English Future Simple Tense
English has four future tenses: future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous. The future tense is important because it used heavily in speaking.
Most people use ‘will’ to talk about a future event.
Simple Future | How to Say it | Purpose | Example |
spontaneous events | will + verb | decide quickly | (doorbell rings) I’ll get the door. |
unplanned | will + verb | offer | (working late) I’ll order pizza. |
prediction or statements of facts | will + verb | say what we think will happen | (sunset) The sun will set at 6 pm. |
promises | will + verb | promise | (in debt) I’ll pay you back next week! |
threats | will + verb | threat | (insubordination) I’ll fire you! |