PRESENT SIMPLE, for timetables and schedules, "The exam starts at nine-thirty.", PRESENT CONTINUOUS, for future events that have already been planned, "I'm meeting with Frank tomorrow afternoon.", WILL, for predictions based on personal beliefs, for spontaneous decisions, for offers, promises and requests, for expressing certainty about something, "People will own flying cars in 20 years.", "We ran out of eggs. I'll go to the supermarket.", "I'll help you with your homework.", "She will pass the exam, I'm sure.", BE GOING TO, for intentions and plans we've already made, "I'm going to revise two hours every day for my exam.", for predicitions based on present knowledge, "Watch out! You are going to drop that glass.", FUTURE CONTINUOUS, for actions in progress over a given period in the future, "We'll be interviewing candidates all afternoon.", for actions in progress at a specific moment in the future, "I'll be doing my homework at 7 p.m., so please don't text me at that time.", for planned future events, "The students will be having a party at the end of the semester.", for assumptions about something that's happening now, "Don't call Luke – he'll be doing his homework now.", FUTURE PERFECT, for actions completed before a certain time in the future, "Call me after seven. I'll have finished my homework by then.", FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS, for actions happening during a period up to specified time in the future, By the time the year ends, I'll have been learning English for 5 years!, PHRASES FOR TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, "I'm about to start my homework.", "The train is due to arrive at Glasgow Central at 12:12.", "Patrick hasn't studied for the exam. He's unlikely to do well."

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