FORM Shall/will + infinitive USE Predictions (based on beliefs) Promises/threats/offers/requests Instant decisions (be) going to + infinitive Future plans/arrangements Predictions (given present evidence) EXAMPLE This will make you feel sleepy I will always love you Shall we meet up tomorrow? I’ll have the steak please They are going to get married in September I’ve got a terrible sense of direction; I know I am going to get lost Present continuous Future plans/arrangements I am seeing my mother tonight Present simple Timetables, regulations, programmes Future time clauses (as soon as, before/after, when, until, if) The train arrives at 8.37 am tomorrow I will call you, as soon as I am free Future continuous (will + be + -ing) Action in progress at a given time in I will be living in Australia this time next year In October, I will have been married for 10 years Future perfect (will + have + past participle) the future Something completed before a given time in the future