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 * Chapter 7: The Future Tense with “will” **

**7.1 The future tenses with “will” include //will, shall,// and //would//** //- will// is used in the **present future tense** and the **present future perfect tense** (both **simple** and **continuous** aspects) Tomorrow I will start studying. By ten o’clock I will have read two chapters. //- shall// can only be used in the 1st persons singular and plural (I and we) I/We shall be bringing $10,000 in unmarked bills. - //would// is used in the **past future tense** and the **past future perfect tense** (both **simple** and **continuous** aspects) She said she would arrive before noon. If I hadn’t woken her, she would have been sleeping on the floor all night.

They will return tomorrow evening. We shall notify you when the packages arrive. Next month the tickets will go on sale. - the continuous future tense expresses that something will be going on for a limited period of time in the future Tomorrow at this time we will be flying over the Atlantic Ocean.
 * 7.2 Future tense to express future events**

Watch out: Dutch often uses the present tense to express the future where English must use the future tense! //Ik doe het als het nodig is. I will do it if (it’s) necessary.//

-The future tense can be used to express that something has been planned or arranged for the future. (This use is similar to the present continuous and ‘to be going to + verb’ when used for plans or arrangements.) I will be meeting her in Berlin / I will meet her in Berlin. (I’m meeting her in Berlin/ I’m going to meet her in Berlin)
 * 7.3 Continuous future to express plans & arrangements (simple and continuous)**

- Here the **result** is more important than the future time. Look for signal words such as **by..., when...**
 * 7.4 Resultative future perfect tense: something will have been completed by a certain time in the future. **
 * By** the end of the month I **will have passed** my driving test.
 * When** you receive this, she **will have** already **left**.

- Here the **fact that something is still going on** is important. Look for signal words such as **tomorrow..., at (time)..., on (date)...**
 * 7.5 Continuative future perfect tense: something started in the past and will be continuing at a certain time in the future. **
 * Tomorrow** we will have been living together for five years.
 * At seven o’clock** they will have been travelling for sixteen hours straight.
 * Watch out: Dutch usually uses the present tense in this case: **
 * //Morgen studeer ik Engels precies een jaar. Tomorrow I will have been studying English for exactly one year.// **


 * __Practice test (use the future tense with //will/shall// rather than any other future forms!)__ **

1. My parents will come home on Saturday. 2. She will have finished redecorating the house by the end of the week. 3. Fran and Hannah will attend the conference in York. 4. On July 15th they will have been married for fifty years. 5. I will be seeing the dentist soon; I can put up with the pain until then. 6. We shall have to cancel the reservations as soon as the office opens.
 * A. What does the future tense indicate in each of the following sentences? **

1. Doe je het of niet? 2. Morgen om deze tijd lig ik op het strand. 3. Volgende week wonen wij in deze straat al vijf jaar. 4. Tegen het einde van het jaar heb ik minstens 100 euro uitgeven aan snoep. 5. Ben je voor middernacht thuis? 6. Mijn zus overnacht op een camping in de buurt van Parijs. 7. Zie ik je morgen? 8. Om etenstijd rijden wij al tien uur richting Rome.
 * B. Translate: **

A.1 future (simple) tense for future events (clear indication of future time) 2. resultative future perfect (simple) tense: something will have been completed by a certain time in the future 3. future (simple) tense for plans/arrangements 4. continuative future (simple) perfect tense: something started in the past and will ge going on at a certain time in the future 5. future (continuous) present tense for plans/arrangements (also: clear indication of future time: **//soon//**) 6. future (simple) tense for future events; //shall// only with I/We
 * KEY **

B.1. Will you do it or not? 2. Tomorrow at this time I will be lying on the beach. 3. Next week we will have been living in/on this street for five years. 4. By the end of the year I will have spent at least 100 euros on candy/sweets. 5. Will you be home before midnight? 6. My sister will spend (will be spending) the night at a campsite near Paris. 7. Will I see you tomorrow? 8. At dinnertime we will have been driving towards Rome for ten hours.