Future Time
The future is uncertain. We know the past. We know
the present. We do not know the future. We can be 100%
sure or certain about the past and the present. But
we can never be 100% certain about the future. In English
there are several structures and tenses to talk about
the future. It is usually the degree of certainty about
the future that decides our choice of structure or tense.
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| Although we often talk about
"future tenses", technically there are
no future tenses in English—only
different ways of talking about the
future, using special constructions,
other tenses or modal verbs. |
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| In this lesson we look at four of the
most common ways to talk about the future, followed
by a quiz to check your understanding:
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