ALL English Future Tenses Explained in 12 Minutes [including GOING TO]

Learn all about English future tenses in 12 minutes: how and when to use them, and the differences between the different future tenses. In this video, we're going to discuss the following future tenses in English: the future simple (will), the future continuous, the future perfect, the future perfect continuous, the phrase ‘going to’, and when to use the present continuous and the present simple to talk about the future.

We will also look at the differences between the future tenses and structures, to make sure you're not mixing them up.

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Here's a quick look at what each of the English future tenses looks like. To learn how to use them, watch the video :)

Future simple:

I will help you with your homework.

To ask a question, invert ‘will’ and the subject:

Will you help me with my homework?

To make it into a negative sentence, add ‘not’ after ‘will’. For short, you can use ‘won’t’.

I will not help you = I won’t help you.

Future continuous:

I will be working in my garden between 8 and 10 tomorrow morning.

So, it's 'will be' + verb + ing

To ask a question, invert 'will' and the subject:

Will you be working in your garden between 8 and 10 this morning?

To make it negative, add 'not' after 'will':

I will not be working. (you can also shorten ‘will not’ to ‘won’t)

Future perfect:

I will have planted my flowers by the time it's 7.

So, you need 'will have' and the past participle form (third form). 'Planted' is the past participle form of the verb 'to plant' (it's a regular verb).

To ask a question, invert 'will' and the subject:

Will you have finished by 7?

To make it negative, add 'not' after 'will':

I will not have planted my flowers by the time it's 7.

Future perfect continuous:

By the time it's 7pm, I will have been working in my garden for hours.

You need 'will have' + 'been' + verb + ing

To ask a question, invert 'will' and the subject:

How long will you have been working in your garden by the time it's 7pm?

To make it negative, add 'not' after 'will':

I will not have been working long by the time it's 7.

Going to:

I'm going to ask my friend to help me with the gardening.

To ask a question, invert 'to be' and the subject:

Are you going to help me with the gardening?

To make it into a negative sentence, say:

I'm not going to help you.

Present continuous to talk about the future:

I'm meeting my friend at the train station tomorrow morning.

Present simple to talk about the future:

My friend's train arrives at 10.

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