1.3.6
Future Tense
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Grammar - Simple Future and Future Progressive
We use the future tense when we are describing an action that is going to happen in the future. We use the future progressive tense when we are describing an action that is continuous that will be happening in the future.

Simple future
- I will walk.
- You (sing.) will walk.
- She/he will walk.
- We will walk.
- You (pl.) will walk.
- They will walk.

Simple future - examples
- I will marry him one day.
- You (sing.) will spend too much money on your holiday.
- Fred will march regardless of the weather.
- They will dance awkwardly.
- Molly will go on holiday next week.

Future progressive
- I will be walking.
- You (sing.) will be walking.
- She/he will be walking.
- We will be walking.
- You (pl.) will be walking.
- They will be walking.

Future progressive - examples
- You (sing.) will be asking too much of him.
- Calvin will be debating for the team.
- They will be rollerblading in the park.
- Michael will be making the wrong choice.
- We will be climbing the mountain this time tomorrow.
Grammar - Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive
We use the future perfect tense when we are describing an action that will be completed in the future. We use the future perfect progressive tense when we are describing an action which is continuous and will be completed in the future.

Future perfect
- I will have walked.
- You (sing.) will have walked.
- She/he will have walked.
- We will have walked.
- You (pl.) will have walked.
- They will have walked.

Future perfect - examples
- I will have decided by this evening.
- You (sing.) will have performed in six operas by the end of the year.
- They will have caused a big argument by saying that.
- Stephen will have worked for three days straight.
- My teacher will have marked our essays by tomorrow.

Future perfect progressive
- I will have been walking.
- You (sing.) will have been walking.
- She/he will have been walking.
- We will have been walking.
- You (pl.) will have been walking.
- They will have been walking.

Future perfect progressive - examples
- They will have been travelling for three months by time June comes around.
- She will have been working for four years in January.
- The students will have been studying for four years.
- My mother will have been shopping twice a week for a year.
- Jono will have been dating Violet for six months next week.
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1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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