrangement (plan o disposición)
 

Positive	I'm seeing a film tonight. We're having dinner at their house tomorrow.
Negative	She isn't leaving until Friday. They aren't coming to the party.
Question	What are you doing this evening? Is she meeting us at the cinema?

You can use the present continuous for future arrangements which we have planned for a fixed time or place.
Don't use the present simple for this (future arrangements). I see some friends tonight.
The present continuous is specially common with the expressions tonight, this weekend, etc., and with these verbs: go, come, meet, leave, see and arrive.

Going to

Going to
Positive	I'm going to study in my room. She's going to study in her room.
Negative	We aren't going to stay very long. He isn't going to like the weather there.
Question	Are you going to find a job? When is your brother going to visit you?

Use (be) going to + infinitive to talk about future plans and predicition.
I'm going to work in the UK for seven weeks. (plan)
I think it's going to rain this afternoon. (prediction)

When you use going to go, you can omit "to go".