FORM

will/shall(formal)

USE actions that will take place at a definite future time (also suggests an intention or promise when used with personal subject) future habitual action/state about which strong predictions can be made a situation that is true at present, will be true in the future, but with finite end
main clause of future conditionals more informal way of making future predictions

EXAMPLE
I will give you the letter after class.

They will not have any time to spare come finals week. He will have to take the bus to work while the car is in the shop. If you dont come home before curfew, youll get in trouble with your mother. Mothers going to be furious once she finds out you broke her vase. Andys going to visit his grandmother this Christmas. (Youve lost so much weight,) Im afraid the dress I bought isnt going to fit you properly. Were eating out tonight. Well give the dogs a bath when we get home. August 14 is a Friday. We will be having an oral exam on Thursday. The professor told us that he will be waiting for us in his office from ten oclock to two. Ill be seeing you soon. Will you be helping me move into the apartment? We will have been living in our house for six years this November. I might not pass the midterm exam. Latecomers are to wait in the lobby for the next intermission before they are led to their seats. Im about to make dinner.

be going to

future resulting from a present intention future certainty based on a current condition or present evidence future plans that have already been made adverbial time clauses and conditional clauses fixed future events action that will be in progress at a specific future time duration of a specific future action

present progressive simple present

will/shall + progressive

future event that will happen as a matter of course in the near future implies tentativeness and avoiding imposition in the simple will construction future action that will be in progress prior to the occurrence of another future action future events that are uncertain signifies a formal arrangement, order, or plan for the future implies the nearness of a future event

will/shall + have + progressive may/could/might be to be about to/ be supposed to/ be on the point of

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